Holistic Assertiveness Skills For Nurses: Empower Yourself (and Others!) - Softcover

Clark EdD A.R.N.P. F.A.A.N., Carolyn Chambers

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826117147 ISBN 13: 9780826117144

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company, 2003

Synopsis

This guide to assertiveness skills for nurses is designed to meet the needs of individual nurses, and for classroom and workshop use. Nurses can also use the many exercises in the book with their patients to help them find more assertive and empowered ways to react and be proactive. The author's premise is that assertiveness is a skill, like giving an injection or taking a nursing history, which requires adequate and systematic practice. It also should be viewed within the context of one's own health and well-being. The workshop format encourages readers to assess and build their skills through self-study and role playing.

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Review:

..".Is full of concrete skills for nurses to change their attitudes and behaviors, which might ultimately lead to more job, professional, and personal satisfaction...This book has potential to help nurses become more empowered and to prevent and manage burnout, and as a result, contribute positive energies toward resolution of the health system crisis."

About the Author:

Carolyn Chambers Clark, A.R.N.P., EdD, F.A.A.N., A.H.N.C., founded the Wellness Institute and now runs a website called Wellness and Relationship Resources at www.carolynchambersclark.com that provides continuing education materials, newsletters, seminars, and practice management consultation. As a certified advanced holistic nurse and mental health nurse practitioner, she has maintained a private practice with clients for more than 30 years, focusing on whole person wellness. She was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing in 1980 and is an award-winning author who has conducted research and published widely on wellness, holistic, and self-care topics, including Wellness Practitioner, Integrating Complementary Procedures into Practice, Health Promotion in Communities: Holistic and Wellness Approaches (Springer Publishing Company, 2001), Holistic Assertiveness Skills for Nurses: Empower Yourself (and Others!) (Springer Publishing Company, 2003) and The Encyclopedia of Complementary Health Practice (Springer Publishing Company. 1999) She was also founding editor of the Alternative Health Practitioner: The Journal of Complementary and Natural Care and is the author of Group Leadership Skills (Springer Publishing Company, 2003), now in its fourth edition.

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0826117147
• ISBN 13: 9780826117144
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 252