Balancing school and life

Health

As a nurse, I am aware that I will be spending a lot of time of caring for patients and also in school work. The role of a nurse is quite demanding, and my job as a nurse does not stop when my shift ends; sometimes as a nurse, I will be working long hours and doing extensive research on topics related to the responsibilities that I will be assigned. In this context, it might be hard to strike a balance between my school, work and my personal life. Failure to take care of my health would limit me from giving the best care to the patients to fail to concentrate on my studies. In this regard, I will come up with self-care ideas that will ensure my health is on check. I will take care of my personal preferences and needs. I will always try to take high nutrient diet and mostly focus on vegetables, and fruits, healthy proteins, and high-quality fats. I will try as much as possible to avoid taking sugary drinks and fast foods. 

Rest/recreation

Nurses due to their busy schedules, lack time to rest and go for recreation activities. Rest is a break where a nurse has an opportunity to enjoy some calmness, relaxations and be free of emotional stress. During such a break, a nurse will enjoy freedom from any anxiety. The rest and recreation break will also be useful in restoring a person’s energy and allowing an individual to resume optimal functioning. In order to increase my productivity as a nurse, I will consider taking recreation or vacation break and travel to new destinations. 

Personal development and relationships 

As a nurse, I recognize it is essential to find time to reconnect with my, family friend and loved ones. I will avoid studying for long hours and create time for my friends and loved ones; this will help to strengthen bonds and relationships. Such relationships include marriage, family ties, and friendships. I understand as a nurse I need to maintain good behaviors when dealing with others; I will try my best to be courteous, respectful and polite towards my colleagues and clients. I will also try my best at challenging people who have differing ideas. It is essential to keep my views clearly and to respect all participating practices. 

Finances

As a schooling nurse, I know my souses of income are limited, and for this purpose, I will try to work on a strict budget. A budget is essential as it tracts all the incoming cash and the records the related expenses. I will also try to learn financial vocabularies and principles of managing my finances; this will put me in an excellent position to manage the revenues and minimize waste and impulse buying. 

Environment

It is a fact that the environment is critical towards improving patient experiences. The nurses in the healthcare and school settings have a role in handling environment-related issues; this can be done by ensuring appropriate clinical practice, education, research, administration, and policy. As a nurse, I will support environmental preservation and restoration and advocate for initiatives that reduce environmentally harmful practices to promote health and wellbeing and help minimize environmental pollution. I would do this by communicating risks of environmental hazards to individuals, and communities. I will also participate in educating my community about environmental health. 

Career and school 

In an attempt to balance my job and school, I intend to utilize some non-technical scheduling tools. I will have a schedule at the time I will handle nursing projects as well as school assignments. I will also have a calendar for special events and print out important contacts of the nursing instructors. 

Passion 

Besides being passionate about nursing, I also love reading novels and traveling. I will create time to pursue these hobbies to avoid being stressed up. I will also try to keep a reminder of why I love the nursing career. I will try to look at the high points of my nursing and school life to keep me motivated. 

Organizational quality of life 

In order to remain focused and well organized in life, I intend to research on practices that can help me be spiritually enriched. I always start my day with a prayer or a meditation session. I intend to try Yoga and do it as routine to help keep me focused.