You can't pour from an empty cup
To provide quality care
To live a prudent personal life
To develop self-compassion
SIGNS OF LACK OF SELF-CARE
Exhaustion
Feeling tired is a common experience. It can be caused by disrupted sleep habits, a change in routine, or the appearance of stressors in your life.
Unable to focus on task at hand often resulting in errors or near misses.
Making Mistakes
Difficulty Making Complex Decisions
Unable to keep yourself organized in situations requiring complex thought processes.
Unable to articulate issues or communicate with fellow nurses and other members of the interdisciplinary team.
Poor Choice of Words
Heightened Emotions
Emotional dysregulation can result in you experiencing intense emotions that you are unable to manage in constructive ways.
Low self-esteem is characterized by a lack of confidence and feeling badly about oneself.
Low Self-esteem
Six Domains of Self Care
1
Mental
Wellbeing
2
Physical
Wellbeing
Emotional Wellbeing
3
4
5
6
Spiritual
Wellbeing
Relational
Wellbeing
Professional
Wellbeing
Self care is important for nurses as evidence suggests that long hours and shift work contribute to the lack of self care among nurses and is linked to patient safety. The effects of lack of self care can impair job performance and is closely associated with tardiness, absenteeism, staff turnover and decreased performance. Lack of self care can also drastically effect the quality of care provided.
SELF-CARE Practice Activities
Mindfulness helps to be fully present, aware, and not be overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around you.
Practice Mindfullness
Relationships are the often the source of our greatest joys and greatest challenges.
Build Strong Connections
Having friends and family, to turn to in times of need or crisis to give you a broader focus and positive self-image.
Building Social Supports
Being proactive can help you to be more relaxed, prepared, and in control, as you are able to establish precautionary steps for potential situations.
Proactive Attitude
Going for a walk, jog, run, hiking or any other physical activity you like. Also taking care of your physical and dental health.
Physical Selfcare
Writing a daily journal for self reflection. This will help you better understand your needs and set realistic expectations of yourself.
Psychological selfcare
Practice having compassion for yourself.
Emotional Selfcare
Connect regularly with your source of faith and hope, become part of a faith community and spend time in the lap of nature.
Spirtual selfcare
Spend time with your family, your loved ones and with your friends.
Relational Selfcare
St-up boundaries around your work and seek mechanisms of support at your workplace such as peer and mentor support.
Professional selfcare
SELF-CARE Practice Resources
Participate in 2 FREE live
mindfulness sessions
every week
Pause for Providers
Pause for Providers an initiative supported by the Innovation Fund of the Alternative Funding Plan for the Academic Health Sciences Centers of Ontario.
Facilitated by Dr. Jennifer Hirsch or
Dr. Diane Meschino
Tuesday's @ 8:30PM EST
Facilitated by Dr. Mary Elliott or
Dr. Orit Zamir
Thursday's @ 8:30PM EST
The Nurses’ Health Program (NHP) is a voluntary bilingual program for Ontario nurses.
NHP provides an opportunity for Ontario nurses with substance use and/or mental health disorders to receive support to recover and practice safely.
Nurses Health Program
Power Yoga Canada is offering discounts to healthcare workers.
They offer virtually instructed classes in real-time or you access pre-recorded sessions.
Contact Kinndil for further information.
Power Yoga Canada
Practice Meditation With Power Yoga Canada
Contact Kinndil for your Special Discount at info@poweryogacanada.com
To be self-compassionate is not to be self-indulgent or self-centred. A major component of self-compassion is to be kind to yourself. Treat yourself with love, care, dignity and make your wellbeing a priority. With self-compassion, we still hold ourselves accountable professionally and personally, but there are no toxic emotions inflicted upon and towards ourselves. – Christopher Dines
