Excerpt from newsletter below - Personal Challenge - Drop in once a week and share your self care journey - when one of us succeeds we all benefit and make it easier for the rest of us!  We are better Together! Susanne

Secretary: Susanne One Love, BSN, RN In nursing there can be so much pressure to do it right and to know it all. When pandemic or crises occur, the feeling of being overwhelmed can rise and feel like the tide rushing in or it can feel like being battered by waves. Nurses have a foundation to support themselves and others at all times with grounding and peace. The nursing process. We all use it and take it for granted as "our job.” When the nursing process is applied to selfcare, feelings of being overwhelmed and fear can be replaced with peace and direction. The nursing process is -assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation Assessment: awareness starts here- be cognizant of your stressors Plan: Plan your days 1, 2 and 3. 1. Every day meditate for 10-20 minutes first thing in the morning. Set a timer. Sit and breathe. Let the thoughts wander by. When timer ends, get up and go about your day. 2. Plan 15 minutes for yourself in the middle of your day. Take a walk. Look out the window. Devote this time to you. 3. At end of the day after dinner or at bedtime, take 15 minutes and journal your thoughts and get them out of your head. Or write down 5 things you appreciate about anyone or anything. Give yourself 15 minutes of nothing to do. Breathe for 15 minutes. Diagnosis: Ask yourself-what do I need to do to feel calm and at peace? Take three deep slow breaths. This may be all you need to create some space between you and a perceived problem. Implementation: Start slow-first week only meditate daily; 2nd week add 15 min middle of daybreak and 3rd week add evening relax 15 min. Or spice it up and do at least one thing a day for a week and add a second daily thing when it feels good. If you fail one day, pick it up again the next day. Make a commitment for self-care. Make a commitment to care for yourself as you care for others. The sooner you start the sooner you feel better! And others will notice. Evaluation- Share your thoughts, triumphs, and feelings of defeat with others and revel in the good feeling of camaraderie as we normalize self-care into a daily nursing practice! Check out Northern Arizona Chapter blog on the AZNA website chapter page as we write about how it feels for selfcare! Blog address: Arizona Nurses Association Community (aznurse.org) Looking forward to sharing your successes!