Nursing Trends and the ANA, Part 2 of 2

One of the premier nursing organizations gathering information about nurses is theAmerican Nurses Association (ANA). Inmy previous post, we delved into the results of a 2017 ANA survey based on responses from approximately 6,000 nurses. Today we ' re going to dive back in for part 2 of our 2-part series.The second partof the ANA ' s survey involving 6,000 nurses focused on self-care, incivility, and how their employers support them in the workplace. These are issues that are written about constantly, yet here is data that gives us a snapshot -- somewhat representative, but certainly not scientifically so -- of how nurses are feeling about these very important issues that impact their every day lives at work. Let ' s break it down.Self-Care HabitsWhen questioned about their self-care habits at work and home, a full 73% of nurse respondents reported improving their eating habits, while 66% had increased their levels of physical activity.While 56% had reduced stress, 41% had improved sleep, and 35% were taking more breaks. Over 30% of the nurses reported getting at least 7 hours of sleep per night (likely the ones without babies in the home!). Only 15% stated that they were regularly able to sleep for 8 hours, but this may also likely be true for many non-nurses in our sleep-deprived society.Incivility and BullyingBullying, defined for the purposes of the survey as " repeated, unwanted harmful actions intended to humiliate, offend, and cause distress in the recipient " , was rep...
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