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A year of finding center

January 11, 2024

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 2024? Throughout 2023, the…

Authentic

December 18, 2023

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 as though “authentic” was…

Be Your Own Nurse: Chief wellness officer

July 17, 2024

In 2021, the control of wellbeing at the tail of a global pandemic made sense. How can we manage our personal worlds after so much change? How do…

Be Your Own Nurse: Your Voice

October 25, 2022

My work is focused on relationships and caring for individuals and groups. What that means is: Speaking with intention, focused on the impact your words have on your…

Conversations as self-care

April 13, 2023

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, I was approached by…

Environmental wellness and nurse self-care

September 17, 2024

More and more we hear about how the environment must be included in how we care for ourselves. Perhaps thinking about the environment has been part of our…

Finding Your Connection

February 16, 2024

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? When I facilitate intentional…

Good Morning!

August 17, 2023

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 moment, do you find…

Listening to messages

April 10, 2024

An analogy that I often use to describe my own experiences in tough caregiving situations is to say, “I have a fork in my eye.” I feel distressed…

Mrs. Bunge or The Curious Nurse

October 19, 2023

If not for Mrs. Bunge I would not be a nurse today. Patricia Bunge graduated from Toledo Hospital School of Nursing in 1954.

Reflection is nursing practice

March 16, 2023

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 and the rest of…

Remember Your Inner Nurse During the Holidays

December 1, 2022

During the holidays, with the comings and goings of family and friends, I was reminded of the tension between personal self-care and professional self-care. There is this side…

Self-care and team-care intervention of connection: Gratitude

November 16, 2023

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 staff well-being, is an…

Self-nursing: A full mind and a group intervention

July 12, 2023

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 have consequences, including the…

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…

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…

Be Your Own Nurse: Your Voice

My work is focused on relationships and caring for individuals and groups. What that means is: Speaking with intention, focused on the impact your…

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,…

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…

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?…

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…

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…

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.

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…

Remember Your Inner Nurse During the Holidays

During the holidays, with the comings and goings of family and friends, I was reminded of the tension between personal self-care and professional self-care.…

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…