LibGuides: Stress reading list: Stress self care

Stress self care reading list

This reading list covers self care for work related stress. Some resources may only be available to RCN members and RCN programme participants.

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Stress self care

Allen B and Fidderman H (2019) Your health at work: an indispensable guide to physical and mental wellbeing. London: Kogan Page.
A guide to dealing with and understanding physical and mental health problems at work in the UK. Chapter 2 covers tackling stress.
Chambers C (2024) A guide to compassionate healthcare: how to develop resilience and wellbeing in today’s stressful environment. London: Routledge.
Considers how stress management, resilience, wellbeing and positivity can help all health professionals remain close to the values, attitudes and attributes that brought them into the caring professions.
Gribben M, McLellan S, McGirr D and Chenery-Morris S (2017) How to survive your nursing or midwifery course: a toolkit for success. Los Angeles: SAGE.
A guide to balancing academic work, placements and home life to help students to stay the course and succeed at their studies.
Hughes R, Kinder A and Cooper C L (2018) The wellbeing workout: how to manage stress and develop resilience. Cham: Springer.
Offers a range of self-help options that can be adapted to suit individual preference and circumstance. The book has a particular focus on work related stress management.
Mind (no date) How to be mentally healthy at work: work and stress.
Learn how you can be mentally healthy at work, with suggestions for what you can do and where you can get support if you experience poor mental health.
Royal College of Nursing (no date) RCN Library events.
A range of free events for RCN members including ‘Time to’ wellbeing and creativity events.
Traynor M (2017) Critical resilience for nurses: an evidence-based guide to survival and change in the modern NHS. London: Taylor & Francis.
Provides a summary of the latest research on resilience, explaining its relevance and also limitations for nurses; considers debates about compassion and highlights the effects of policy agendas on nurse education and nursing work.