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The concept of physical activity, strength and fitness - a precondition for performing professional duties as a nurse

Introduction: Health promotion, disease prevention and care for the sick are the nurses’ key tasks. The privilege of a direct impact on the health behaviour of people puts the nurse into the category of main “health promoters”. We pose the following research question: Can a nurse who does not care about their own body and health effectively promote a healthy lifestyle? Methods: A systematic search of literature was performed by using relevant databases (e.g. EBSCO, Science direct) and relevant web pages of nurses’ organisations. The literature published between 2005 and 2017 was taken into consideration. Results: The search of literature review indicates that nurses who personally apply physical activity and a healthy lifestyle will be significantly more convincing and successful in promoting health. Studies suggest an obvious paradox when a large number of nurses expose themselves to unhealthy behaviour and, thus, making their health care promotion activities implausible. Discussion: Physical activity a very important concept as nurses must have “good health and good character” to perform safe and efficient practise. Nurses as health care promoters should take care of their own physical strength and fitness in order to preserve their own health and successful performance of professional duties.

Nurse ; Physical activity ; Strength ; Fitness

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