Sick of 'resilience'? How to manage emotions at work
Faced with unrealistic expectations that they will be endlessly resilient, nurses must deal with challenges both at work and in their private lives. Our podcast guest, nurse educator and researcher Charlotte Ross, offers tips on how to manage this ‘emotional labour’ and recognise small victories, and how teams and organisations can provide support.
Nurses are often expected to ‘adapt, accept and be resilient' in challenging workforce conditions, but such expectations are unrealistic says our podcast guest
Practical strategies nurses can use to manage ‘emotional labour’
How can nurses manage emotional demands in their jobs and day-to-day lives and not fall prey to expectations to be ‘endlessly resilient’ in the face of challenging working conditions?
Nurse educator and researcher Charlotte Ross outlines practical strategies nurses can use to manage what she describes as ‘emotional labour’ in the workplace in this latest episode of the Nursing Standard podcast.
Dr Ross discusses the importance of keeping work and private lives separate, learning to understand moral distress and recognising small victories, as well as what nurses’ teams and organisations should be doing to offer support.
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