Not So Serious Selfcare: Cracking (A Smile) Under Pressure

Last week, we examined ways to integrate humor into your self-care routine. Self care is essential for all nurses, as it helps preserve your health, provide emotional resiliency, and keep you better positioned to provide optimum care for your patients. This week, we’ll be looking at a trio of specific techniques you can use to address the pressures of nursing — both the obvious challenges of patients, doctors, and colleagues, and the less discussed but still critical pressures inherent in the profession.
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