Healthy Living Tips

Vaping isn't necessarily safer than smoking. Here is what you should know as a healthcare professional and what to tell your patients.

Covid-19 took the use of cleaning products to new heights, both inside healthcare facilities and out in the community. Here’s how you can combat the risk of asthma and COPD without anxiety.

How diet, exercise, meditation and your sleep environment may help you find restless sleep. Here is what research says to do.

We’ve got the best tips to help you conquer nursing school this semester

September is Preparedness Month, Food Safety Education Month, and Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. All three campaigns alert nurses to prepare for emergencies – for themselves and patients

Preparing your household for emergencies may not be an exciting topic, but by putting strategies in place beforehand, households can rest easier by minimizing potential damage.

You don’t need to rely on foods high in sugar and caffeine on busy days. These on-the-go options maintain your energy and mitigate stress.

As we fight for a brighter future in nursing, let us remind each other that we carry heavy backpacks, and it is okay to take them off because we are worthy of being cared for as we care for others.

A new study finds that the most popular anti-fog sprays and solutions contain per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS).

When nurses don’t get enough rest, the implications are greater than for other professionals.

It’s a perpetual challenge: patients who try to be compliant but who simply keep forgetting to take their medication.

If you treat cancer survivors but avoid recommending lifestyle changes out of fear of overwhelming them or stressing them out, then you’re not alone.

During a busy and stressful week, planning ahead can help save you from the vending machine and cafeteria. Here’s how to do it.

When we receive and soften together, we experience healing and joy.

When we receive and soften together, we create spaces of healing.

As we sit with ourselves and others who are grieving, it is important to remember that grief is not linear, nor do you neatly jump from one stage to another; it is unique for each person.

Triathlon season runs from March through November in the US, and what many people don’t know is that the season is filled with hundreds of sprint triathlons all over the country.

Thorough hand washing is the most effective deterrent to spreading infections in healthcare settings. Medical professionals are trained in hand-washing, but people get lax over time.

Experts expect more than 100 high-temperature records to be broken in the coming week, not only in the Southern U.S. but also across the Eastern seaboard as another heat wave rolls across the country.

The CDC breaks down their simplest advice into four main steps: cleaning, separating meat from other foods, appropriate temperatures for cooking, and proper cold storage.

While many of us may have dreamed of our future careers when we were growing up, we probably didn’t dream of being married to our jobs or having them completely take over our lives.

According to a recent study published in Obesity, being physically active is even more important than dieting to prevent rebound pounds.

HAIs are on the rise, at least in part because healthcare workers often forget to follow optimal hygiene practices.

The CDC estimates that about 99,000 Americans die each year from health-care acquired infections. Here’s how you can protect yourself and still offer good patient care.

Getting to the root cause is the key to help our patients and us realize we are not the ones to receive the anger.

If you are considering going to nights, but wonder if it’s possible, let this post put you at ease.

As nurses, we share a common thread of being required to work on the holidays

Emotional stress, heavy workloads and rotating night shift sleep disturbances are among the biggest risk factors for healthcare workers who tend to get migraines.

Maskne is the occurrence of acne after mask-wearing. Here are six ways to prevent maskne and tips to find a face-friendly facemask—that’s effective too.

Failing to follow a treatment plan can lead to a worse quality of life—so it’s vital for healthcare providers to do all they can to help patients stay on track.

Together, as we navigate the unknown continuation of Covid, grief, burnout, and fatigue, I urge everyone to put their ears to their hearts to listen to their own pulse, their own beat.

More than 26 million people in the United States have asthma—more than 6 million children and nearly 20 million adults.

About one in five adolescents say they’ve harmed themselves to ease emotional distress. Identifying and treating these patients is key. Here is how.

Pick the one that sounds most scrumptious from below to try out.

Five trillion plastic bags, that’s 160,000 bags every second, will be used this year.

You are not alone.

Ask yourself these five questions to assess the strength of your soft skills.

Monkeypox, mysterious hepatitis cases in kids, rising COVID cases… With so many health risks in the news, it’s hard to know what to pay attention to and how to protect ourselves.

Days of sun and fun are nearing, but summertime also brings some risks that you and your patients should prepare for.

Patients in the U.S. pay more per capita than any other industrialized nation in the world for prescriptions.

Even though it’s common knowledge that a person’s race influences their health — from the rates of certain types to cancer to social determinants — many providers prefer to avoid talking about it.

It’s impossible to prevent every mistake, but when you’re learning a new floor or working with new nurses, being aware of these common mistakes can help you catch them before they happen.

As a healthcare practitioner, you can make small changes when interacting with patients to contribute to these life-saving interventions.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month is a time for providers to remember the intricacies of caring for breast cancer patients, even outside oncology settings.

A misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis is behind one-third of the malpractice cases that end in permanent disability or death.

High stress, break room snacks, and limited time and energy to exercise are just some of the occupational (heart) hazards that HCPs face.

Even though patients are the ones who ultimately download the app, some healthcare providers feel a responsibility to educate them about the risks.

Poor team work can hurt patient care. Reversing a unit’s culture may seem impossible, but these activities make it simple, inexpensive and most of all, fun.

Here are a myriad of factors contribute to and drive nursing development and responsiveness to pandemics.

As of July 16th, people across the U.S. can call 988 on landlines or cell phones to be connected to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline or a similar crisis hotline or call center.

As a provider, you sit and stand a lot. While you’re counseling your patients to get active, it’s easy to forget about your own fitness and slip into sedentary habits that undermine your health. Here

It may surprise you that of all the medical errors that can occur, only three types account for the majority of EHR-related