REFLECTION ON THE SELF CARE OF NURSING PROFESSIONALS

Abstract

Self-care is a set of actions designed to adjust the dimensions that affect the development itself .Being so, this concept is part of the general theory written by the nurse Dorothea Orem. The human being when is apparently well and healthy might not pay proper attention to their habits. Usually, one feels the need to change possibly hazardous lifestyle habits when some element of their basic human needs is affected. The aim of this paper is to analyze the practice of self-care among nurses for effectiveness in assisting other people. This is a integrative literature review, comprised by23 studies published between 2003 and 2014 in journals indexed in national databases. The results indicate that self-care must be practiced by the nurses too. Thus the deficit of professional self-care might leave the nurses more susceptible to failures in care for others and more likely to be exposed to contamination. This study serves as a source of incentive for new researches related to the issue among health professionals. Caution is a key attribute for nursing, and hence it demands the use of the correct techniques, organized labor and in an environment that ensues life quality. It has thus been concluded that it is a highrer education dutty to form and train professionals aware of self-care so they can better take care of their patients. Additionally, the organizations must provide health care services to others must be willing to promote ergonomics and health care plans to care for those who work there, because only then effective assistance can be delivered to the patients.