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

The mental and physical health of caregivers impacts more than just that individual worker. It affects the health of their patients, it impacts their families, it shapes communities, it influences politics, and it plays into international relations.

Medical and nursing professionals working in today's health care settings must be prepared to offer support in dangerous times despite staffing shortages, financial pressures, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197547249
• ISBN13: 9780197547243
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.2"

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.