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Assessment & Care Planning

This guide has information and links to resources related to patient assessment and care planning for Faculty of Health students

Good self care leads to better care for your patients

Further down this page find a selection of self care and wellness resources.

Consult the other pages of this guide (the grey tabs) to find links to assessment and care planning:

websites and library books
demonstration videos
cultural competency resources

Below find a small selection from the self care books for health professionals available at the Library

Mindful Medicine: 40 simple practices to help healthcare professionals heal burnout and reconnect to purpose by Jan Chozen Bays
Call Number: BF 637 M56 B39 2022

ISBN: 9781645470526

Publication Date: 2022-07-26

Shares simple mindfulness practices and brief meditations that fit easily into the demanding schedule of a healthcare worker's day, creating an experience of less stress and more presence, connection, ease, and flow.
Self-Care for New and Student Nurses by Dorrie K. Fontaine; Tim Cunningham; Natalie May
Call Number: WY 87 F66 2021EB

ISBN: 9781948057837

Publication Date: 2021-04-01

Self-Care for New and Student Nurses presents techniques to prepare you for stressors present now and those to come. No matter where you are in your nursing career, this book offers you multiple ways to prioritize your own mental, physical, and emotional health.
Workbook for Self-Care for New and Student Nurses, Second Edition by Dorrie K. Fontaine; Tim Cunningham; Natalie May
Call Number: Ebook

ISBN: 9781646482832

Publication Date: 2024-06-15

This is an e-workbook companion to the Self-Care for New and Student Nurses book above.
WORKBOOK for Beyond Burnout in Nursing, Second Edition by Suzanne Waddill-Goad
Call Number: WY 87 W2922 2023

ISBN: 9781646481071

Publication Date: 2023-06-01

The reflective activities in this workbook focus helping readers apply their own personal set of tools for thriving in their healthcare career.

Below find links to self care resources at KPU and beyond

KPU Counselling Services
If you are feeling anxious, overwhelmed or emotionally stressed, as a KPU student you can access the services of KPU counsellors free of charge.
SafeCare BC
"Established in 2013, SafeCare BC is an industry funded, non-profit association working to ensure injury free, safe working conditions for continuing care workers in BC."
The Library's Wellness Guide
This guide highlights items in a special library collection created to support Student and Employee Wellness at KPU.
Managing and Mitigating Fatigue: Tips & Tools for Nurses
From the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario
Preventing & Managing Violence: Tips & Tools for Nurses
From the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario

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