Main description:

This book has been designed to support, improve and maintain your wellbeing throughout your programme of study and into your career. Becoming a health and social care professional means that you will encounter challenging situations from a very early stage in your course, and protecting your own health and wellbeing is essential whilst caring for others. Written by an expert team, this book will equip you with the tools, resources and strategies you need to develop your resilience and care for your wellbeing. In doing so, it develops other essential skills including communication, problem-solving,research, critical thinking and reflection, thereby supporting your personal and professional development, and key requirements for your course.

Key features:

- Written specifically for the nursing, social work and allied health professions and the particular challenges these roles face

- Practical activities and case studies help you apply key concepts to your personal context and professional practice

- Features a personal wellbeing journal to help you assess, monitor and improve your wellbeing

Contents:

Becoming a health and social care student - Janet Goddard, Ramona Minette and Annette Chowthi-Williams
Life in professional practice - Annette Chowthi-Williams and Janet Goddard
What is wellbeing? - Daniela Blumlein and Annette Chowthi-Williams
Creating emotional and mental balance - Janet Goddard and Regina Holley
Managing own and other's emotions in practice - Kate Nash and Cathy Rowan
becoming emotionally intelligent - Raquel Martha and Annette Chowthi-Williams
Building resilience - Kate Nash and Annette Chowthi-Williams
Building and maintaining your physical health - Victoria Adebola and Annette Chowthi-Williams
Strategies and tools for enhancing and promoting our wellbeing - Janet Goddard and Annette Chowthi-Williams
Your personal wellbeing journal - Annette Chowthi-Williams and Team