Environmental wellness and nurse self-care
More and more we hear about how the environment must be included in how we care for ourselves. Perhaps thinking about the environment has…
Be Your Own Nurse
Be Your Own Nurse: Chief wellness officer
In 2021, the control of wellbeing at the tail of a global pandemic made sense. How can we manage our personal worlds after so…
Listening to messages
An analogy that I often use to describe my own experiences in tough caregiving situations is to say, “I have a fork in my…
Finding Your Connection
In a year of finding center, finding connection is important. Nursing is relational. How do you know that you’re not alone as a nurse?…
A year of finding center
Starting. Beginning. Renewing. It’s a New Year! What’s happening in your nursing practice that needs reflection? How do you “be your own nurse” in…
Authentic
Merriam-Webster chose “authentic” as the 2023 word of the year. It seems like this word has been around much longer than 2023. It seems…
Self-care and team-care intervention of connection: Gratitude
Search “gratitude” across the ANA Enterprise and you’re in for some great reading and recommendations. Gratitude, or “Vitamin G” in my nursing practice of…
Mrs. Bunge or The Curious Nurse
If not for Mrs. Bunge I would not be a nurse today. Patricia Bunge graduated from Toledo Hospital School of Nursing in 1954.
Good Morning!
Have you ever found yourself startled when someone says “Good morning” as you pass in a hallway or on a sidewalk? After the deer-in-headlights…
Self-nursing: A full mind and a group intervention
Feeling jittery. A foggy brain. Forgetting things. Feeling less-than. All of these are signs that may indicate a mind that’s too full. Full minds…
Conversations as self-care
One intervention in my nursing practice is to facilitate intentional conversations. When I first started my role as a psych-mental health APRN in 2016,…
Reflection is nursing practice
Personal and professional self-nursing requires reflection. Yet, in our world today, reflection is seen as something special and ethereal. Only certain people can reflect…
Environmental wellness and nurse self-care
More and more we hear about how the environment must be included in how we care for ourselves. Perhaps thinking about the…
Be Your Own Nurse: Chief wellness officer
In 2021, the control of wellbeing at the tail of a global pandemic made sense. How can we manage our personal worlds…
Listening to messages
An analogy that I often use to describe my own experiences in tough caregiving situations is to say, “I have a fork…
Finding Your Connection
In a year of finding center, finding connection is important. Nursing is relational. How do you know that you’re not alone as…
A year of finding center
Starting. Beginning. Renewing. It’s a New Year! What’s happening in your nursing practice that needs reflection? How do you “be your own…
Authentic
Merriam-Webster chose “authentic” as the 2023 word of the year. It seems like this word has been around much longer than 2023.…
Self-care and team-care intervention of connection: Gratitude
Search “gratitude” across the ANA Enterprise and you’re in for some great reading and recommendations. Gratitude, or “Vitamin G” in my nursing…
Mrs. Bunge or The Curious Nurse
If not for Mrs. Bunge I would not be a nurse today. Patricia Bunge graduated from Toledo Hospital School of Nursing in…
Good Morning!
Have you ever found yourself startled when someone says “Good morning” as you pass in a hallway or on a sidewalk? After…
Self-nursing: A full mind and a group intervention
Feeling jittery. A foggy brain. Forgetting things. Feeling less-than. All of these are signs that may indicate a mind that’s too full.…
Conversations as self-care
One intervention in my nursing practice is to facilitate intentional conversations. When I first started my role as a psych-mental health APRN…
Reflection is nursing practice
Personal and professional self-nursing requires reflection. Yet, in our world today, reflection is seen as something special and ethereal. Only certain people…
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