Overview

This essential guide equips nurses and allied health care professionals with the tools and knowledge for self-care, mindfulness and overall well-being to enable providing compassionate care for others. Written by a diverse group of contributors who work within the nursing and allied health care fields, this book shares their real-life experiences, expert knowledge, insights and relational-centred practices. Across 11 chapters, the book covers the distinctive pillars of well-being: Physical (regular exercise, sleeping and eating well), Emotional (clinical observation, counselling, peer support, relationships) and Psychological (financial well-being and mental health). These three pillars of self-care allow readers to address the importance of establishing relational aspects of caring, as a process that requires as much attention as professional practice expertise. For students and practitioners alike, this book delves into important self-care research and applications for healthy personal and sustainable professional lives.

Full Product Details

Author:   Sally Hardy
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.380kg
ISBN:  

9781916925755

ISBN 10:   1916925758
Pages:   186
Publication Date:   23 December 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION Sally Hardy Looking after number one: Why bother? - Sally Hardy Part 1 PHYSICAL WELL-BEING Health, wealth and happiness – is it possible to have it all? - Carrie Jackson Who am I? What and how to be empathic at work - Jess Steward Eat, drink and be merry: tomorrow we diet - Sally Hardy   Part 2 EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING Survival of the workforce : a toolkit for trauma management - Oscar Ochu In search of meaning through making - Jonathan Webster Face, place, space to be me - Rebecka Hill/ Julia Hubbard Social encounters at work: sharing is indeed caring Susanne - Susanne Linqhuist/Joel Owen/ Georgia Panagiotaki Part 3 PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING Gambling with my well-being - Sally Hardy Well-being at work: lessons from COVID-19 - Steve Green/ Kate Roberts Leading well, living well - Alice Webster      

Reviews

""[This] book provides a comprehensive guide to informed decision-making around well-being, offering valuable insights, shared stories, and resources. This timely contribution seeks to enhance understanding of how health care professionals can better care for themselves while continuing to serve others compassionately."" Catherine Gamble FRCN, Nursing Lead Mental Health Programmes, Royal College of Nursing

Author Information

Sally Hardy is closely linked with health and social care, through working with individuals, teams and organisations, promoting practitioner-led inquiry and transformational change through evidence-based health care. Sally’s work currently focuses on leading the Norfolk Initiative for Coastal and Rural Health Equalities (NICHE), Anchor Institute within the East of England. Sally’s research embraces understanding what factors contribute to sustainable workplace cultures and effective partnerships across health and social care systems. Prior to this, she was Dean of the School of Health Sciences throughout the COVID-19 period. She has also been a non-executive director and continues to promote population and planetary health and well-being through her work internationally.

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