Description
Book SynopsisStressed? Feeling overwhelmed? Can’t get grounded? You’re not alone. Nurses and other health care providers have immense pressure as a part of the job, and that can manifest itself in many harmful ways. What’s more, unmanaged stress can have detrimental effects on patient care and safety and lead to burnout - or worse. Mindfulness is a powerful approach to self-care. Mindfulness means to purposefully pay attention in the present moment with a sense of acceptance and nonjudgment. Mindfulness and You will help you help yourself, your colleagues and your patients by giving you powerful tools you can use every day.
Written by Dawn Bazarko, a certified mindfulness facilitator renowned for her expertise in bringing mindfulness solutions and practices into the workplace and to health care in particular, Mindfulness and You shows you how to integrate mindfulness into your life at work and at home. It also addresses the impact of stress on health and well-being and explains the meaning and thought behind mindfulness in the health care context.
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Table of Contents
- Why Mindfulness? Stress in the Healthcare
- Workplace
- Impact of Stress on Health and Well-being
- Signs of Stress
- The Mind–Body Connection
- Examples of Mind–Body Therapies
- Integrating Mindfulness into Nursing
- Practice
- Qualities of Mindfulness and Their
- Implications for Nursing Practice
- The Science of Mindfulness
- A Mindfulness Experience
- Mindfulness and Patient Safety
- Mindfulness Practices
- Developing Your Mind–Body Connection
- Starting a Meditation Practice
- STOP: Moving Out of Autopilot
- Relational Mindfulness
- Bringing Mindfulness into the Workplace
- The Path to Mindfulness
- A Guide for Your Mindfulness Journey
- References
- Suggested Readings and Resources
