The Mindful Nurse : Using the Power of Mindfulness and Compassion to Help You Thrive in Your Work (eBook)

Using the Power of Mindfulness and Compassion to Help You Thrive in Your Work

Carmel Bernadette Sheridan (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
374 Seiten
Rivertime Press (Verlag)
978-0-9933245-3-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Nurses work in the foxhole of the healthcare battlefield. Their work is emotionally grueling andphysically draining. This easy-to-follow book offers a new skill set to cope with the challengesof nursing and sustain compassion in the long term. Backed by scientific evidence, the bookteaches mindfulness and compassion practices to lessen stress, enhance relationships,improve patient care, and reduce patient risk. With a new understanding of everyday mindfulness and compassion, nurses can overcomethe myriad contemporary challenges inherent in the workplaceand in their own lives.This book will show you how to: Nurture others without depleting yourself Overcome compassion fatigue and burnout Decrease frustration and job overwhelm Reduce mistakes through managing attention Respond rather than react to crises Revive your love for your profession

Inhalt

Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART I
Embracing Mindfulness
Chapter 1: What Is Mindfulness?
Chapter 2: Doing and Being
Chapter 3: Everyday Mindfulness
Chapter 4: Reaping the Benefits of Mindfulness Practice
PART II
Mindfulness and the Body
Chapter 5: Mindful Self-Care
Chapter 6: Inhabiting Your Body
Chapter 7: Preventing Injury the Mindful Way
Chapter 8: Coping Mindfully with Pain
Chapter 9: Coping with Stress the Mindful Way
Chapter 10: Mindful Movement
PART III
Compassion-The Essence of Mindfulness
Chapter 11: Understanding Compassion
Chapter 12: The Constant Giver: Compassion Fatigue
Chapter 13: Cultivating Self-Compassion
Chapter 14: Strengthening Compassion
PART IV
Mindfulness For Better Performance
Chapter 15: Working with Thoughts
Chapter 16: Mindful Teamwork
Chapter 17: Mindful Communication
Chapter 18: Working with Distractions,
Preventing Errors
Chapter 19: Th e Mindful Handover Report
Chapter 20: Th e Challenge of Advancing Technology
Chapter 21: Bringing Mindfulness and Compassion to your Healthcare Facility
Moving Forward Mindfully
Appendix A: List Of Practices
Appendix B: ProQOL
Additional Resources (by Chapter)
Notes
References
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.7.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Pflegemanagement / Qualität / Recht
• Schlagworte: Burnout • Compassion • compassion fatigue • Healthcare • Midwifery • Mindfulness • nurses • nursing
• ISBN-10: 0-9933245-3-3 / 0993324533
• ISBN-13: 978-0-9933245-3-6 / 9780993324536