Overcoming Obstacles to Create the Optimal Healing Environment

Barbara Stanny1 said, “An empty vessel has little to offer. Obligatory or guilt-driven self-denial is always undermining, leading to anger, resentment, and pain. Without taking care of ourselves, we engage in self-sabotage.”What? Are you nuts? Are you saying that, if I take better care of myself, the documentation needed to support my facility's Magnet Journey will magically create itself? No, we all wish it were that simple, don't we? What I am saying, nurse leader, is that if you understand that the momentum, energy, commitment, and productivity needed to achieve any quality designation and provide inspirational leadership essential for these tough times, you would be better equipped to start with self-nurturing words and self-loving actions that you offer yourself as you ready in the morning and throughout the day! Radical thought? Think again. Let's examine the link.