Calling All Nursing Staff!
Explore this page to find resources tailored to you, nurses, to improve your overall health and wellbeing. Keep scrolling to view images of your coworkers getting involved, learn more about how you can get involved, and sign up for our nursing chats text listserv to stay up to date!
Wellness Resources for all Nursing Staff
As nurses and clinical health professionals, your job is physically, mentally, and emotionally draining. Explore the resources below learn ways to improve your overall health and wellbeing to prevent burnout.
Emotional Wellness
Our emotional wellness manifests in our ability to meet the world with optimism, trust, and a sturdy sense of self-esteem. The resources below are dedicated to improving the emotional wellness of nurses and health professionals.
Wellness app
Moodfit
Receive free access to customizable tools to help you. Mood journals, breathing exercises, CBT thought records, and more will be right at your fingertips.
podcast
Nursing State of Mind
In this podcast series, two veteran nurses discuss coping mechanisms with practical ideas to renew our energy, confidence, and the passion for nursing.
app & warmline
Happy App
Talk to compassionate listeners anytime you need. Confidentially talk about wellness, recovery, and resilience.
Flyer
After Work Checklist
At the end of a long workday, follow these steps to decompress.
Program
Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation
If all 4 million registered nurses increased their personal wellness and then their families, co-workers and patients followed suit, what a healthier nation we would live in! That is the goal of Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation™, a program of the American Nurses Association Enterprise to connect and engage nurses, employers, and organizations around improving health in six areas: mental health, physical activity, nutrition, rest, quality of life, and safety.
Flyer
Nurses’ Guide to Mental Health Support
Physical Wellness
Proper nutrition, exercise and disease prevention all add up to a healthier you! Learn quick and simple ways to get your body moving to prevent body dysfunction.
Light exercising & stretching video
Smart Movements
Handout
Snacks on the Go
Presentation
Meal Prep 101
Occupational Wellness
Your job as a nurse can often times be taxing, mentally and physically. But, your day-to-day work should provide personal fulfillment that maximizes your talents. Find resources here to support you in your goals.
Fight Against Burnout
Compassion Fatigue
Browse our other windows to wellness resources here!
Your Colleagues In Motion
Ways to Get Involved
UF Health Nursing Staff
Become a Wellness Resource Partner
The Wellness Resource Partner (WRP) is a nursing employee who demonstrates a dedication to wellness and promotes a healthy and supportive work culture by bringing new and relevant wellness initiatives to their unit. The WRP functions as a role model, coach, and mentor, and supports the health and wellbeing of their coworkers.
Request a Snack & Learn for Your Unit
Snack and Learns are engaging 10-15 minute presentations that cover a variety of different wellness topics like Smart Snacking, Stress Relief in the Moment, Boost: The Power of Taking a Break, and more! View our offerings below and email us at GatorCareWellness@shands.ufl.edu to schedule a snack & learn for your unit.
Become the Healthiest Unit
Participate in wellness activities throughout the year to earn the title of Healthiest Unit! Some examples of wellness activities you and your unit can participate in are Snack & Learns, Team Challenges, Individual Challenges, create a Wellness Board, and/or encourage wellness breaks by providing a relaxing area for rest and restoration. Your WRP must submit this application. Please reach out to GatorCareWellness@shands.ufl.edu for an application.
Text Listserv
Join the Nursing text listserv to receive wellness resources tailored to you! Text NURSING to 855-701-0838 to sign up.
UFHP Ambulatory Staff
Become a Wellness Partner
A Wellness Partner plays a vital role in supporting employee wellness. A partner disseminates information, coordinates programs for their workplace, and encourages participation in wellness initiatives. Partners also provide valuable feedback to help the UF & UF Health Wellness Committee build a culture of health.
Text Listserv
Join the UFHP Nursing text listserv to receive wellness resources tailored to you! Text UFHP to 855-701-0838 to sign up.
Sign up for Our Text Listserv!
Finding this webpage and then having find the information you are looking for can be time consuming. Sign up for our Nursing Text Listserv to receive a monthly text that provides you resources for staying well at work.
