Exploring nurses’ well-being and strategies to support self-care
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Exploring nurses’ well-being and strategies to support self-care

Penny Tremayne Senior lecturer, Leicester School of Nursing and Midwifery, De Montfort University, Leicester, England
Lorna de Bourg Senior lecturer, Leicester School of Nursing and Midwifery, De Montfort University, Leicester, England

Why you should read this article:
  • To recognise the importance of enhancing nurses’ well-being in the workplace

  • To understand the work-related factors that can adversely affect nurses’ well-being

  • To consider self-care practices that may be beneficial for you and your colleagues

Nurses experience a range of challenges in their practice that can adversely affect their well-being, for example work-related stress and workforce issues. These challenges may have been intensified by various factors, such as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and shift working. This article considers the concept of well-being and explores nurses’ well-being in the context of ongoing stressors and workforce issues. It also examines some of the effects of shift work on nurses’ well-being and how these could be mitigated. The authors outline a range of self-care practices that nurses could engage in and consider how they may be supported in this by their line managers and healthcare organisations.

Nursing Standard. doi: 10.7748/ns.2023.e12206

Peer review

This article has been subject to external double-blind peer review and checked for plagiarism using automated software

Correspondence

ptremay@dmu.ac.uk

Conflict of interest

None declared

Tremayne P, de Bourg L (2023) Exploring nurses’ well-being and strategies to support self-care. Nursing Standard. doi: 10.7748/ns.2023.e12206

Published online: 16 October 2023

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