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Journal of Intensive and Critical Care Nursing | Volume 2
October 24-25, 2019 | Zurich, Switzerland
2nd European
Nursing Congress
International Conference on
Clinical Nursing & Practice
Joint Event
&
J Intensive Crit Care Nurs, Volume 2
The Importance of Promoting Self Care to Nurses
Elaina Mullery
Robert Gordon University, Australia
Introduction:
Nursing is a physically and emotionally
demanding career for nurses. Nurses are always there to care
for a stranger as if they were one of their own way. One in four
nurses are reported to experience burnout1 at some point in
their career.
My Experience:
Burnout / Compassion Fatigue impacts the
nurses both professionally and personally and have a negative
impact on patient care and the organization in which they are
employed. Self-care have a positive impact on the prevention
of compassion fatigue and burnout in health professionals.
Education on early signs of burnout and the encouragement
of a personal self-care program is a matter of importance to
the nursing profession according to my opinion.
Conclusion:
During my presentation I will address that what
I believe is a holistic approach to self-care. I have developed
a model of self-care which addresses the five social
psychological aspects of self. This model allows the nurse to
develop a deeper level of self-awareness while caring for their
Mental, Physical, Emotional, Spiritual and Indulgent self-care
needs.
e
:
elaina@happynurse.com.au