The nurse working in disaster situations should also attend to his/her own self-care. To maintain positive self-care, the nurse should avoid:
1. Utilizing healthy coping mechanisms.
2. Monitoring one's own reactions.
3. Keeping a journal to write thoughts and feelings.
4. Focusing on improving interventions for the next crisis.
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Rationale: Though it is important to evaluate actions for improvement in responding to future crises, focusing on what was done correctly promotes encouragement. Monitoring one's own reactions helps the nurse to continue to choose therapeutic interventions. Utilizing healthy coping mechanisms promotes mental health. Keeping a journal to write thoughts and feelings is helpful to express feelings and emotions, a key step in processing the experience.
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