Mental Wellness and Self Care for Nurses Archives

How to Meal Plan for Nurses – Tips and Tricks

Sep 26, 2023

How to Meal Plan for Nurses 101 wasn't an option at nursing school. I had to learn that on my own. I know how important healthy eating for nurses...

4 L&D TikTok Nurses Fired: My Thoughts

Dec 21, 2022

I recorded a podcast episode version of this post, to listen to it, simply click play below. What Went Down On TikTok recently, there has been a...

Anticipating Compassion Fatigue in Pandemic-Weary Nurses

Jun 15, 2021

Compassion fatigue has been recognized as a phenomenon in clinicians for decades. Here an RN talks about how to manage compassion fatigue.

I Hate Being a Nurse – What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Do

Jun 1, 2021

Have you said, I hate being a nurse? Use these tips to help prevent or move past nursing burnout so that you can get back to enjoying your job.

Symptom Media: Redefining Mental Health Education and CE Courses

May 11, 2021

Symptom Media began as a collaboration between mental health experts and filmmakers, focusing on visual education for mental health education.

Healthy Eating For Nurses

Nov 28, 2020

Working 12 hour shifts can really it difficult to stay on track with health and wellness, but healthy eating for nurses is...

When my patient’s son pulled up my Instagram account

Jan 14, 2020

Nurses on social media can be a wonderful thing. It can help build your brand, connect you with others, and even further your career. But depending...

Overcoming Anxiety – Top Tips for New Graduate Nurses

Jan 7, 2020

Beat the first year nurse anxiety. These top tips for new graduate nurses will help you learn how to become more confident.

10 Important Unwritten Rules for Nurses

Oct 8, 2019

You won’t learn this in nursing school, but your life will be so much better once you read (and follow) this list. These 10 unwritten rules for nurses might seem like common sense, but someone had to say them.

Nurses and Secondary Trauma

Jul 25, 2017

When I started nursing school, I was fascinated with being in the thick of the intense medical situations that frequently accompany working in an...

When Your Patient Starts Crying

Dec 31, 2015

One of the first questions you may ask yourself in your nursing career is "What to do when a patient starts crying." Everyone has their own forte’,...