

Stress survival guide: how to cope when events are outside your control
Nurses and exercise: boost your physical activity without going to the gym
Relaxation
Nursing Standard podcast: why students should prioritise their mental health
Nursing student Fran Hufton shares her experience and tips for staying well
Nursing Standard podcast: stress relief for busy nurses
Critical care nurse and yoga practitioner Sacha Rowlands’ relaxation techniques
How to switch off at the end of your shift
Advice and techniques to help you avoid taking work worries and concerns home with you
Nursing Standard podcast: how nurses can protect their own well-being – even in a crisis
Our experts discuss burnout, mindfulness and how to stay fit
Self-care for nurses: it’s not selfish to think of your own health and well-being
Looking after yourself is essential when you are caring for others
Mental health
Nursing Standard podcast: why students should prioritise their mental health
Nursing student Fran Hufton shares her experience and tips for staying well
Stress survival guide: how to cope when events are outside your control
COVID-19 is draining nurses’ mental reserves, so find out ways to manage negative feelings
When stress gets too much: how to take control of what threatens to overwhelm you
Find out where your tipping point is and learn to step away, even if only in your head
Nursing Standard podcast: nurses’ well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic
Psychotherapist and lecturer Colin Hughes on easing stress and psychological support
Here’s why every nurse should know about our mental health support services
Pandemic causing surge in demand for the work of healthcare professionals’ well-being charity
Why the wobble room is a necessary sanity saver
It’s essential nurses have a space to think, cry and be fallible, especially amid a pandemic
Physical health
Nurses and exercise: boost your physical activity without going to the gym
Small steps to increase your movement, mood and help your relationships with others
Menopause at work: managing hot flushes and PPE
The workplace changes that can minimise discomfort for staff with menopause symptoms
What’s keeping you awake? your guide to better sleep during the COVID-19 crisis
Advice on how to plan around shift patterns and cope with insomnia and anxiety amid lockdown
Nursing Standard podcast: is your workplace making you unhealthy?
Professor of health promotion at London South Bank University discusses her research
Let’s talk about the menopause at work
After struggling with symptoms, a nurse chief executive is promoting a culture of openness
Coping with winter: tips for staying fit and healthy
It's one of the busiest seasons for nurses but there are ways of keeping well
Professional issues
I need a doctor’s appointment: does my employer have to give me time off?
Find out when you have the right to time off during working hours – and when you don’t
How you can tackle casual racism and microaggression in the NHS
The steps every nurse can take to confront unconscious bias and be an authentic ally
When does feeling unwell tip over into being too sick to work?
There are degrees of sickness and not all of them mean nurses are unfit for any work at all
12-hour shifts: a threat to safety or essential to your work-life balance?
Many nurses see long shifts as helpful to their home life, but the risks can’t be ignored
Strategies for dealing with rude colleagues who ruin your day
And what to do if your communication style has turned toxic
What can you do to help improve staff well-being?
To combat fatigue, an emergency department has introduced mindfulness with positive feedback