Personal Resilience for Healthcare Staff

If people and organisations in healthcare cannot care for themselves, howcan they care for the populations and communities they exist to serve?Healthcare professionals and their organisations are subject to growingpressures, including regular reviews and reorganisations, coping with theimpact of an aging population, financial pressures, shrinking of careerprospects and enhanced expectations of what a healthcare system can do- all within a fierce media spotlight. Many healthcare staff also experiencephysical and psychological stress caused by long working hours. This practical guide has been written specifically for individuals who areexperiencing anxieties engendered by working in healthcare. It examines thereasons why healthcare organisations are susceptible to these difficultiesand considers the possible causes of such stress. By adopting a workbookformat it suggests practical ways personal resilience can be developed andenhanced, and offers tools to stimulate thought and assist this process. Human resource managers, counsellors, training and developmentprofessionals, coaches, mentors and leadership consultantswithin healthcare organisations will also find this workbook enlightening.