# Nurses Must Make Selfcare a Priority: I Don’t Care

Published 2020-02-28 · Updated 2026-05-19 · Healthcare on MarketScale
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> Host Kevin Stevenson cares; he just doesn’t do care. On this episode of I Don’t Care, Stevenson spoke with someone who does do care: Colea Owens, Professional Development Nursing Educator. Owens’ passion is quality healthcare, and she knows the best way for nurses to provide the best care for patients is first to take…

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Host [Kevin Stevenson](https://marketscale.com/industries/contributors/kevin-w-stevenson-mba-fache/) cares; he just doesn’t do care. On this episode of [I Don’t Care](https://marketscale.com/industries/podcast-network/i-dont-care/), [Stevenson](https://marketscale.com/industries/contributors/kevin-w-stevenson-mba-fache/) spoke with someone who does do care: [Colea Owens](https://marketscale.com/industries/contributors/colea-owens/), Professional Development Nursing Educator. [Owens’](https://marketscale.com/industries/contributors/colea-owens/) passion is quality healthcare, and she knows the best way for nurses to provide the best care for patients is first to take care of their own well-being. Owens advocates for nursing self-care and diversity in the healthcare industry.

“Empathy is why nurses are so trusted,” [Owens](https://marketscale.com/industries/contributors/colea-owens/) said. “But being in such an empathetic profession, sometimes nurses care so much for their patients, they forget to care for themselves.”

[Owens](https://marketscale.com/industries/contributors/colea-owens/) pointed out the need for teaching nurses coping skills to deal with some of the more high-stress situations that come with patient care.

[Owens](https://marketscale.com/industries/contributors/colea-owens/) saw opportunities to set nurses on a path for success from the first year in nursing school. Residency programs are one way to help nurses understand the real-life challenges they’ll face on the job and determine what area of nursing they’ll pursue.

“I think the hospitals, the schools, and the industry as a whole, need to do a better job at the outset of setting the expectation of the reality of what nurses will face in the real world,” said [Owens](https://marketscale.com/industries/contributors/colea-owens/). “Nurses learn everything they need to know from a textbook standpoint in school, but once they get out in the field, how do they deal with patient experience and hospitality? I don’t believe institutions provide enough emphasis on these issues in nursing school.”

[Owens](https://marketscale.com/industries/contributors/colea-owens/) said nurses should be better advocates for themselves at their healthcare facilities; show up to meetings where their opinions could make a difference. If there is a weekly clinician meeting taking place and a nurse advocate is not there to share what is working and what is not, the problem will inevitably continue.

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