Wellness Tips

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Top 10 sleep tips for nurses

Increase your chances of getting some quality sleep with these tips just for nurses.

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Unconventional ways to relieve compassion fatigue

Compassion fatigue, or spiritual distress, can take the form of headaches, muscle pain and abdominal pain. Here’s what you can do.

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How to avoid the most common nurse injuries

How to protect yourself at the hospital, an elderly care facility, a patient’s home or a clinic.

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4 most common reasons nurses seek therapy

Here are 4 top complaints driving nurses to seek therapy (including stupidity!) —and the types of treatment that can help you. What would you add to this list?

Winning at losing: How four nurses beat the battle of the bulge

Winning at losing: How four nurses beat the battle of the bulge

Stress plus long hours usually equals unhealthy food choices and nearly nonexistent exercise. But as these four RNs have clearly proven, beating the battle of the bulge is entirely doable.

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Back pain prevention checklist

Prevention starts with awareness. That’s good advice for nurses, too.

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Why are nurses so creative?

There are nurses who sew, knit, quilt, do elaborate bead work, embroider masterpieces and decorate their mailboxes. It’s no surprise…

Beauty boosters for nurses

Beauty boosters for nurses

When the going gets tough at work, the tough keep upbeat by following this nurse-tested rule of thumb: Looking good almost always makes you feel better.

Quiet, please!

Quiet, please!

Nobody needs to tune out chaos and key into calm more than a nurse. Here, many different–and delightful–de-stressors that will bring you peace of body and mind.

Are you on overload?

Are you on overload?

No need to let stress overtake your life. Here, some simple solutions to ensure that doing what you love still means loving what you do.

Decisions, decisions: Your answers to daily dilemmas

Decisions, decisions: Your answers to daily dilemmas

Sleep or work out? Glossy lips or matte? Who has time to find answers to these questions when patients are calling and doctors are bellowing? Scrubs! We did the legwork, so just settle in and read on.

How to cope when you’re off duty at odd hours

How to cope when you’re off duty at odd hours

Midweek weekends? Dinner at 8 a.m.? If you’re more likely to see the sun rise than set, here’s how to make the most of your free time—whenever it may be.

Bouncing back from back pain

Bouncing back from back pain

You’re helping a patient, when suddenly: “Oh, ^$#%@!” Now you’re the one in agony—but not for long. Here, from experts and nurses-who-know, smart strategies to go from down and out to up and about.

Under stress and overwhelmed

Under stress and overwhelmed

Sure, nurses get burned out. But experts (in and out of the field) agree: You don’t have to let stress harm your health, ruin relationships or crash the career you love. When you’re at the end of your rope, here’s how to cope.

All in a day’s work and play for three nurses

All in a day’s work and play for three nurses

Nurses are known for accomplishing more in a day than most mere mortals do in a week. Here, secrets from three multitalented, multitasking RNs!