Product Description

During this critical nursing shortage, the profession cannot afford to lose RNs to stress-related illnesses and burnout. Thomas' award-winning series guides nurses to optimize their efficiency and relationships in the workplace, and to solve work-related problems.

This updated new edition contains greater appeal to younger staff nurses, new research data, new vignettes from a variety of practice perspectives, current issues in practice, and vertical career movement for staff nurses, managers, administrators, educators. Other Key Features:

• Explores the causes, manifestations, and consequences of nurses' stress, anger, and burnout
• Presents strategies for becoming re-energized, resilient, and powerful advocates for our patients and for ourselves
• Helps to resolve individual and group barriers to greater job satfistaction and productivity

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #41544 in eBooks
• Published on: 2004-03-01
• Format: Kindle Book
• Number of items: 1

About the Author

Sandra P. Thomas, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Professor and Director of the PhD Program in Nursing at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Her initial nursing preparation was at St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing, and she worked as a hospital staff nurse for 10 years before pursing new challenges as a nurse educator and researcher. She holds bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in education as well as a master's in nursing, with clinical specialization in community mental health. Dr. Thomas is editor of Issues in Mental Health Nursing, and serves as a reviewer for many other professional journals. She serves on the Board of Directors of the International Council on Women's Health Issues. She is a charter member of the Southern Nursing Research Society and also holds memberships in the American Psychological Association, the American Nurses Association, Sigma Theta Tau International, and the Society of Behavioral Medicine. In 1996 she was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, and in 1999 she became a Fellow of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. Her research has focused on stress, anger and depression. She has presented her research at numerous national and international conferences and published over 90 journal articles and book chapters. Her previous books are Women and Anger (Springer Publishing, 1993); Use Your Anger: A Woman's Guide to Empowerment, with coauthor Cheryl Jefferson (1996); Transforming Nurse' Anger and Pain (Springer, 1998); and Listening to Patients: A Phenomenological Approach to Nursing Research and Practice, with coauthor Howard R. Pollio (Springer, 2002). Listening to Patients received both a Choice Magazine Award as an "Outstanding Academic Title" and an American Journal of Nursing "Book of the Year" Award.

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Customer Reviews

A candle for the darkness of nurses' stress and anger
Sandra P. Thomas skillfully identifies the stressors facing nursing and peels away the layers of anger we are experiencing. This book is impressively researched with powerful content. There is a call to action for nurses to become "self-empowered" and to work together to improve our careers, profession, communities and healthcare. Dr. Thomas concludes with an optimistic vision for the future of nursing.