Holistic Assertiveness Skills for Nurses: Empower Yourself (and Others!) / Edition 1

by Carolyn Chambers Clark EdD, ARNP,FAAN

Overview

This guide to assertiveness skills for nurses is designed to meet the needs of individual nurses, and for classroom and workshop use. Nurses can also use the many exercises in the book with their patients to help them find more assertive and empowered ways to react and be proactive. The author's premise is that assertiveness is a skill, like giving an injection or taking a nursing history, which requires adequate and systematic practice. It also should be viewed within the context of one's own health and well-being. The workshop format encourages readers to assess and build their skills through self-study and role playing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826117144
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	06/15/2003
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.51(d)

About the Author

Carolyn Chambers Clark, ARNP, EdD, FAAN, AHNC, founded the Wellness Institute and now runs a website that provides continuing education materials, newsletters, seminars, and practice management consultation. As a certified advanced holistic nurse and mental health nurse practitioner, she has maintained a private practice with clients for more than 30 years, focusing on whole person wellness.

Table of Contents

Introduction
• A Note for Teachers: Using This Book in the Classroom
• Are You Divesting Yourself of Power?
• Defining You: How Assertive Am I?
• Physical Well-Being: The Foundation for Empowerment
• Saying “Yes” to Your Needs and “No” to Impossible Demands
• Taking and Giving Criticism
• Time Management Skills
• Managing Anger
• Accepting Your Power to Heal and Be Healed
• Gender Issues: Counteracting Patriarchy and Oppression
• Strategies for Career Enhancement
• What Nurse Leaders Can Do
• End Note

Editorial Reviews

..".Is full of concrete skills for nurses to change their attitudes and behaviors, which might ultimately lead to more job, professional, and personal satisfaction...This book has potential to help nurses become more empowered and to prevent and manage burnout, and as a result, contribute positive energies toward resolution of the health system crisis."

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