A call for healthy role models
As the largest category of healthcare professionals, nurses can play a critical role in tackling public health crises and providing education.
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Self-care within hospice and palliative care nursing
Hospice and palliative care nurses endure many stressors that can lead to burnout, which has the potential to harm nurses, patients, and healthcare organizations.…
Boost your mood with food
Traditionally, dietary research focused largely on physical health, producing well-documented findings about how what we eat impacts our cardiovascular system, weight, and activity levels.…
When a nurse is the patient
Use your voice for those who can’t speak up. I’ve been a nurse for 46 years, serving in positions from critical care staff nurse…
Psychologically informed nurse support
Nurses across the profession have experienced increased stress and distress, which has only intensified during the global pandemic
Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation: The first 5 years
When HNHN launched on May 1, 2017, we knew that nurses’ health was in jeopardy and something had to be done. However, we didn’t…
Obesity in nurses
Occupational challenges contribute to weight gain. Research shows that about half of American nurses are living with obesity or are overweight. American Nurses Association…
Rising to the challenge of self-care
I’ve worked in a hospital as a nurse for the past couple of years during the COVID-19 pandemic. Trying to balance my family and…
Normalizing the language of stress, burnout, and nurses’ well-being
Burnout is a buzzword used nationwide, perhaps nowhere more than in healthcare and nursing. In a recent Pulse on the Nation’s Nurses Survey, 56%…
Ending stigma
If a flood or fire were to hit a community, RNs would spring into action, working long hours under stressful conditions to triage and…
COVID-19 and PTSD in frontline nurses
PTSD occurs as the result of witnessed or experienced trauma or traumatic event, such as war, natural disaster, serious accident, abuse, violence, or shock.…
Prevent compassion fatigue through self-compassion
Consider these simple practices. Takeaways: Nurses are at high risk for developing compassion fatigue, which can have a negative impact on nurses, patients, and…
A call for healthy role models
As the largest category of healthcare professionals, nurses can play a critical role in tackling public health crises and providing education.
Self-care within hospice and palliative care nursing
Hospice and palliative care nurses endure many stressors that can lead to burnout, which has the potential to harm nurses, patients, and…
Boost your mood with food
Traditionally, dietary research focused largely on physical health, producing well-documented findings about how what we eat impacts our cardiovascular system, weight, and…
When a nurse is the patient
Use your voice for those who can’t speak up. I’ve been a nurse for 46 years, serving in positions from critical care…
Psychologically informed nurse support
Nurses across the profession have experienced increased stress and distress, which has only intensified during the global pandemic
Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation: The first 5 years
When HNHN launched on May 1, 2017, we knew that nurses’ health was in jeopardy and something had to be done. However,…
Obesity in nurses
Occupational challenges contribute to weight gain. Research shows that about half of American nurses are living with obesity or are overweight. American…
Rising to the challenge of self-care
I’ve worked in a hospital as a nurse for the past couple of years during the COVID-19 pandemic. Trying to balance my…
Normalizing the language of stress, burnout, and nurses’ well-being
Burnout is a buzzword used nationwide, perhaps nowhere more than in healthcare and nursing. In a recent Pulse on the Nation’s Nurses…
Ending stigma
If a flood or fire were to hit a community, RNs would spring into action, working long hours under stressful conditions to…
COVID-19 and PTSD in frontline nurses
PTSD occurs as the result of witnessed or experienced trauma or traumatic event, such as war, natural disaster, serious accident, abuse, violence,…
Prevent compassion fatigue through self-compassion
Consider these simple practices. Takeaways: Nurses are at high risk for developing compassion fatigue, which can have a negative impact on nurses,…