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?NASW Member Voices: Social Work and Self-Care — A Review Through an Updated Lens

Social Work Blog

By Violeta Donawa, LMSW, MA Dr. Kathleen Cox and Dr. Sue Steiner bring the concept of ‘self-care’ out of the shadows and demystifies its significance in the lives of social work practitioners and leaders. Throughout the Self-Care in Social Work, Cox and Steiner draw upon their extensive clinical and academic experience as social work faculty.

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Enhancing Patient Safety in Nursing: Strategies and Practices

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If designed and deployed effectively, safety protocols empower healthcare administrators to learn from past mistakes, minimize errors, improve the reliability of their medical staff — and most importantly — reduce patient mortality rates. They monitor patients’ conditions, administer medication, and convey self-care and discharge information.

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Member Voices: My Journey to Clinical Social Work

Social Work Blog

Our priority was to address how racism, patriarchy and heteronormativity deeply harms Detroiters and the marginalized body’s ability to feel safe, secure, and have a right to exist. In the spirit of collaboration, she invited a small group of facilitators, herbalists, health and healing activists to help dream up this offering together.

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Member Voices: Be Wary of Mental Health ‘Experts’ on Social Media

Social Work Blog

It is one thing to share your own experience living with mental illness, but to suggest that mental illness is not real or should be dealt with without the guidance of a trained professional can be harmful. A good place to start is the US Department of Health and Human Services administration, which operates a suicide and crisis Lifeline.

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ACE 101: Childhood Emotional Abuse

Stop Abuse Campaign

Emotional abuse is an intentional action meant to cause harm and long-term damage. The CDC also described emotional abuse as “behaviors that harm a child’s self-worth or emotional well-being.”. Low self-esteem. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration National Helpline. Feelings of hopelessness.

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News Items – January 12, 2023

Social Workers Speak

He is a licensed certified social worker in clinical settings and a master of business administration who will take over the position previously occupied by CEO Angelo McClain, Ph.D. Diane Barth is a member of NASW-NYC: How Do You Recover From a Blow to Your Self-Esteem? Psychology Today. Charlie Baker, could not be more clear.

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23 interventions to supercharge your social work

Save the Social Worker

Argue with self-criticism. List in writing any negative or self-critical thoughts you have about the rejection. Craft rebuttals to each self-criticism you’ve listed. Whenever you have a self critical thought, immediately articulate the relevant counterargument. Revive your self worth. Rejection. Yours truly.