Self care
Find information, tools and techniques about self care and how to promote self care. The resource considers how self care, self management and social prescribing link together and the importance of everyone taking individual responsibility for health.
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Who is this resource for?
This resource is aimed at nurses and nursing support workers across all settings and levels of practice, including students of health, social work and care professions.
What will this resource give me?
- overview of the importance of self care and adopting a healthier lifestyle
- self care in relation to the Government’s approach to personalisation
- the meaning of social prescribing within local communities
- the self-care continuum illustrating the sliding scale of self-care in the UK
- the difference between self-care and self-management
- the use of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance (antimicrobial resistance).
Resource last reviewed
21 Aug 2022
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The RCN delivers quality-assured and up-to-date resources for the nursing workforce. Reviewed annually in line with the RCN Quality Assurance policy, all RCN Learn resources meet the RCN’s Nine Quality Standards.
