Categories: Scrubs

What are your best tips to help tackle seasonal depression?

Seasonal depression doesn’t just affect your patients, although we know that can be easy to forget when you’re busy taking care of them (which is pretty much always).
The truth is, nurses are just as prone to the wintertime blues as anybody else, even if (or perhaps especially because) the majority of that time is spent in the hospital. That’s why in this week’s episode of “Ask Nurse Alice” on ScrubsBeat, Nurse Alice is not only issuing a gentle reminder, she’s also gathering ideas from your fellow nurses to help combat seasonal depression.

Which begs the question: What do you do to keep your spirits high when the days are short on sunlight but feelin’ extra long for you? Share your own tried-and-true pick-me-ups in the comments section below—it may just help bring another nurse relief!

Nurse Alice

"Nurse Alice" Benjamin, RN, MSN, ACNS-BC, PCCN-CMC is a nationally board-certified and award-winning cardiac clinical nurse specialist in critical care and adjunct clinical nursing faculty. She's also a national on-air health expert and has appeared on "The Dr. Oz Show," "The Doctors," "Dr. Drew," FOX, HLN and many more. She administers daily doses of health tips and health news to America via social media @AskNurseAlice. Visit AliceBenjamin.com for more information on Nurse Alice.

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