Nurses and health‐promoting self‐care: Do we practice what we preach?

Ross, Alyson; Yang, Li; Wehrlen, Leslie; Pérez, Alejandro; Farmer, Nicole; Bevans, Margaret

doi:10.1111/jonm.12718

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“…Nurses in a qualitative study stated that irregular rotating shift work made it di cult to participate in a healthy lifestyle behavior because they had to spend time in recovering from such irregular rotation working schedule. As a result, they had less time or energy to hang out with family/friends or to participate to exercise schedule or other stress reduction behaviors [25,26]. In terms of monthly income per person, we found that nurses with higher income, they got higher score in all subscales and overall HPLP.…”

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confidence: 78%

Health Promoting Lifestyle Behaviors and Associated Predictors Among Clinical Nurses in China: A Cross-Sectional Study

Zeng

Qian

et al. 2021

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Background: Nurses play a core role and encompass the main workforce in health care systems. Their role model of health promoting behaviors would directly or indirectly affect their clients’ beliefs or attitudes of health promotion. There is limited evidence on health promoting lifestyle behaviors in clinical registered nurses. To explore the health promoting lifestyle behaviors and associated influencing factors among clinical registered nurses in China.Methods: A multi-center cross-sectional anonymous online survey was conducted in 2020. Participants were asked to complete social demographic information as well as the revised Chinese edition of Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile. Independent-Sample T Test, One-Way ANOVA and categorical regression (optimal scaling regression) were main methods to analysis the relationship between demographic data and score of health promoting lifestyle behaviors.Results: 19422 nurses were included in the study. The mean score of self-actualization, health responsibility/physical activity, nutrition, job safety, interpersonal support and overall Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile were, 27.61±5.42 out of a score of 36, 22.71±7.77 out of a score of 44, 10.43±2.97 out of a score of 16, 22.05±3.97 out of a score of 28, 20.19±4.67 out of a score of 28, and 102.99±19.93 out of a score of 144, respectively. There was a significant relationship among Hospital levels, working years, nightshift status, and monthly income per person and mean score of all subscales and the overall Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile (P<0.05).Conclusions: Nurses participated in the study presented moderate level of health promoting lifestyle behaviors. Hospital levels, working years, nightshift status, and monthly income per person were predictors for all subscales and overall HPLP.

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Health Promoting Lifestyle Behaviors and Associated Predictors Among Clinical Nurses in China: A Cross-Sectional Study

Zeng

Qian

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“…A culture of selfsacrifice may contribute to the high rates of physical and emotional exhaustion within the nursing profession and may be at the root of compromised self-care among nurses (Mellor et al, 2017). This, in turn, may culminate in burnout and a desire to leave nursing for a less stressful career (Friganovic et al, 2017;Ross et al, 2018).…”

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“…Given the shift in health-care focus to health promotion as the fiscally optimal approach, it is critical to extend this to promoting the wellness of the health-care workers themselves. While nurses have knowledge of the benefits of healthpromoting behaviors, they do not employ these in their own self-care practices (Ross et al, 2018). Nurses are expected to advocate health-promoting behavior for their patients, while simultaneously being expected to "do without" or sacrifice their personal needs, making self-sacrifice an integral part of the profession.…”

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Detriments of a Self-Sacrificing Nursing Culture on Recruitment and Retention: A Qualitative Descriptive Study

Ciezar-Andersen

King‐Shier

2020

Can J Nurs Res

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Aim To investigate the presence and impact of self-sacrifice within the nursing profession. Background Evidence suggests the existence of a culture of self-sacrifice within nursing, but its potential detriments to the profession have not been explored. Design A qualitative descriptive approach was used. Methods Semistructured interviews were conducted with 10 practicing nurses to explore the existence and potential implications of a self-sacrificing culture within nursing. Results All participants reported self-sacrifice within the nursing profession as the result of the prevailing stereotypical image of the “ideal nurse,” leading to job dissatisfaction, presenteeism, and burnout. Younger nurses reported being less willing to self-sacrifice and consequently felt unsupported by management and senior staff, resulting in job dissatisfaction and intent to leave their job. Conclusion A culture of self-sacrifice within the nursing profession may lead to job dissatisfaction, presenteeism, burnout, and retention problems, especially for younger nurses. A self-sacrificing image of nursing may also deter potential recruits from exploring a career in the profession.

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“…Peplonska et al (2015) connected obesity in midwives with repetitive night-shift duty (8 or more nights per month), BMI being over 30 kg/m 2 . Whether being overweight is specific to midwifery or is part of the general trend has been answered by Ross et al (2019). In a recent paper they reported that more than half of their nursing sample was either overweight or obese.…”

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Impact of noncommunicable disease conditions and physical burden on intent to leave midwifery in Hungary

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Nurses and health‐promoting self‐care: Do we practice what we preach?

Abstract: Nurse managers should practice self-care by engaging in exercise, proper nutrition and demonstrating work-life balance, both to protect their own health and to serve as role models for RNs in direct patient care.

Cited by 57 publications

References 38 publications

Health Promoting Lifestyle Behaviors and Associated Predictors Among Clinical Nurses in China: A Cross-Sectional Study

Health Promoting Lifestyle Behaviors and Associated Predictors Among Clinical Nurses in China: A Cross-Sectional Study

Detriments of a Self-Sacrificing Nursing Culture on Recruitment and Retention: A Qualitative Descriptive Study

Impact of noncommunicable disease conditions and physical burden on intent to leave midwifery in Hungary

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