The Resilient Nurse: Empowering Your Practice - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826105939 ISBN 13: 9780826105936

Publisher: Springer Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

This essential resource is for nursing and allied health students across the globe who are undertaking-or are about to undertake-their internship and initial work experience. This reference identifies practical strategies for career advancement and for overcoming stressors and challenges in the workplace.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

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""This book is of value to nurses at all levels of their career.""--Critical Care Nurse

""This is a very practical and easy to read book with many strategies to help new nurses adapt to the stressors of the workplace. It is filled with thought-provoking stories and activities that can foster confidence in tackling workplace issues as well as self-care activities to enhance wholeness and wellbeing. Some suggested strategies for successful outcomes include finding a good mentor, relaxation techniques, using humor, self-reflection, and exercising. There is something in this book for everyone."" Score: 96, 4 stars. --Doody's Medical Reviews

This essential resource is for nursing and allied health students across the globe who are undertaking-or are about to undertake-their internship and initial work experience. This reference identifies practical strategies for career advancement and for overcoming stressors and challenges in the workplace.

With the tools from this book, readers will be able to gain the strength and tactics to break the cycles of hostility and workplace negativity, and thereby change the health system and provide better care for their clients.Key Features:

• Presents primary narratives and resilience strategies
• Provides creative resolutions for coping with complex clients, grief, inter-professional tensions, and more difficult issues
• Contains reader activities that encourage students to become agents of change
• Highlights resilience strategies; key coping mechanisms; lessons learned; discussion questions; creative thinking exercises; and teacher-related activities

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About the Author:

<P><B>Margaret McAllister, RN, MHN, BA, (UQ) M Ed (ACU), Ed D (QUT)</B> is Associate Professor of Nursing, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, Australia. A Fellow of the Australian College of Mental Health Nursing, Dr. McAllister is active in this organization, as well as in Suicide Prevention and the Royal College of Nursing, both in Australia. She is widely published in nursing internationally and has authored 16 papers for major peer-reviewed journals, including <EM>Journal of Clinical Nursing</EM> and <EM>Journal of Mental Health Nursing</EM>.</P>

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0826105939
• ISBN 13: 9780826105936
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 202
• Editor: McAllister Margaret, Lowe John B.