Caregiver Care
Protect Your Health by Preventing Diabetes
As nurses, we routinely educate our patients to avoid inactivity and maintain a healthy weight in order to promote health. Are you doing these things yourself? The National Diabetes Education Program is trying to send the message that type 2 diabetes can be prevented, or its onset delayed, by aiming toward two “keys for success.”
Reduce Your Cancer Risk With Healthy Life Choices
Cancer prevention research has led to the validation of screening procedures and vaccinations for certain types of cancer. However, for many other types of cancer, the adoption of general healthy life choices may provide some protection. Here are the AICR recommendations.
What to Do When Caring for Someone You Know
After nursing school, I deliberately took a job 35 miles away from my hometown so I wouldn’t be put in a situation where I would have to care for someone I knew. Despite my effort, the father of a good friend one day ended up on my floor. He was uncomfortable with me taking care of him, and my nurse manager respected his wishes. Although I was not assigned to care for him, his family told me it was a comfort having someone around that they knew and could talk to.
Protect Your Bone Health and Prevent Osteoporosis
As nurses, we are used to taking care of everyone else and often forget our own needs. One health issue we need to understand is osteoporosis and how to maintain our bone health.
Protect Yourself From Heart Disease
As nurses, we tell our patients what they need to do to maintain their health, especially when going through treatment for cancer. But as nurses, do we always follow our own advice? I’m sure there many of us are shaking our heads “no”—me included!
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