Nursing from Within: A Fresh Alternative to Putting Out Fires and Self-Care Workarounds

At a time when health care is going through major change, nurses—known for being highly capable in a crisis—are being forced to take on more and more responsibilities. In this increasingly stressful environment, nurses need new ways to make sure they are taking care of themselves so they don’t succumb to the physical, mental, and emotional exhaustion of caring for everyone and everything else.

Nursing from Within: A Fresh Alternative to Putting Out Fires and Self-Care Workarounds offers the innovative solutions today’s nurses need.

Although it outlines the problems nurses face, this book is not about trying to change the working environment. Rather, it’s about altering inner perspectives. With boundless energy and passion, it addresses an element that’s largely missing from nursing self-care programs focusing on diet and health: the spiritual self.

Taking a holistic approach that incorporates spiritual and energy principles such as Reiki, Nursing from Within teaches you how to connect with your authentic self. Author Elizabeth Scala’s enthusiasm is contagious, as she shares proven and effective strategies for creating shifts in your perspective, empowering you to take on the challenges of nursing with a confidence and vitality that will bring the joy back to your chosen profession.

Elizabeth Scala holds bachelor's degrees in nursing and psychology from the University of Delaware and a master's degree in business and nursing from Johns Hopkins University. She is a certified health and wellness coach through Wellcoaches and the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, as well as a Reiki master teacher.

Her career experience includes working as a nurse in adult inpatient psychiatry, running an exercise program for physician-referred clients at a community health center, and working on a nursing research fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital, before becoming an entrepreneur at Nursing from Within.

Now, she brings innovative new ideas to the nursing profession as a speaker, author, workshop and retreat facilitator, and virtual conference host in addition to teaching Reiki to nurses.

She lives in Maryland, with her spouse and their one dog, where she enjoys the beach, jigsaw puzzles, gardening, yoga, Reiki, and dancing to her favorite jam band, moe.