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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783691903321

Autore

Wicks Robert J.

Titolo

Overcoming secondary stress in medical and nursing practice : a guide to professional resilience and personal well-being / / Robert J. Wicks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2006

©2006

ISBN

0-19-773639-4

1-280-42801-5

0-19-803845-3

1-60256-677-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (214 p.)

Disciplina

610.69/01/9

Soggetti

Physicians - Job stress

Nurses - Job stress

Medical personnel - Job stress

Physicians - Mental health

Nurses - Mental health

Medical personnel - Mental health

Burn out (Psychology) - Prevention

Resilience (Personality trait)

Self-care, Health

Stress management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword; Contents; 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 ProfessionalChapter 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

Sommario/riassunto

Suitable for physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals, this book helps them understand acute and chronic secondary stress, develop a personally designed self-care protocol, and strengthen one's inner life. It also features a ""Medical-Nursing Professional Secondary Stress Self-Awareness Questionnaire"" that can be self-administered.