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Fast Facts for the Classroom Nursing Instructor: Classroom Teaching in a Nutshell - Softcover
Book 13 of 86: Fast Facts
Synopsis
Compassion fatigue afflicts nurses working in all caring environments and has become a serious issue in health care institutions nationwide. This is the only book to specifically address this challenge and the related syndrome of burnout in nursing. It presents a unique healing model designed to identify, treat and, where possible, avert compassion fatigue with holistic strategies and action plans that help cultivate a healthier, more satisfying work environment. The volume addresses risk factors for and manifestations of compassion fatigue, burnout, and other related experiences such as PTS, death overload, collective trauma, and moral distress, and presents strategies to mediate and resolve these issues. The author emphasizes ways in which dissatisfaction influences the quality of patient care and calls for nurses to reinvent their work environments to favor compassion contentment. Case vignettes and exercises will help readers identify and alter patterns of negativity to reaffirm purpose in their professional lives. Key Features: .: Describes the positive and negative contributors to professional quality of life; Explores the multifaceted nature of compassion fatigue and burnout, in nursing; Addresses the unique risk factors for nurses who work in critical care/ER, oncology, medical/surgical and palliative care areas; Offers holistic self and group strategies and action plans to help leadership and staff nurses overcome compassion fatigue and promote work satisfaction; Addresses gaps in education which contribute to the development of compassion fatigue and burnout; Designed for nurses in stressful health care environments, and nurse educators and student
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About the Author
Vidette Todaro-Franceschi, RN, PhD, FT, has been a nurse for 30 years and has worked in a variety of acute and long-term care settings in medicine, surgery, and critical care as staff nurse, administrator, clinical specialist, educator, and consultant. She is an associate tenured professor and coordinator of the Clinical Nurse Leader Graduate Program at Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, Hunter College, and Doctoral Nursing Faculty at the Graduate Center, both of the City University of New York. A nurse scholar and educator in the areas of end of life/ palliative care, bioethics, and leadership, Dr. Todaro-Franceschi is the author of the book "The Enigma of Energy: Where Science and Religion Converge" along with many articles and several chapters. She has performed seminal research on ideas of energy, synchronicity, and bereavement healing, end of life care, and professional quality of life. A passionate speaker, she has presented nationally and internationally. .Dr. Todaro-Franceschi is an End of Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) Trainer and a Fellow in Thanatology (ADEC). She is on the academic advisory board for Annual Editions: Death, Dying and Bereavement, and is a peer reviewer for a number of professional journals including the "Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, MedSurg, Nursing Science Quarterly," the "Journal of Holistic Nursing," and "Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine."
From the Back Cover
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This "Fast Facts" guide provides the support needed by all classroom teachers and future nurse educators to improve their effectiveness and to more thoroughly and efficiently engage even the most challenging of contemporary learners. Using the concise, conversational "Fast Facts" format, the book offers quick access to information about varied aspects of classroom management and describes how to use ""self as educator"" to influence positive learning.
The guide delineates key priorities on which educators must focus to provide an optimal learning experience for their students, and includes strategies for keeping students engaged in learning. Chapters feature vivid case examples and cover understanding the use of self, preparing for the classroom, building on strengths, engaging and coaching students, using agreements, and dealing with incivility in the classroom. In addition to traditional classroom learning, the book will be useful for online courses and in clinical conference discussions. Key Features:
Focuses on the application of multiple learning theories Delineates key priorities for providing optimal classroom and online teaching Addresses common challenges such as dealing with incivility in the classroom Includes ?Fast Facts in a Nutshell? feature and checklists to help guide new nurse faculty "
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