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Resources: Reading List
The books in this section have been selected to support a nurse's personal and professional development, including stress management, cultivating a life of balance, cultural competency, new nurse survival, resilience and releasing self-defeating habits.
Caring for Patients from Different Cultures
by Geri-Ann Galanti
This a fine basic primer for teaching caregivers to understand the differences in belief systems of patients from other cultures, but the book also brings into sharp relief the difficulties of interacting within the U.S. hospital system. Dr. Galanti not only reports these cases, but also offers insightful ways of handling the problems they illustrate.
Frazzled, Fried ... Finished? A Guide to Help Nurses Find Balance
by Joan C. Borgatti
This book is geared toward helping nurses find success and balance in their professional and personal lives. Ms. Borgotti' s gives nurses good advice to prevent burnout and achieve satisfaction and personal and professional success.
by Donna Cardillo
Written by an experienced R.N., Your First Year as a Nurse provides practical, real-world solutions to the profession's most common and difficult issues. Inside, you'll find out what you really need to know, who you need to know, how to avoid missteps, and where you can go for help when you need it. Gritty, witty, and full of invaluable tips and advice from first year nurses, this book is your personal mentor for your new career.
by Mark Goulstein, MD
Get Out of Your Own Way at Work covers forty of the most common self-defeating behaviors, explains why we sabotage ourselves, and offers proven steps to transform behavior from self-defeating to life-enhancing. Illustrated with anecdotes and "useable insights" drawn from Dr. Goulston's more than twenty years in clinical and organization settings, Get Out of Your Own Way at Work shows anyone how to stop being their own worst enemy.
The Woman's Book of Resilience: 12 Qualities to Cultivate
by Beth Miller, PhD
This book is an excellent self-help manual; it explains the process for learning to handle everyday and traumatic setbacks, and outlines the 12 qualities (along with exercises) that should be cultivated in order to increase one's resiliency in the face of adversity (e.g., admitting vulnerability, handling the suffering that accompanies loss or illness, recognizing and using one's talents, and harnessing the saving grace of humor). Miller draws on research, case histories and personal experience.