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  • Proactive Stress Relieving Techniques — Social Media Detox

    Proactive Stress Relieving Techniques — Social Media Detox

    We only get 24 hours in a day, 168 hours in a week. How are you spending yours? 
    If social media is taking up too many of your hours, then you really need to make a change because social media is a detrimental way to spend your time. It is more often than not hurting you rather than helping you. You can never get back the hours you’ve spent on social media with nothing to show for them afterward. But you can make a change now to increase your mental and emotional well-being, to spend more time in the present on people and activities that enrich your life. As nurses, we often have to deliver tough news. We often have to say the hard things to our patients. 
    So let me blunt: you are wasting too many hours of your life scrolling through social media.
    You need to make a change now.

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  • Top 4 Nursing Certifications in High Demand

    Top 4 Nursing Certifications in High Demand

    Nurses are in high demand all over the country. The nursing shortage is approaching critical mass, whether in K-12 schools, college nursing programs, hospitals, or private-duty nursing. 
    Opportunities abound for nurses who want to improve their working conditions and increase their income — both are important factors in living a better life.
    Switching from a high-stress hospital job requiring you to work nights, weekends, holidays, and way too much overtime to a public school nurse with nights, weekends, and holidays off, plus a predictable 40-hour workweek will drastically reduce your stress but also your income. 
    Switching to a private-duty nurse will give you far greater flexibility to choose your own schedule and your own patients while increasing your income, but you may need more structure in your life.

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  • Grill Recipe Series: Get Creative with Your Burgers!

    Grill Recipe Series: Get Creative with Your Burgers!

    Now that grilling season has returned, it’s time to talk about hamburgers. Grilling hamburgers is one of my favorite meals for 4 reasons:
    They are quick and easy
    The whole family loves them
    They are affordable (compared to other meats…)
    They are ridiculously versatile

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  • Proactive Stress Relieving Techniques for Nurses — Social Media Detox

    Proactive Stress Relieving Techniques for Nurses — Social Media Detox

    We only get 24 hours in a day, 168 hours in a week. How are you spending yours? 
    If social media is taking up too many of your hours, then you really need to make a change because social media is a detrimental way to spend your time. It is more often than not hurting you rather than helping you. You can never get back the hours you’ve spent on social media with nothing to show for them afterward. But you can make a change now to increase your mental and emotional well-being, to spend more time in the present on people and activities that enrich your life. As nurses, we often have to deliver tough news. We often have to say the hard things to our patients. 
    So let me blunt: you are wasting too many hours of your life scrolling through social media.
    You need to make a change now.

    Read more
  • Back Stretches and Exercises for Nurses with BEFORE Back Issues — Part 3

    Back Stretches and Exercises for Nurses with BEFORE Back Issues — Part 3

    The Spine Institute of America recommends strengthening pelvic, abdominal, and lumbar muscles as preventative measures to avoid the common back pains and injuries that so many nurses suffer. While most of us are familiar with ab exercises — even if we don’t like doing them! — we’re less familiar with pelvic and lumbar exercises even though they are just as important in the effort to protect our backs from constant aches, pains, and injuries.
    Here are four stretches and exercises that you can do to strengthen the muscles in your pelvis and lumbar regions of the spine.

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  • Fun Time for Nurses: Early Spring Activities to Make You Feel Alive Again

    Fun Time for Nurses: Early Spring Activities to Make You Feel Alive Again

    It’s been a long winter of snow storms, ice storms, and Covid conditions. But Spring is back and that means warmer weather, longer days, and lighter hearts.
    This month, we’re focusing on activities that will lift all of our spirits and fill our hearts with good feelings.

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  • 4 Fun Vegetarian Finger Foods for Movie Nights

    4 Fun Vegetarian Finger Foods for Movie Nights

    I know what you’re thinking: popcorn is vegetarian; potato chips are vegetarian; french fries and onion rings are vegetarian. Pizza is vegetarian.
    Yes, but they’re also super unhealthy for you — except that air-popped popcorn…yum.
    And while you can serve up sliced veggies and baby carrots, movie nights and other get-togethers deserve something a little more… fun.
    These 4 flavorful finger foods for vegetarians and non-vegetarians alike will be your new fun go-to snacks.

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  • Fun Time For Nurses: Indoor Winter Activities in Connecticut

    Fun Time For Nurses: Indoor Winter Activities in Connecticut

    Last month, I shared a number of outdoor winter activities for you and your loved ones to enjoy. And if you’re still looking for outdoor winter activities, then you should check out that article. But for those of you who want to get out of the house but not spend hours in the freezing cold, I’ve got a list of great indoor activities for all ages right here. 

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  • Proactive Stress Relieving Techniques for Nurses — “Me Time”

    Proactive Stress Relieving Techniques for Nurses — “Me Time”

    Me time?
    What’s that, right? Ohhh, that’s all those hours I spend taking care of myself…(bursts into laughter).
    Yeah, we all know we need to build in some “me time” into every single day but we never do it, do we? We’re too busy taking care of other people…
    While that is completely true, it also has a tendency to set us up to be martyrs, doesn’t it? In some ways, as long as we’re spending our time taking care of others, we can rationalize not taking care of ourselves.
    But how is that working for us, really?

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  • Back Stretches and Exercises for Nurses with Back Issues — Part 2

    Back Stretches and Exercises for Nurses with Back Issues — Part 2

    s we discussed in Part 1 of our series for Nurses with Back Issues, 46% of all nursing-related injuries are due to overexertion and 25% are due to slips and falls. This results all too often in back injuries and cumulative trauma disorders to the musculoskeletal and nervous systems caused by repetitive motions, overuse, and strain.
    Whether you already have back issues or you want to prevent having them in the future, NursePower Empowers Nurses! is bringing you a series of back stretches and exercises to help you stand taller and feel stronger.

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