Empowering Nurses: Cultivating Compassion and Quality Care

In her groundbreaking book, Dr. FT Todaro-Franceschi calls on healthcare professionals to examine the good, the bad, and the ugly in healthcare, striving towards a world where compassion reigns and our shared humanity is celebrated. According to Mary Koloroutis, RN, MSN, CEO of Creative Health Care Management, “Dr. Todaro-Franceschi helps us in this mission through this extraordinary book.”

A Beacon of Hope for Nursing Workforce Well-being

In the second edition of her seminal text, Dr. Todaro-Franceschi sheds new light on professional quality of life, incorporating current practice, research literature, and examples to demonstrate the correlation between contentment and happiness of the nursing workforce and quality of care. This valuable resource provides practical strategies for addressing pressing issues, including:

• Compassion fatigue
• Burnout
• Moral distress
• Caring for the dying
• PTSD
• Workplace violence

This book empowers nurses to create a more compassionate work environment, backed by research and written from a holistic and personal perspective. It includes case studies and exercises to help readers identify negative patterns and explore ways to find purpose in their lives.

New Features in the Second Edition

This updated edition includes:

• Expanded emphasis on the impact of workforce well-being on care quality
• Updated resources and information on national nursing initiatives related to professional quality of life
• New chapter on workplace violence (incivility, bullying, and mobbing)
• New chapter on education related to improving PQOL and work environment
• A Nurse Leaders Resource Toolkit to guide staff education

A Valuable Resource for Nursing Professionals

This book is an invaluable tool for nursing professionals, offering:

• An ethic of care developed from a transdisciplinary perspective
• Increased awareness of issues that might be hindering professional quality of life
• Strategies for enhancing staff contentment and productivity, promoting a healthy work environment
• Real-life examples from critical care, end-of-life care, hospice, oncology, and more
• Assistance with grief healing

Dr. Todaro-Franceschi’s expertise in end of life education, professional quality of life, and clinical leadership makes this book an essential read for anyone seeking to cultivate compassion and quality care in the healthcare industry.