Overcoming Secondary Stress in Medical and Nursing Practice : A Guide to Professional Resilience and Personal Well-Being.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction. Reaching Out . . . Without Being Pulled Down: Remaining Passionate in the Fields of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health-A Guide to Personal and Professional Well-Being -- Chapter 1. Tacking On Dangerous Psychological Waters: Appreciating the Factors Involved in Chronic and Acute Secondary Stress -- Chapter 2. "Riding the Dragon": Enhancing Self-Knowledge and Self-Talk in the Health Care Professional -- Chapter 3. Drawing from the Well of Wisdom: Three Core Spiritual Approaches to Maintaining Perspective and Strengthening the Inner Life of the Physician, Nurse, and Allied Health Professional -- Chapter 4. The Simple Care of a Hopeful Heart: Developing a Personally Designed Self-Care Protocol -- Epilogue. Passionate Journeys: Returning to the Wonders of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

This book is a concise guide for physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals on understanding acute and chronic secondary stress, developing a personally designed self-care protocol, and strengthening one's inner life. It features a newly developed "Medical-Nursing Professional Secondary Stress Self-Awareness Questionnaire" that can be self-administered.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.