Notes On... Caring

David Stanley, NursD, has been a nurse and midwife for over 42 years and is recently retired. He has published widely on clinical leadership, the challenges faced by men in nursing, and the importance of values in the nursing and medical professions. He now writes fiction and poetry.

• Preface ixAcknowledgements xiAbout the Author xiiiAbout the Notes On ... Series xv1 Introduction 11.1 About This Book 12 What Is Caring? 52.1 Introduction 52.2 Defining Care 52.3 Theories of Care 92.4 Summary 143 Professional Caring 173.1 Introduction 173.2 Types of Care 183.3 Summary 244 The Attributes (or Ingredients) of Transformational Care 254.1 Introduction 254.2 The Seven Cs + 254.3 Ingredients/Attributes of Transformational Care 274.4 Summary 515 Understanding the Context of Care 535.1 Introduction 535.2 Nurses, Other Health Professionals, and Caring 545.3 So, Why Did You Want to become a Nurse or Health Professional? 545.4 So, What Is Important to You? 555.5 Contributors to the Challenge 565.6 Summary 636 The Therapeutic Relationship: The Key to Professional Care 656.1 Introduction 656.2 The Therapeutic Relationship: Defined 656.3 Characteristics: What Constitutes a Therapeutic Relationship? 676.4 The Zone of Helpfulness 706.5 Phases of a Therapeutic Relationship (Building the Bridge) 746.6 Summary 767 Compassion, Empathy, and Sympathy 797.1 Introduction 797.2 Compassion 797.3 Compassion Fatigue 807.4 Compassionate Leadership 817.5 Congruent Leadership 847.6 Empathy 867.7 Sympathy 877.8 Summary 898 Who Cares? -- Self-Care/Self-Compassion -- When the Oxygen Masks Fall! 918.1 Introduction 918.2 Hardwired to Put Others First 928.3 Hardwired to Bring Others Down 948.4 What Are the Risks of a Lack of Self-Care? 988.5 Caring for Self 998.6 Definition of Self-Care, Self-Compassion, and Compassionate Care 998.7 Strategies for Managing and Promoting Self-Care and Self-Compassion 1008.8 The Future 1058.9 Summary 106References 107Index 123