Side Effects: A Nurse's Journey Through Secondary Traumatic Stress About the Book

ABOUT THE BOOK

Side Effects
A Journey Through Secondary Traumatic Stress
by D.B. Wright

Side Effects is a memoir of a nurse’s journey through Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS) toward a renewed sense of physical, mental and spiritual well being. It provides an insider perspective on how STS can accumulate over time affecting both professional and personal aspects of a person’s life. Similar in many ways to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), STS can leave sufferers emotionally withdrawn, depressed, angry and feeling hopeless. This loss of quality of life not only affects the individual, but their families and friends as well.

Secondary Traumatic Stress is a potential outcome for anyone witnessing and/or treating the trauma or suffering of others. Professionals such as nurses, doctors, first responders (police, firefighters, emergency medical technicians and paramedics) as well as lawyers, child welfare workers, correctional officers and informal caregivers are all at risk. But STS does not need to be a life sentence. Overcoming traumatic stress is possible and can even be transformational as this heartwarming and sometimes humorous story about hope and healing suggests.

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What people are saying about Side Effects...

S.T. writes:
"It's beautifully written: honest, thoughtful, nuanced."

5.0 out of 5 stars
By Amazon Customer on November 14, 2016
Format: Paperback
I was glued from the minute I picked it up!

5.0 out of 5 stars
By Amazon Customer on December 20, 2016
Format: Paperbook

Side Effects is a superb memoir that takes the reader on a touching journey of
a nurse's path through Secondary Stress Disorder to a place of healing. Wright's
anecdotes are not only relatable to readers within the care industry but also to someone like myself who struggles with the edge of burnout in a busy work-life balance. The book is well written, at times causing me to laugh out loud, in others, to weep, as I considered the reality of the human condition in grief and aging and the nurse's role in providing the care required. In this regard, I appreciated hearing the inner voice of Wright's nursing experience; allowing me insight into this profession's normality. Self care is an important topic for all who live a hectic lifestyle; Wright offers numerous paths of discovery.