Workplace mental health manual for nurse managers [electronic resource] / Lisa Y. Adams.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Workplace mental health manual for nurse managers -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Share Workplace Mental Health Manual for Nurse Managers -- Part I: The Importance of Achieving a Healthy Work Environment; Chapter 1: Stress, Mental Health, and Mental Illness 101 -- Chapter 2: Understanding Workplace Mental Health -- Chapter 3: The Perfect Storm -- Part II: Creating and Fostering a Respectful Workplace Environment; Chapter 4: The Role of the Organization in Creating and Fostering Positive Workplace Mental Health -- Chapter 5: The Roles of Leadership and Management in Building a Mentally Healthy Workplace -- Chapter 6: The Role of the Nurse as a Person and a Professional -- Part III: The Issues that Challenge One's Mental Health; Chapter 7: Workplace Bullying -- Chapter 8: Violence at Work -- Chapter 9: Addictions -- Chapter 10: Moral Distress and Ethics in the Workplace -- Chapter 11: Working With Colleagues Who Have Mental Illness -- Part IV: Strategies for Managing the Mentally Unhealthy Workplace; Chapter 12: Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Employees: A Personal Approach -- Chapter 13: Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Employees: A Professional Approach -- Chapter 14: Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Employees: An Organizational Approach -- Index.

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Today's health care landscape has brought many changes, challenges, and even turmoil to the workplace; stressors that can threaten the mental health of even the most stalwart and resilient of nurses. Targeting the complex set of stressors found in health care work environments, this unique, practical resource describes the impact of bullying, harassment, addictions, violence, and other triggers and the resulting adverse physiological and behavioral responses in these facilities. It presents evidence-based strategies to help health care professionals cope with unhealthy work environments. The book describes the characteristics of health care work environments that promote stress at personal and organizational levels, and their impact on the mental health of individuals working in them. It offers insight into individual and group dynamics and the role of the health care institution, workplace management, and individual employee in fostering both healthy and unhealthy work environments. The book investigates a variety of situations that can erode mental health among coworkers and offers evidence-based improvement strategies for creating healthier, more respectful workplace environments. Case studies; specific program development initiatives; and examples of personal, professional, and organizational approaches to ameliorate adverse behaviors are included. Readers of this book will be well armed to cope with any unprofessional, disrespectful behavior on the part of their professional colleagues. It will be useful in undergraduate and graduate nursing programs and health care leadership and management courses, and as a quick reference for all health care professionals dealing with mental health problems in the workplace.

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