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    Self-Care and You: Caring for the Caregiver
    Self-Care and You: Caring for the Caregiver
    Self-Care and You: Caring for the Caregiver
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    Self-Care and You: Caring for the Caregiver

    By Kim Richards

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    Nurses are the consummate caregivers, often sacrificing their own health and wellness while taking care of others. Self-care means choosing behaviors to counter emotional and physical stress, from exercise and nutritious eating to practicing self-centering activities. Given the emotional stress and strains inherent in your profession, it is important that you make self-care a priority. It is vital to your well-being and enables you to effectively continue your day-to-day practice of healing and caring for others.
    Self-Care and You applies an integrated approach to the practice of self-care. This handy guide is organized in six self-care pathways and loaded with detailed examples, guidelines, tips, techniques, and insights about each pathway to help you assess and guide your life long journey to self-care!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNursesbooks
    Release dateMar 25, 2014
    ISBN9781558105539
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      Self-Care and You - Kim Richards

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      The American Nurses Association (ANA) is the only full-service professional organization representing the interests of the nation’s 3.1 million registered nurses through its constituent/state nurses associations and its organizational affiliates. The ANA advances the nursing profession by fostering high standards of nursing practice, promoting the rights of nurses in the workplace, projecting a positive and realistic view of nursing, and by lobbying Congress and regulatory agencies on health care issues affecting nurses and the public.

      The opinions in this book reflect those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect positions or policies of the American Nurses Association. Furthermore, the information in this book should not be construed as legal or other professional advice.

      About the Authors

      Kim Richards, RN, NC-BC—By combining her passion for nursing, fitness, coaching, and her extensive research on the science of self-care, Kim created the components of Self-Care Academy, LLC, of which she is founder/owner. As a Board-Certified Nurse Coach, and professional speaker, she works with private clients, hospitals, and national companies presenting workshops and sustainable programs on a holistic and healthy lifestyle. She is a faculty member of the International Integrative Nurse Coach Program.

      Elizabeth Sheen, RN, HNB-BC, HWNC-BC—Founder, Integrative Pathways to Wellness. Liz is a Board-Certified Health and Wellness Nurse Coach, working with private clients and groups: her workshops for caregivers are on the importance of their own self-care. She is the Director of Health and Clinical Services at an agency that serves individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. She is a graduate of the International Integrative Nurse Coach Program.

      Maria C. (Mary) Mazzer, RN, HNB-BC, HWNC-BC—Health and Wellness Coach. Mary is a Board-Certified Health and Wellness Nurse Coach, working with patients (and their families) who are terminal to create their optimal, comforting environment for a peaceful, meaningful transition. She is a graduate of the International Integrative Nurse Coach Program.

      American Nurses Association

      8515 Georgia Avenue, Suite 400

      Silver Spring, MD 20910-3492

      1-800-274-4ANA

      www.NursingWorld.org.

      Published by Nursesbooks.org

      The Publishing Program of ANA

      www.Nursesbooks.org/

      ©2014 American Nurses Association. All rights reserved. Reproduction or transmission in any form is not permitted without written permission of the American Nurses Association (ANA). This publication may not be translated without written permission of ANA. For inquiries or to report unauthorized use, email copyright@ana.org

      eISBN: 978-1-55810-553-9 04/2014

      Contents

      Self-Care and You: Starting Your Journey

      Your Six Self-Care Pathways

      Compassion Fatigue and Burnout

      About This Book

      Physical Self-Care Pathway

      Nutrition

      Exercise

      Sleep and Rest

      Your Accountability Buddy and Self-Care

      Mental Self-Care Pathway

      How Stress Harms Your Health

      Reducing Stress

      Mindfulness

      Meditation

      Exercise and Stress

      Self-Talk and Stress

      Yoga

      Tai Chi

      Other Self-Care Pathways

      Emotional Self-Care

      Spiritual Self-Care

      Relationship Self-Care

      Choice Self-Care

      Self-Care and You: A Lifelong Journey

      Bibliography

      Self-Care and You

      Starting Your Journey

      A high quality life starts with a high quality you.

      —Cheryl Richardson

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      Six Self-Care Pathways

      The practice of self-care is a lifelong journey. Self-care means choosing behaviors that balance the effects of emotional and physical stressors. These behaviors can include exercising, eating nutritious foods, getting enough sleep, practicing self-centering activities, abstaining from substance abuse, and pursuing creative outlets.

      If you want to live a life of meaningful contribution to others, you may need to make changes in your own life first. Many caregivers fall into the trap of over-giving and wrongfully believing that self-care is selfish. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Code of Ethics for Nurses clearly supports this: The nurse owes the same duty to self as to others, including the responsibility to preserve integrity and safety, to maintain competence, and to continue personal and professional growth (ANA, 2001, p. 23). The reward for tending to your needs first is profound. You will find more passion, energy, and resilience to support making

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