{"id":40802289814,"date":"2025-07-30T15:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T19:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/?p=40802289814"},"modified":"2025-11-25T08:29:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T13:29:22","slug":"prof-sciarra-co-authors-chapter-on-digital-well-being","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/prof-sciarra-co-authors-chapter-on-digital-well-being\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Sciarra Co-Authors Chapter on Digital Well-Being"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-medium is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.lww.com\/12-Keys-to-Health--Happiness--and-Well-Being-for-Nurses-and-the-Healthcare-Workforce\/p\/9781975250157\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/07\/Well-being-for-Nurses-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"12 Keys to Health, Happiness, and Well-Being. For Nurses and the Healthcare Workforce. An Evidence-based guide. \" class=\"wp-image-40802289815\" style=\"width:242px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/07\/Well-being-for-Nurses-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/07\/Well-being-for-Nurses-656x1024.jpg 656w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/07\/Well-being-for-Nurses-96x150.jpg 96w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/07\/Well-being-for-Nurses.jpg 702w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Erica Sciarra, Ph.D., DNP, APN, A-GNP-C, CNE, assistant professor of nursing, recently co-authored of a chapter in \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/shop.lww.com\/12-Keys-to-Health--Happiness--and-Well-Being-for-Nurses-and-the-Healthcare-Workforce\/p\/9781975250157\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">12 Keys to Health, Happiness, and Well-Being for Nurses and the Healthcare Workforce: An Evidence-Based Guide<\/a>\u201d (Melnyk et al., Wolters Kluwer, 2025). The book provides practical, evidence-based strategies and tools to support the well-being of health care students and professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sciarra\u2019s chapter, \u201cUnlock Digital Well-Being: Key Tactics for Effective Messaging and Connection,\u201d explores the importance of evaluating, strengthening, and optimizing digital wellness. It includes valuable resources and real-world examples demonstrating the successful integration of evidence-based strategies to enhance digital well-being, according to Sciarra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The chapter was co-authored by Sherry Chesak, assistant professor of nursing, Mayo Clinic; Jessica Semin, academic wellness coordinator and&nbsp;assistant professor, The Pennsylvania State University; and Christina Lightner, assistant professor, University of Nebraska.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The book covers 12 dimensions of wellness and offers a holistic approach to health with a framework that addresses every aspect of well-being, from emotional resilience to work-life balance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c12 Keys to Health, Happiness, and Well-Being for Nurses and the Healthcare Workforce: An Evidence-Based Guide\u201d publishes on Aug. 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erica Sciarra, Ph.D., DNP, APN, A-GNP-C, CNE, assistant professor of nursing, recently co-authored of a chapter in \u201c12 Keys to Health, Happiness, and Well-Being for Nurses and the Healthcare Workforce: An Evidence-Based Guide\u201d (Melnyk et al., Wolters Kluwer, 2025). The book provides practical, evidence-based strategies and tools to support the well-being of health care students [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":40802289821,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[322,444,423,170],"tags":[3462],"person":[3049],"audience":[386,11,8,50],"school":[143,140],"program":[],"class_list":["post-40802289814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty-accomplishments","category-monmouth-now","category-faculty-perspectives","category-research","tag-school-of-nursing-and-health-studies","person-erica-sciarra","audience-community","audience-current-student","audience-faculty","audience-graduate-student","school-nursing","school-school-of-nursing-and-health-studies"],"squareimage":{"id":40802289826,"rendered":"<img width=\"683\" height=\"683\" style=\"object-position: 55.77% 48.28%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/07\/Erica-Sciarra-Headshot_sq.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Prof. Erica Sciarra\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/07\/Erica-Sciarra-Headshot_sq.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/07\/Erica-Sciarra-Headshot_sq-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/07\/Erica-Sciarra-Headshot_sq-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/07\/Erica-Sciarra-Headshot_sq-560x560.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/07\/Erica-Sciarra-Headshot_sq-280x280.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/07\/Erica-Sciarra-Headshot_sq-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>","original":{"url":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/07\/Erica-Sciarra-Headshot_sq.jpg","width":683,"height":683}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802289814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40802289814"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802289814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40802291520,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802289814\/revisions\/40802291520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40802289821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40802289814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40802289814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40802289814"},{"taxonomy":"person","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person?post=40802289814"},{"taxonomy":"audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audience?post=40802289814"},{"taxonomy":"school","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/school?post=40802289814"},{"taxonomy":"program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program?post=40802289814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}