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Sleep and rest are two different concepts. Society focuses on sleep, but rest is just as important, and not just for the physical body. Rest allows us to nurture our physical, mental, emotional, sensory, creative, social, and spiritual self. Each of those dimensions needs to be consciously rested for a person to truly feel restored.

Connecting with fellow oncology colleagues at the 47th Annual ONS Congress^® is not only an opportunity for professional development but a wonderful avenue to de-stress, re-tool, and indulge in self-care!

Providing variety of methods and approaches allows healthcare workers to choose the best options for them to mitigate and treat psychological distress from the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, researchers said in a preliminary report published in the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety.

Discover resources that can help you rethink your mental well-being strategies and add some self-care activities to your toolbox. 

Oncology nursing is a meaningful profession and your many actions as an oncology nurse make a difference every day.

Intentional, facilitated conversations are opportunities for healthcare staff to gather outside of patient care, meetings with agendas, or formal conferences.

Nurse burnout can only be addressed at the health system level, and beginning in your unit is one way to get that process started.

ONS member Lisa Blackburn, MS, APRN-CNS, AOCNS^®, clinical nurse specialist at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute in Columbus, OH, and member of the Columbus ONS Chapter, joins Chris Pirschel, ONS staff writer/producer, to discuss the importance of oncology nursing resilience, ways the THRIVE program helps foster self-care for nurses, and how to incorporate self-care strategies into your practice.