1st Edition
Workplace Well-Being for Nurses, Health and Care Professionals
List of figures
List of tables
List of contributors
Foreword
Introduction: Who, How and What Can be Done to Support Well-Being at Work?
Chapter 1. Health, Wealth and Happiness: Is it Possible to Have it All?
Carrie Jackson
Chapter 2. Survival of the Workforce
Dr Oscar Ocho
Chapter 3. Deep Level Well-Being: Compassion and Self-Compassion
Ann Jackson
Chapter 4. Lessons for Leading Well and Living Well: A Personal Reflection
Alice Webster
Chapter 5. Well-Being at Work with Some Homework
Steve Green and Kate Roberts
Chapter 6. Social Encounters at Work: Sharing is Indeed Caring
Georgia Panagiotaki, Susanne Lindqvist and Joel Owen
Chapter 7. Gambling with Health and Well-Being
Sally Hardy
Chapter 8. In Search of Meaning Through Making
Jonathan Webster and Holly Sandford
Chapter 9. Staying in the Game: Effective Strategies for Achieving Long-Term Career Goals
Rebekah Hill, Julia Hubbard and Lorna Sankey
Chapter 10. Eat, Drink and Be Merry; Tomorrow We Diet
Sally Hardy
Chapter 11. Workplace Well-Being: We are Not Finished Yet
Sally Hardy
Index
Biography
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.
"[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
