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Teaching Nurses Healthy Habits

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Channel: Lee Health · 2018 · Science & Technology

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It’s been almost 20 years since nurse resident development specialist Erica Schivinski started working as a nurse in Lee Health.  “The nursing profession, it’s hard work. It really is, both physically and mentally,” she said. 

Long shifts and a busy workload can take its toll. “As a new nurse, I would work 12-hour shifts, and I barely drank and didn’t take as good care of myself,” said Schivinski. 

A trend another nurse resident development specialist, Jennifer Craft, says is still popular among nurses today. “A lot of times we will see nurses avoid taking lunch breaks because they are so busy and they want to really focus on patient care, and that leads to burnout.”

Each year Lee Health brings in around 350 new nurses through the residency program. A new program focused on educating nurses at the beginning of their career on the importance of self-care. “It’s really important for them to learn good habits,” said Craft. 

The program will educate them on the Wellness Wheel, including how to maintain good nutrition, physical activity, sleep, and stress management.  “We do talk about physical activity and how important that is for them, and that they are taking care of themselves. Self-care can be so hard. They are used to giving care not taking care of themselves,” said Sarah Mitchell, health and wellness coordinator at Lee Health. 

Mitchell also explains how programs at the Healthy Life Center can help them develop healthy habits.  “When I started as a nurse in 1999, I wish we had a program like this,” said Schivinski. 

Teaching new nurses the tools they need to take care of themselves so they can give compassionate care to patients.

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