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THE OUTSTANDING NURSE
THE FINANCIAL HEALTH NURSE
THE FINANCIALLY HEALTHY NURSE
“As you nurse others please remember to nurse your purse
too, and it will preserve your sanity and keep you well”
You may think and wonder what it takes to be a to be well? Now, I love nurses. Because they're
financially healthy nurse. Being healthy goes a in the same shoes I've worn for the last
long way. It's not only being disease free in the nineteen years.
physical realm. Health, according to the World
Health Organisation (WHO); is a state of That's why I would like to advise every nurse to
complete physical, mental and social well-be- stay financially healthy.
ing and not merely the absence of disease or This being said, I'm not blind to the fact that we
infirmity. have a lot of responsibilities, financially. Some-
times one finds her/himself having to go the
A good or bad financial health status of any extra mile for family reasons from the same
person may directly or indirectly affect the ordinary amount of money earned monthly.
social, mental motional or even physical But to stay on track with your finances, and
well-being of such a person. staying in the right mind, I have a few points of
advice on how to remain a financially healthy
Isn't it only fair that the ambassadors of the nurse:
society's well-being, the nurses, be also found
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