The Importance of Mental Health in Nursing and Practical Self-Care Tips
Medical Edge Recruitment provided this article. By: Zachary Hall, Key Account Manager, Medical Edge Recruitment As a travel nurse, committing to contracts lasting 8-13 weeks or longer often places you far from home. In this role, you may work long hours and care for a diverse range of patients. Despite being a dedicated professional, it’s essential to recognize your human side. The medical field can be both physically and mentally demanding, emphasizing the need to prioritize mental health both during and between assignments. Why is Mental Health Crucial, Particularly in Nursing? Mental health refers to a person’s psychological and emotional well-being.…
Self-Care for Travel Nurses
Jogan Health provided this article. “Self-care.” It’s not just a buzzword on Instagram. It’s a crucial part of a happy and healthy lifestyle. And if you’re a travel nurse, you should be practicing self-care for travel nurses. Learn why self-care is so important, especially for travel nurses, and quick ways you can implement self-care today. Why Travel Nurses Should Practice Self-Care Before jumping into what self-care nurses can do to prevent burnout. Let’s discuss why you should take extra care to pamper yourself outside of the workplace. It’s no secret that nurses work under stressful situations. You only have to look…
Self-Care Tips for Traveling Nurses
Trustaff provided this article. As a traveling healthcare professional, self-care can be as important as your commitment to caring for others. At Trustaff, we understand the demanding nature of your profession and the challenges that come with being on the move. That’s why we’ve made it our mission to provide exceptional healthcare staffing solutions and support our clinicians’ well-being through our unique ACT Program (Advocacy, Career, Tools). If you’re a travel nurse, here are some valuable self-care tips to help you thrive during your assignments. Discover how our ACT Program can be your ultimate companion on this rewarding journey. Self-Care Tips: 1.…
How Self-Care Can Assist You in Stress Management
Many of us have so many duties in life that we neglect to look after our own needs. This is especially true for those who are responsible for a large number of people. Self-care is a vital element of stress management, even if it’s difficult to prioritize when you have so many other things on your to-do list. How Self-Care Can Help You When we’re physically and emotionally exhausted, we’re less equipped to handle the challenges that life throws at us. Or, to put it another way, when we are physically and emotionally at our best, we are more robust…
Establishing a Proper Self-Care Routine While Travel Nursing
Self-care is more than just a marketing phrase or buzzword. It’s a necessity. While everyone can benefit from a proper self-care routine, it’s especially helpful and effective for those who have high-demand jobs or run the risk of burning out because they’re always on the go. Sound familiar? As a travel nurse, it’s easy to let your health and well-being fall by the wayside when you have so much to do. You spend all of your time caring for others, but may be forgetting to take care of yourself, in the process. So, what can you do to not only…
5 Self-Care Ideas for Managing Mental Health and Increasing Wellbeing
Self-care and mental health are essential for anyone that wants to live a happy life. An extensive definition of self-care means taking an active role in safeguarding one’s well being and happiness. Below you will find 5 great self-care tips for travel nurses to manage their mental health. It’s about putting yourself and your mental health first in times of stressful occurrences. As simple as it sounds, several people struggle with sufficiently taking care of themselves. 5 Self-Care Tips to Improve Your Mental Health and Wellbeing General self-care includes getting adequate sleep, eating well, and exercising. But when it involves…
4 Self-Care Tips for Travel Nurses While on Assignment
As travel nurses, you always care for others but taking care of yourself is just as important, if not more important. If you don’t take care of yourself, you will not care for those who rely on you. Being on the road while on a travel nurse assignment can make it harder to care for yourself. Not being familiar with the area may be a concern, but it doesn’t have to be. To help you while you are on the road, The Gypsy Nurse team has put together a list of 4 self-care tips for travel nurses while on assignment.…
7 Easy Self-Care Tips for Travel Nurses
Nurses spend so much time caring for their patients’ health that it is often easy to neglect their own health. A stressful job combined with long, unpredictable hours and being away from home can weigh heavily on a nurse’s health, so it is important that you look after your own mental and physical health so that you can be in top shape to help your patients. Check out these seven easy self-care tips to ensure you look after yourself while out on assignment! Easy self-care tips: 1 – Get Plenty of Sleep Easier said than done, eh! Travel nurses…
7 Self-Care Activities for Travel Nurses
7 Self-Care Activities for Travel Nurses This article was provided by AMN Healthcare. Shift work is par for the nursing course, but that doesn’t mean it’s good for you. A study originally published by the Department of Health and Human Services noted that long hours and odd shifts could lead to negative consequences, such as injuries, poor job performance, obesity, and chronic illnesses. In short, if you’re not taking care of yourself as a nurse, you put yourself and your patients at risk for harm. One way to reduce those issues is to follow some proven self-care tips. Check out these…
Yoga, Meditation, Self-Care, and Why I Started This Journey
What is our purpose in life? This is a question I have found myself asking many times over the years, first arising during my senior year in nursing school. I was anxious, depressed, and numbing myself with various substances to avoid the pain I did not know how to handle. Wake Up Call My clinical rotation that fall semester had me in an inpatient psychiatric unit, where we would start the day off with an AA meeting. I listened to my patients as they shared their stories of serving in the military and how they were not equipped with the…