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Caring for Yourself While Caring for Others

Caring for Yourself While Caring for Others. Heidi Taylor, PhD, RN, NC-BC Associate Professor of Nursing, West Texas A&M University Integrative Nurse Coach. How Are You?. How are you feeling ? How are you functioning ? How are you relating ? How are you living ? How are you being ?.

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Caring for Yourself While Caring for Others

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  1. Caring for Yourself While Caring for Others Heidi Taylor, PhD, RN, NC-BC Associate Professor of Nursing, West Texas A&M University Integrative Nurse Coach

  2. How Are You? • How are you feeling? • How are you functioning? • How are you relating? • How are you living? • How are you being?

  3. How Is Everyone Else? • How are theyfeeling? • How are they functioning? • How are theyrelating? • How are theyliving? • How are theybeing?

  4. The Nurse Practitioner’s Role as an Instrument of Healing

  5. Does the Nurse Need Healing?

  6. Professional Development • Part of Professional Development is Self-Development • Without a coherent sense of self, altruism can become “toxic” (credit Dr. Lisa Davis with term “Toxic Altruism”)

  7. Nurse Practitioner Self-Development • Self-Reflection • Self-Assessments • Self-Evaluation • Self-Care

  8. Self-Reflection • Inner awareness of our • Thoughts • Feelings • Judgments • Beliefs • Perceptions • Deepen our capacity for healing that is a lifelong journey into wholeness, harmony and balance

  9. Self-Assessment • Formal or Informal • Deepens our experience of understanding our present way of life, feelings and habits • Dimensions • Life Balance and satisfaction • Relationships • Spiritual • Mental • Emotional • Physical • Environmental • Health Responsibility • Integrative Health and Wellness Assessment (IHWA)

  10. Self-Evaluation • Requires that we explore our understanding and experiences of deep attention, intention, presence, and healing • How do you let go of fixed ideas about yourself and others? • How can you bear witness to your own joy as well as your own suffering? • What allows you to embrace all experiences directly? • How can you use all the ingredients of your life?

  11. Self-Care • A practice • Engaging in health-related activities • Using health promoting and desired behaviors • Adopt a healthier lifestyle and enhance wellness

  12. Making a Plan for Self-Care • We make a plan for patients every day, but rarely do caregivers make a self-care plan for themselves • Burn-out can lead to numbness and this makes it difficult to feel what is really going on • Decide you will always make time to care for yourself • Without a plan, self-care takes remains low in priority

  13. Principles of Self-Care • Develop a plan for doing your work in a way that is restorative, mindful, wholesome and healthy • See your limits with compassion • Set up a schedule that is sane • Know those Practices and activities that can refresh you • Involve, support and nourish other caregivers

  14. Ideas for a Self-Care Plan • Use relaxation, imagery, massage, play, exercise, nutrition, arts, crafts • Work with a partner for support and feedback • Maintain a commitment to well-being • Share responsibility for caregiving with others • Create a way to support time-off • Be aware of your limits • Strengthen your tolerance for differences

  15. Spend some Time Thinking About YOU!

  16. Reflections

  17. References • Dossey, B., and Luck, S. (2014). Nurse Coaching: Integrative Approaches for Health and Wellbeing. North Miami, FL: International Nurse Coach Association. • McElligott, D. (2013). The nurse as instrument of healing. In B. Dossey & L.Keegan (Eds.), Holistic nursing a handbook for practice (pp.827-842). Burlington, MS: Jones and Bartlett Learning.

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