Own Your Health

In order to take care of others, we should learn how to take care of ourselves first. Being a nurse, we think of ourselves as immune to sickness because our profession warrants that we help heal our patients. We get so wrapped up with the work that we forget how to take care of ourselves. And some factors like finances also warrants we take necessary actions to make ends meet. Double job, overtime and double hours..sounds awfully familiar right?! but what we don't know is that for every hours we work extra, we also increase he likelihood of us getting sick: not just physically but mentally as well. Our body can take do much work but one antibiotics or analgesics can do cure it at times but our mind? It's fragile. If we don't do something to help it cope, you'll lose it one day and you'll realize if only I have taken that day off or grab a coffee outside and write my thoughts. Sadly, we tell our students from time to time that they should do this and that to take care of their help and yet we fall short on our own health and well being.

I work hard not cause of the money and not because it is my profession but mostly I work because I feel worth if I'm needed by someone and I always feel self fulfilled if I make a difference in my job.