Persuasive Essay On Healthy Nursing Students
Destiny Estrada
Prof. Gleason
Comp & Lit 1
December 17, 2013
Health Nurses, Healthy People
When we think about nurses, we picture people in scrubs running around doing their duties to help someone who is sick. Someone who is also a doctor, someone who is; or maybe is healthy because they are role models to the sickly. The Nurses’ Health Study is flawed because nurses are well known to be unhealthy as a group. According to Michael Pollan, a journalist, “the Nurses’ Health Study failed to find evidence that reducing fat intake significantly reduces the incidence of heart disease or cancer” (Pollan 68). A solution to the problem of nurses being unhealthy would be a program for them, which there is called ANA Healthy Nurse program. This program can help them become better in so many ways. Personally, emotionally, spiritually, professionally, etc.
“A healthy nurse as defined by the ANA HealthyNurse™ program is one who actively focuses on creating and maintaining a balance and synergy of his or her health, safety, wellness and life to their fullest capacity physically, intellectually, emotionally, socially , spiritually; both personally and professionally across the wellness/illness continuum. A HealthyNurse™ is a better role model, educator, and advocate – personally, for the family, for the …show more content…
Nearly half (46 percent) said they work noticeably longer hours than this time last year; seventy-three percent said they had suffered the side effects of work-related stress, such as physical or mental health problems, in the past year. Hospital nurses suffer depression at twice the rate of the general population. More than a third (37 percent) have taken more sick leave in the past twelve months than they normally
Prof. Gleason
Comp & Lit 1
December 17, 2013
Health Nurses, Healthy People
When we think about nurses, we picture people in scrubs running around doing their duties to help someone who is sick. Someone who is also a doctor, someone who is; or maybe is healthy because they are role models to the sickly. The Nurses’ Health Study is flawed because nurses are well known to be unhealthy as a group. According to Michael Pollan, a journalist, “the Nurses’ Health Study failed to find evidence that reducing fat intake significantly reduces the incidence of heart disease or cancer” (Pollan 68). A solution to the problem of nurses being unhealthy would be a program for them, which there is called ANA Healthy Nurse program. This program can help them become better in so many ways. Personally, emotionally, spiritually, professionally, etc.
“A healthy nurse as defined by the ANA HealthyNurse™ program is one who actively focuses on creating and maintaining a balance and synergy of his or her health, safety, wellness and life to their fullest capacity physically, intellectually, emotionally, socially , spiritually; both personally and professionally across the wellness/illness continuum. A HealthyNurse™ is a better role model, educator, and advocate – personally, for the family, for the …show more content…
Nearly half (46 percent) said they work noticeably longer hours than this time last year; seventy-three percent said they had suffered the side effects of work-related stress, such as physical or mental health problems, in the past year. Hospital nurses suffer depression at twice the rate of the general population. More than a third (37 percent) have taken more sick leave in the past twelve months than they normally