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  • Proactive Stress Relieving Techniques for You and Your Family — Goal Setting

    Proactive Stress Relieving Techniques for You and Your Family — Goal Setting

    It might seem counterintuitive to identify “goal setting” as a technique for relieving stress — doesn’t the pressure to hit a goal create stress? — but the real stressor in life is not having a specific direction to spend our energy. The result is that most of us just scramble through life from one crisis to another, from one need to the next, never feeling like we’re making progress towards something meaningful.
    When we were younger, we were always moving towards some life moment, some goal whether it was intentional or not. 
    We worked to get our driver’s license. We worked to get into college. We worked to get an A on the exam. We worked to graduate from a nursing program, We worked to get licensed, We worked to get a job. We may even have worked to move out of our parents’ house, get married, buy a house of our own, or pay off college debt.
    But now…what are we moving towards? What are our goals besides just surviving the day?

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  • Vegetarian Meals: Adding Variety and Simplicity Are Keys to Success

    Vegetarian Meals: Adding Variety and Simplicity Are Keys to Success

    If you are not already cooking vegetarian then your repertoire might be limited to raw veggies and bagged salad. And that gets old really fast.
    So this week, I’m going to share an easy, tasty meal for every time of the day. I’m going to give you variety and simplicity so you can start eating healthier today.

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  • Fun Time For Nurses: Outdoor Winter Activities in Connecticut

    Fun Time For Nurses: Outdoor Winter Activities in Connecticut

    You don’t have to travel very far to enjoy winter outdoor activities like snow tubing, skiing, snowboarding, and even snow biking.
    Connecticut is filled with delightfully snowy spots you can enjoy as a couple, as a family, or with your best friends. Spend a few hours or the whole day outside enjoying the New England winter. Getting outside and into nature is a very effective way to offset the winter blues that settle in when we spend too much time indoors. There’s no reason to hibernate when there’s so much fun so close at hand.
    Here are some of the top spots around the state for you to visit:

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  • Proactive Stress Relieving Techniques for Nurses — Goal Setting

    Proactive Stress Relieving Techniques for Nurses — Goal Setting

    It might seem counterintuitive to identify “goal setting” as a technique for relieving stress — doesn’t the pressure to hit a goal create stress? — but the real stressor in life is not having a specific direction to spend our energy. The result is that most of us just scramble through life from one crisis to another, from one need to the next, never feeling like we’re making progress towards something meaningful.
    When we were younger, we were always moving towards some life moment, some goal whether it was intentional or not. 
    We worked to get our driver’s license. We worked to get into college. We worked to get an A on the exam. We worked to graduate from a nursing program, We worked to get licensed, We worked to get a job. We may even have worked to move out of our parents’ house, get married, buy a house of our own, or pay off college debt.
    But now…what are we moving towards? What are our goals besides just surviving the day?

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  • Back Stretches and Exercises for Nurses with Back Issues — Part 1

    Back Stretches and Exercises for Nurses with Back Issues — Part 1

    According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 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.
    Tell me something I don’t already know!
    As if we need any government agency to tell us how the job breaks down our bodies. Nurses know all too well how hard our job is physically.
    And since our health is often a low-priority for our administrators, we have to take care of ourselves and each other.
    Over the next few months, NursePower Empowers Nurses! is going to focus on taking care of your back.
    We got your back — literally!

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  • Cooking with Beans: Vegetarian Meal Series #1

    Cooking with Beans: Vegetarian Meal Series #1

    I have decided that this year is the “Year of the Bean” in my house. And no, I’m not talking about those adorable toe beans.
    I’m talking about the magical fruit… the more you eat them… well, you know how that goes. Of course, beans aren’t really fruit — they’re legumes. And whether you eat vegetarian or you’re just looking to cut down your meat consumption like I am, beans are an affordable, versatile, protein-packed pantry staple for your kitchen. Assuming you know how to cook with them.
    Since this is the Year of the Bean, I’ve decided to share some favorite bean recipes with you over the next few months.
    But first, here’s why you should eat more beans.

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  • New Year, New You — How NursePower Can Change Your Life

    New Year, New You — How NursePower Can Change Your Life

    How many hours a week do you spend at work?
    Now, how many hours a week do you spend trying to recover from your week at work?
    How much stress, anxiety, depression, and overwhelm are you dealing with on a near-constant basis? How is all of this impacting your overall life?
    22% of the 5 million RNs, LPNs, and LVNs in the US said they may leave their current position. That’s over 1 million of us who have reached a breaking point. 

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  • Stress-Relieving Techniques for Nurses — Part 4

    Stress-Relieving Techniques for Nurses — Part 4

    NursePower Empowers Nurses! is focused on helping you take care of yourself. We’re nurses too, so we know how bad we all are at taking care of ourselves — great at taking care of other people, but not so much with ourselves. But our job is stressful, now more than ever. 
    Two weeks ago, in our blog, “Tempted to Join the Great Resignation?” we discussed how the pressure we’re under causes us to lose sleep, feel anxious, grow depressed, become overwhelmed, just to name a few of the harmful effects from over 20 months battling Covid-19.
    This is why we created the NursePower Empowers Nurses! initiative.

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  • Fun Time for Nurses — Best New Year’s Eve Events in Connecticut

    This year, New Year’s Eve is also a Friday night, which really does make it better somehow, doesn’t it?
    All over Connecticut, cities and towns will be celebrating various First Night Events. And since most, if not all, take place outside, you’ve got every reason to join the festivities. We’ve gone ahead and identified some of the special ones across the state so you don’t have to go searching for them. Some of the biggies you are probably already familiar with, but there are several hidden gems in here that you may want to give a try this year.

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  • Tempted to Join the “Great Resignation”? Read This First…

    Tempted to Join the “Great Resignation”? Read This First…

    “Twenty-two percent: That’s how many nurses indicated in a recent McKinsey survey that they may leave their current position providing direct patient care within the next year” (Berlin, et al, 2020). It’s no secret that Covid-19 is taking its toll on nurses. But just how much of a toll is only now becoming clear to us. 

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