Description
| Product ID: | 9781846975875 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | MT |
| Title: | To Mind Your Life |
| Subtitle: | Poems for Nurses and Midwives |
| Authors: | Author: Clare Cable, Tasha Prigmore, Samuel Tongue, Marti Balaam, Kath MacDonald, John Gillis, Jenny Patterson |
| Page Count: | 98 |
| Subjects: | Poetry, Poetry, Poetry anthologies (various poets), Poetry anthologies (various poets) |
| Description: | Pocket Poetry: Poems for Nurses and Midwives is a companion of poems intended to provide both support, comfort and inspiration. The poems themselves explore the meaning of nursing, midwifery and compassion in order to promote new nurses' and midwives' self-care and wellbeing. Nursing staff throughout the world have endured an unprecedented increase in distress, anxiety and depression. Physical and mental health have come under attack from anxiety, depression, elevated blood pressure and increased stress hormone production. More than ever, the importance and urgency of initiatives which promote nurses'' and midwives'' wellbeing should be emphasised.Pocket Poetry: Poems for Nurses and Midwives is a companion of poems intended to provide encouragement and consolation to those on the frontline of our care sector. The poems themselves explore the meaning of nursing, midwifery and compassion in order to promote new nurses'' and midwives'' self-care and wellbeing. The poems in this selection demonstrate the empathy and benevolence crucial to the profession, and include works on the relationship between nurse and patient, as well as the meaning and fulfilment of nursing for those who have chosen that career. |
| Imprint Name: | Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited |
| Publisher Name: | Birlinn General |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-05-20 |
