Wellbeing Strategies for Nurses

Practical strategies for combating burnout and improving mental health while working as a nurse

Wellbeing Strategies for Nurses explores clear, straightforward, and practical techniques for cultivating resilience and positive mental health strategies in the face of a demanding clinical environment. This pocket-sized book is easy to carry during your clinical placement and offers tips, advice, and hard-won words of wisdom from student and qualified nurses to support you through a challenging, yet rewarding, career. You’ll find stress-busting tools as well as exercises intended for long-term relief of stress incorporated throughout the book.

Readers will also find:

• A thorough introduction to self-care and wellbeing for nurses, as well as discussions of stress and guided meditation practice exercises
• Comprehensive explorations of breathing, humour, and nature therapy
• Practical discussions of muscle relaxation and the importance of healthy foods and hydration
• Treatments of the sense of smell, aromatherapy, guided meditation, mindfulness, and the five senses approach to wellbeing

Perfect for pre-registration adult nursing students in their first and second years of the programme, Wellbeing Strategies for Nurses will also benefit nursing associates, health care assistants, assistant practitioners, and professionals returning to the field after a period of absence.

Claire Boyd is a Practice Development Trainer in the Learning and Research Centre at North Bristol Healthcare Trust. She develops, designs, delivers, and evaluates learning programmes and organises the transition training programme for student nurses and support of these nurses in clinical areas. She has over 35 years’ experience in the field of nursing.

Preface

Introduction

Acknowledgements

Part 1

Occupational ill-health  

Chapter 1                             Self-care and well-being

Chapter 2                Stress

Chapter 3                             Sleep well

Part 2

Strategies to combat stress 

Chapter 4                             Breathing Techniques

Chapter 5                             Muscle Relaxation (Progressive Muscle Relaxation – PMR)

Chapter 6                             Nature (Biophilia Theory)

Chapter 7                             Nutrition, Hydration and Exercise

Chapter 8                             Colour Therapy (Chromotherapy)

Chapter 9                             Aromatherapy

Chapter 10                          Sharing with friends – The Scandinavian Approach

Chapter 11                          Humour Therapy

Chapter 12                          Guided Meditation

Chapter 13                          Mindfulness

Chapter 14                          Visualisation (Guided Imagery)

Chapter 15                          Arts and Craft

Chapter 16               Stillness

Part 3   

Guided Visualisation

Sessions for groups and individuals

Chapter 17                          Spring

Cool Waters

Rainbow

Chapter 18                          Summer

Tropical Paradise

Summer Meadows

Chapter 19                          Autumn

A Walk in the Forest

Moonlight

Chapter 20                          Winter

Candle light

A walk in the snow

Quiz Answers

Appendix 1          Effects of Stress

Appendix 2         Rainbow Colouring

Appendix 3         Glossary of the properties of essential

                              oils  

Appendix 4                Wellness Bingo

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