Difficult Conversations in Nursing & Healthcare: A Practical Guide to Speaking Up with Confidence and...

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Rachael Benson

Difficult Conversations in Nursing & Healthcare

A Practical Guide to Speaking Up with Confidence and Compassion

Rachael Benson

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Rachael Benson
23 August 2025

Medical ethics & professional conduct; Nursing & ancillary services

Series: Difficult Conversations

In healthcare, silence can be costly. From safeguarding concerns and end-of-life care to workplace bullying and systemic bias, nurses, midwives, and health visitors face emotionally charged conversations every day. Yet many feel underprepared, unsupported, or afraid to speak up.

This essential guide empowers professionals to navigate difficult conversations with clarity, empathy, and courage. Drawing on real-world scenarios, evidence-based frameworks, and reflective practice, it offers practical tools for addressing emotional distress, advocating for patients, challenging unsafe practices, and fostering inclusive team cultures.

Whether you're newly qualified or a seasoned practitioner, this book will help you build confidence, protect well being, and lead with integrity-because when nurses speak up, care improves.

By: Rachael Benson
Imprint: Rachael Benson
Volume: 1
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 268g
ISBN: 9798232230876
Series: Difficult Conversations
Pages: 228
Publication Date: 23 August 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rachael Benson is a public health nurse, safeguarding consultant, and author with over two decades of experience supporting children, families, and professionals across health and social care. Specialising in early childhood development, emotional wellbeing, and safeguarding leadership, Rachael brings a compassionate, practical voice to the complex realities of frontline care. She is the founder of RCB SG Consultancy Ltd, where she delivers training, supervision, and strategic guidance to organisations navigating safeguarding, burnout, and difficult conversations in healthcare. Her work is grounded in lived experience, evidence-based frameworks, and a deep commitment to equity, advocacy, and psychological safety. Rachael's writing spans professional guides, wellbeing resources, and reflective tools for nurses, midwives, health visitors, and the multi-agency professional network. Her books empower readers to speak up with confidence, lead with integrity, and care with compassion-even in the most challenging moments. When she's not writing or training, Rachael is developing innovative services for children and young people, mentoring professionals, and exploring the emotional dimensions of leadership and resilience.