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    STUDENT

    The importance of self-care for


    improving student nurse wellbeing
    Sophie Emery, Third-Year Student Children’s Nurse, University of Hertfordshire ([email protected])

    A ‘
    s a third-year student nurse in the Mindfulness helps is 30 minutes a day, 5 times a week. For me,
    final 6 months of my course, I am discovering running as a form of exercise has
    about to join the workforce and me to feel calmer in helped me to keep motivated, and I ensure
    begin a new ‘extended placement’, the moment and able that I schedule in time to do it.
    because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
    to leave work-related
    ’
    As a student nurse, I am a caregiver, and Practising mindfulness
    I understand the importance of supporting stresses at work Stress levels and psychosocial wellbeing are as
    patients, families and colleagues. However, important as physical health. I have recently
    sometimes this can affect my own wellbeing. started practising mindfulness as a form of
    It is therefore important that I develop coping and challenges that arise throughout the day meditation. Mindfulness helps you to connect
    strategies that can nurture my own mental become easier to rationalise and overcome. with what is happening in the present
    and physical wellbeing, thus enabling me Rest breaks are very important and help moment, rather than being fearful of the past
    to have the capacity to deliver safe, high- create safe working environments, even more or future. For me, mindfulness helps me to
    quality patient-centred care. Research into so at times like the present, as fatigue can lead feel calmer in the moment and able to leave
    the benefits of supporting staff wellbeing to mistakes and increase the risk of infection. work-related stresses at work without taking
    is growing, with increasing recognition The duty stands with trusts to ensure staff can them home. It is becoming clear that nurses
    and understanding within the healthcare take regular breaks to recharge and prevent everywhere could benefit from mindfulness.
    system that well supported staff are not only the onset of physical and mental fatigue. By concentrating on the present moment and
    beneficial for the individual’s health, but can Taking allocated breaks whenever possible not worrying about the past or future, it can
    also make us better and safer clinicians. helps provide the opportunity to rehydrate, enable nurses to provide better patient care.
    which improves concentration and cognitive
    Self-care strategies function. When out in practice, I try to Concluding thoughts
    The primary duties of protecting the health, take my breaks whenever I can, and try to In this current uncertain time, I am
    safety and wellbeing of the workforce are the view breaks as essential to support a healthy reminded of the importance of looking
    responsibility of employers, but I believe there working environment, and not as a luxury. after myself and ensuring that I seek further
    are several self-care practices that I can use to advice and support if needed. As a health
    improve my own wellbeing. I have always had Exercise and physical activity professional, I have a responsibility to invest
    a keen passion for discovering strategies to Nursing is considered to be a physically in my own mental and physical wellbeing
    improve my physical and mental wellbeing. In demanding profession, with many hours spent so I can be alert and enthusiastic when
    these uncertain times I know how important standing and moving around. Thus it is vital providing care for my patients, and to help
    it is to maintain these self-care rituals. These we look after our own physical wellbeing. me succeed in my university work. Over
    can include taking allocated breaks, staying Keeping physically active through exercise my 3 years of training I have found that it
    active and practising mindfulness. I have can also have a direct impact on improving is important to find a self-care method that
    chosen to focus on these self-care practices mental wellbeing. Completing exercise is individual to me and suits my schedule,
    myself, as I feel they have benefitted me most benefits us all by releasing ‘happy’ hormones, helping me to practice regularly. I have
    throughout my nursing degree. such as serotonin and endorphins. found taking an interest in my own health,
    I find exercise helps to improve my mood, exploring what makes me a happy and
    Taking allocated breaks my concentration levels when completing motivated health professional, has helped me
    The scheduling of self-care practices, such essays and reduces stress. The current with the willingness to care for others to the
    as taking allocated breaks, helps the conflicts government recommendations for exercise best of my abilities. BJN
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