PhD, MS, MSN APRN-BC, CDCES, CCRN, CNE
Burnout at work, particularly in nursing, is a significant issue, and there are many resources available to help nurses cope with and recover from burnout. Here are five books with dozens of ideas to help you rekindle the fire within that might be smoldering.
This book provides nurses of all levels with strategies to help them adapt to the stresses of work. As an easy read, it provides stories and activities to build confidence when approaching workplace issues, along with self-care activities.
Highly endorsed by New York Times best-selling author Brene Brown, this book explains how chronic stress can decrease a person’s resiliency. It offers practical tools to help manage burnout, including controlling the “inner madwoman” and being compassionate toward yourself.
Another Goodreads notable, this book follows four bedside nurses working at different hospitals, revealing their struggles, triumphs, and path to finding joy in their profession. Called the heroes of the hospital, this book about common nurses reads like a novel as it exposes the exhaustion, joy, and real-life challenges of nursing.
This book addresses the prevalence of nursing burnout, which has been attributed to increased workloads, long shift, and more. Nurses who entered nursing with a genuine heart to help others often feel like nursing is more than a job. Rather, it’s a profession dedicated to improving other people’s lives. The author provides strategies to combat compassion fatigue and renew personal energy.
This workbook-style text addresses the working conditions that can lead to burnout. It focuses on nurse administrators and ways nurse managers can improve the work environment to foster self-care, honesty, respect for self and the nursing team. The book is supported by the American Nurses Association.
Addressing burnout at work requires a comprehensive approach that includes individual self-care strategies and systemic changes within healthcare organizations. Recognize the symptoms of burnout in yourself and your coworkers to protect the longevity of our nursing profession. Rekindle the flame that once ignited your interest in nursing by quickly stomping out the flames of burnout that can burn you up. We need the light of your flame in our nursing profession and your patients need you too. Guard your light and don’t let it burn out.
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