Preparing for practice : becoming resilient

Nursing involves complex caring work and the self can flourish in thisaltruistic experience, but it can also suffer. If you aren't prepared for theemotional and cognitive labour involved with caring, then nursing workcan become a burden, leading to stress, burnout, and neglectful care.Let's take a closer look at the causes of workplace stress, and how youcan prepare yourself, so that you don't wind up as a casualty. We willfind that the quality of resilience is vitally important.