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In a fast-paced, high-impact profession like nursing, it’s important to think about your body as an investment.
Developing high-quality habits can make a huge difference in your daily life and overall health. Here are five ways to invest in your health from morning ’til night.
1. When you go to work, bring snacks of high water content with vitamins included! Take a container of veggies. Take a piece of fruit. These can be eaten quickly, since there’s little time for meal breaks. Keep some almonds or walnuts at work so you can have a quick source of protein. When the donut box is sitting in front of you, drink some filtered water before you dive in! Remind yourself about your investment!
This next tip will help you avoid mistakes (and grouchiness!)
Very informative! I had no idea why I had so much trouble falling asleep after I worked night shift. Who would have thought that dark glasses helped suppress the wake up hormones? I will definitely use this tip should I ever have to work late nights again.
Eating “snacks” on the run is not the way nursing
needs to be. Get enough nurses and partners
and the nurse and others can actually sit down
and eat as they should. STOP MULTI -TASKING…
it only hurts the patient!
Sorry, but until hospitals realize that it takes more than just an RN to take care of patients, eating on the go seems to be the norm. Better to have stuff on hand than to run down to the cafeteria and grab whatever junk is there!