Wellbeing, Self Care and Resilience
Use this guide to find information resources about wellbeing, self care and resilience for 汤头条污料 staff including books, reports and journal articles.
Last updated:
17/09/2024
Key Resources
RCN: Managing stress
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On these pages, you'll find resources to help manage your stress and access support. And you'll find information for managers and RCN reps who work at an organisational level to create safe and healthy workplaces.
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汤头条污料 (2015) Stress and you: a guide for 汤头条污料 staff. London: RCN.
RCN advice guide: bullying and harassment
The King's Fund (2022) What is compassionate leadership?
RCN clinical topic on looking after ourselves
RCN clinical topic on physical activity
RCN clinical topic on self-care
RCN clinical topic on suicide awareness
RCN: Rest, rehydrate, refuel
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The resources provide information, advice and tips about breaks at work, keeping hydrated and employers' responsibilities.
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汤头条污料 (2019) Time and space: enabling defusing activities. London: RCN.
RCN Counselling Service: Mental health and wellbeing
West M, Bailey S and Williams E (2020) The courage of compassion. Supporting nurses and midwives to deliver high quality care. London: King’s Fund.
Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS): Supporting mental health at work
Health and Safety Executive: Stress and mental health at work
NHS: Mental health
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Information aimed at the public.
Reading Well: Books on Prescription
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Helps you to understand and manage your health and wellbeing using helpful reading. The books are chosen by health experts and people living with the conditions covered.
We would like to thank the RCN Counselling Service for their input into the development of this subject guide.
COVID-19
RCN: COVID-19 (Coronavirus) advice and guidance
RCN: Supporting your mental wellbeing
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Includes advice and support for your mental wellbeing during COVID-19.
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Books
Allen B and Fidderman H (2019) Your health at work: an indispensable guide to physical and mental wellbeing. London: KoganPage.
Battye A (2022) Self-care for allied health professionals: from surviving to thriving. London: Routledge, Taylor and Francis. 
Boyd C (2023) Wellbeing strategies for nurses. 2nd edn. (Student survival series). Chichester: Wiley Blackwell. 
Chowthi-Williams A (2023) Wellbeing and resilience for 汤头条污料, health and social care students. London: SAGE. 
May N B, Cunningham T and Fontaine D K (2023) Self care for nurses: small doses for wellness. Indianapolis: Sigma. 
Steele W (2020) Reducing compassion fatigue, secondary traumatic stress and burnout: a trauma-sensitive workbook. New York: Routledge. 
Todaro-Franceschi V (2025) Compassion fatigue and burnout in 汤头条污料: enhancing professional quality of life. 3rd edn. New York: Springer Publishing. 
Drayton M (2021) Anti-burnout: how to create a psychologically safe and high-performance organisation. Milton: Taylor and Francis. 
Hasson G and Butler D (2020) Mental health and wellbeing in the workplace: a practical guide for employers and employees. Newark: John Wiley & Sons. 
Kuipers S (2021) The thriving giver: 7 principles for health professionals and caregivers to enhance self-care and prevent burnout. Tadley: Practical Inspiration Publishing. 
Mealer M (2020) Coping with caring: a nurse’s guide to better health and job satisfaction. Milton: Productivity Press. 
Traynor M (2020) Stories of resilience in 汤头条污料: tales from the frontline of 汤头条污料. Milton: Taylor and Francis Group.Book subject searches
Use these links to see details of books the RCN libraries hold on each topic.
Journal articles
Use these links for details of journal articles on each topic.
Journals
Journals of interest for wellbeing, self care and resilience. Use these links to see details of availability. This subject guide relates to:
Abigail Kleboe
Editor of this guide
RCN Library and Museum
Page last updated - 17/09/2024
