Self-care for nurses is not pampering, a luxury, or an extravagance. Plain and simple, it is routine maintenance for the body, mind, and spirit. If you’re not actively engaging in it, you are not working to your highest potential. Even worse, you are on a fast track to burnout and worse. When you neglect yourself, you also neglect, on some level, those you serve. Fill your own well first and you’ll have more to give others.
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March is National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month. Twenty-six years ago, my husband was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Twenty-six years ago, I became a
I often see/hear new nurses referring to themselves as “newbie nurses” or “baby nurses,” inferring that they are just starting out in the profession. Imagine
I’m feeling like I want to cry, need a good cry—release, tears of joy, tears of anguish—the yin and the yang of life. It’s OK
How many times have you been out in public when someone asks you what you do and you respond, “I’m a nurse.” Bland. Generic. Nondescript.
Donna Cardillo
PO Box 15
Sea Girt, NJ 08750
Phone: 848-241-3166
E-mail: donna@donnacardillo.com
