Table of Contents:
  • Telling our stories : what are nurses stressed and angry about?
  • Exposing the consequences of mismanaged anger
  • Differentiating between rational and irrational anger
  • Modifying nonproductive anger styles
  • Combating horizontal and vertical violence
  • Forging alliances with patients
  • Examining what we learned about anger when growing up
  • Overcoming the legacy of a painful or abusive past
  • Managing stress and caring for the self
  • Taking a new stance toward the concept of power
  • Solving problems
  • Dreaming the future of nursing.