Happy Nurses & Mental Health Awareness Month!
This month we celebrate YOU! Thank you for everything you do.
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Perfect Self-Care Practice for Unhealthy Perfectionism during Imperfect Times
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Free to APNA Members through 6/17
Hear from JoEllen Schimmels, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC, ANP-BC, CNE, FAAN and LaTonia Clark Chalmers, APRN, PMHNP-BC on the benefits of mindful self compassion and how you can integrate this practice into your day to benefit your own mental health.
“You are the trusted agent, the superhero in disguise, the ‘nurse’. You are the person to seek out; the person to confide in; the person to be believed. You are the medium through which the message is conveyed.”
“Whole health begins with mental health, and the foundation of mental health is connection. As psychiatric-mental health nurses we have the opportunity—and the skills needed—to provide and support these connections.”
“As psychiatric-mental health nurses, we are helping people work on their life puzzle… We have to be someone special who can observe and gather clues with an appreciation of how the entire picture will come together.”
“Our current time presents considerable challenges in addressing access to PMH care and illuminates long-standing access disparities. Yet PMH nurses are an active and engaged group. We find ways to improve care and access to care.”
“We practice from a paradigm of hope. If we did not believe that we could help persons with mental health conditions find recovery, we would not be practicing in this field. We are stewards of hope; we pass it out daily.”