Princeton, NJ – Carol L. Rickard, LCSW, a Princeton-area healthcare wellness expert with over 34 years of experience, has released her latest book, The Resilient Nurse: The Secret to a Healthy, Happy, and Fulfilling Career.

With healthcare facilities nationwide facing unprecedented nursing shortages and burnout rates, Rickard's timely release offers practical solutions that nurses can implement immediately—even during their busiest shifts.

Addressing a Critical Need

The book tackles a growing crisis in healthcare: nurses leaving the profession due to unmanaged stress. Rickard's unique approach recognizes that nurses possess a "superpower"—the ability to compartmentalize stress to function during emergencies—but this same skill can lead to burnout when that mental compartment overflows.

"After working with hundreds of nurses over three decades, I've seen too many talented professionals leave careers they love because they don't have the right tools to manage stress in real-time," says Rickard. "This book brings those tools directly to them."

Real-Time Solutions for Real-World Pressures

Unlike traditional stress management programs that require quiet spaces and extended time, The Resilient Nurse teaches 10-second techniques that work during codes, difficult patient interactions, and high-pressure situations. The book includes:

➢ The Freedom Map™ framework for stress regulation

➢ Evidence-based breathing techniques (including the CALM Switch—the fastest stress reset)

➢ The L.I.F.E. Wellness Blueprint for sustainable health

➢ Practical tools nurses can use between patients

➢ Proven Track Record

Rickard's methods have been implemented at major organizations including Princeton University, Penn Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and SEPTA, where one training program showed an 82% improvement in employees' healthy behaviors.

About the Author

Carol Rickard operates her practice from Hopewell, NJ, and has authored over 25 books on stress management and wellness. Known as "America's Workplace Stress Authority," she developed her signature approach after discovering how to eliminate her own chronic migraines using 60-second stress management techniques while working at a busy hospital.

The Resilient Nurse is available now on Amazon in paperback and ebook formats.

For more information:

Website: www.CarolRickard.com

Email: Carol@CarolRickard.com

Phone: 609-462-7643