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Above and beyond bed bath
The first time I heard “It’s not in my job description” invoked was during an interaction with a colleague in my very early days...
Nurses rising
Recognizing, elevating, and caring for RNs during a pandemic
As we celebrated the inauguration of President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the first woman...
Obstetric complications: Debrief the grief
Nurses’ physical and mental health require support after a traumatic event.
Editor’s note: This is an early release of a web exclusive article for the...
Navigating the loss and grief of a nurse suicide
With employer support, nurses can help each other after a colleague’s death.
Takeaways:
The bonds created among nurses make the loss of a colleague difficult...
Nurse suicide prevention starts with crisis intervention
Make a plan to protect yourself and your colleagues.
Takeaways:
An organization-wide anonymous encrypted screening program to detect nurses at risk for suicide is an...
Making New Year’s resolutions? Try these tips from Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation™
Many people are eager to turn the page and begin the new year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And, given the added stress on...
ANA advocates for nurses’ health and safety
Collaborating in the new year to address pandemic challenges together
As nurses contend with the pandemic and its multi-layered effects into 2021, the American Nurses...
Promoting nurse mental health
An urgent call to shift from crisis intervention to long-term prevention
Takeaways:
Nurses are experiencing an unprecedented amount of burnout, depression, and anxiety.
Stressful work...
Nurse fatigue: The silent epidemic
Mitigating this serious threat to health and safety
Are you getting the recommended 7 to 9 hours of sleep in a 24-hour period? According to...
Build resilient teams to tackle nursing burnout
Use purpose, priorities, perspective, and personal responsibility to create culture-changing teams.
Takeaways:
Burnout has been identified as a public health crisis, negatively affecting individuals, organizations,...
Nurse fatigue: Short on sleep, short on safety
Shift work, organizational barriers, and nurse preferences continue to challenge nurse wellness.
Takeaways:
Shift work—including long shifts, rotating shifts, double shifts, evening and night shifts—has...
Trust me. I’m a nurse
Reconciling trust, ethics, and caring.
Takeaways:
For 17 consecutive years, nurses have received the highest rating in the Gallup honesty and ethics survey.
Individual nurse...
Reiki: Hand in hand with nursing
Caring for your patients and yourself.
Takeaways:
Reiki is grounded in the transmission of energy through a practitioners’ hands to restore the body’s homeostasis.
Nurses...
