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

by Gloria F Donnelly and Robert J. Wicks

Book Overview

Physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals working in today's health care settings must be prepared to offer support in dangerous times despite staffing shortages, financial pressures, and complex legal requirements. Overcoming Stress in Medical and Nursing Practice: A Guide to Professional Resilience and Personal Well-Being is a concise guide for all medical professionals who face these demands. This book: - Provides critical information...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019517223X
• ISBN13: 9780195172232
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Stress Relief Suggestions for Health Professionals

Robert Wicks' suggestions regarding strategies for avoiding or relieving secondary stress are very useful for all medical professionals. As a hospital chaplain I can attest to the fact that such stress is ever present in hospitals. Having suggestions on how to avoid or aleviate it has proven valuable, especially is spiritual areas.