"Dr. Robert Wicks and Dr. Gloria Donnelly's updated book provides timely guidance and invaluable, concrete strategies to better understand and prevent stress and the cycle of burnout. This book should be on all healthcare providers' list of required readings as they prepare to face the rewards and challenges of our ever-changing healthcare environment." -- Patrick C. Auth, PhD, PA-C, DFAAPA, 2017 Leadership Development Awardee, Physician Assistant Education Association "I prescribe this go-to resource for healing professionals in medicine and nursing who entered into practice psychologically healthy and now feel damaged. It's a life jacket for all who are drowning in unrelenting stress wrought by COVID-19, the current machinery of corporate healthcare delivery, and individual life circumstances. Wicks and Donnelly expertly help readers to gain perspective into their unique situations and start their personal healing journey.

If your passion for healthcare is fading fast, reach for this book to become revitalized." -- Linda Laskowski-Jones, MS, APRN, ACNS-BC, CEN, NEA-BC, FAWM, FAAN, Editor-in-Chief, Nursing2020: The Peer-Reviewed Journal of Clinical Excellence "Burnout' of healthcare professionals preceded the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has brought the problem 'front and center.' Overcoming Secondary Stress in Medical and Nursing Practice is a beautifully written book; a must read not only for all healthcare providers and their employers but their relatives. This compassionate, concise text provides a clear blueprint for understanding why stress is a pervasive problem for medical and nursing professionals along with strategic solutions for prevention, endurance, and resilience." -- Julie H. Levison, MD, MPhil, MPH, FACP, Massachusetts General Hospital and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School "We are living in unprecedented times. Living through a pandemic, health providers have had to radically alter how they practice, for example, learning how to do telehealth overnight.

This power-packed book should be read by all health care providers, whether they are administrators, educators, researchers or front-line staff. Secondary stress confronts us all, and this book assists health providers to manage such stress." -- Al Rundio, PhD, DNP, RN, APRN, NEA-BC, FAAN, Vice President for Scholarly Advancement and Co-Editor-In-Chief, Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice (National Academies of Practice).