Nursing - Stress Management
STRESS Management
According to many physicians, stress is the most common source of illness in modern society (Posen 1995), consisting of both external and internal causes. Generally, external causes of stress are less under our control than internal causes; therefore, most strategies for effective stress reduction relate more to identifying and minimizing internally-caused stress (such as unrealistic standards for ourselves or expectations of others in our lives) than to reducing outside stressors that are less under our control.
Besides addressing the causes, effective stress management also includes physical exercise, personal reflection or formal meditation techniques, and recreational activities that we enjoy. Exercise reduces stress by releasing the energy associated with the buildup of anxiety, mainly because stress is a biological response to accumulated energy that needs to be released. In earlier times, human existence entailed much more physical exertion, but modern life provides much less opportunity to reduce stress in this fashion (Posen 1995). Personal reflection or meditation contributes to stress reduction by providing a mans of addressing issues in our lives for which little time is often available without purposely setting aside time for that purpose (Gerrig & Zimbardo 2005).
In that regard, recreational interests often serve a dual purpose by allowing us to release energy in a context that also provides the opportunity to engage in self-reflection that is very similar to mediation. In my particular case, working on my cars and boat serves a stress-reducing role: the activity is physical enough to release energy in the same manner as moderate exercise, and the solitary focus of the activity is conducive to self-reflection that allows me to think about ways of addressing the external sources of stress in my life and helps clear my mind by identifying the avoidable internal causes.
References
Gerrig, R, Zimbardo, P. (2005) Psychology and Life. 17th Edition.
New York: Allyn & Bacon.
Posen, D.B. (1995) Stress Management for Patient and Physician; the Canadian Journal of Continuing Medical Education. Retrieved May 8, 2008, at http://www.mentalhealth.com/mag1/p51-str.html#Head_1
Nursing Informatics NEW COMPETENCIES Nursing informatics or NI is a field specialty that blends and integrates the nursing, computer and information sciences in managing and transferring information and insights in nursing (Anderson, 2008; Coleman et al., 2010). It is aimed at assisting in the decision-making function of patients, nurses and other participants in patient care through information structures, processes and technology. Nurses who integrate this specialty into their regular practice are called
Nursing Theory Caring as an integral nursing concept can be viewed from diverse perspectives. It can be an attribute, a complex set of behaviors, or an attitude. This has made some people believe that it is impossible to improve and measure it although there is evidence that both improvement and measurement are possible. People recognize that caring models of professional practice affect the service users, health outcomes, healthcare staff, and ultimately
Stress Management in the Caregiver Setting An increasing body of evidence points to the intensity of the labor involved in caring, and the impact it has on the caregiver in a healthcare setting. Whether lay or professional, it seems that the potential for suffering among caregivers is enormous. When a person reaches a state of physical, emotional or mental exhaustion, burnout occurs, and it appears to affect both lay and professional
Stress: Concept Analysis Concepts are the fundamental building blocks of a theory. Nursing theory refers to a blueprint formed to organize skills, interpret occurrences in nursing at a more specific, and concrete level. Nursing theory entails a set of designations, postulations, propositions, links and more importantly concepts attained from nursing models. A nursing concept refers to a word that derives meaning, feelings or understanding amid persons within the nursing profession. Concept
management has to do with the knowledge of the resources a company uses in running their daily affairs. It also involves effective projection of additional resources that could be needed along the way, and the maximization of the available resources. Maximizing the efficiency of the available resources and the ability to put some of them in reserve are part of Cost Management. Some scholars define cost management as the
Management Development Techniques All business organizations seek to maximize the profitability using the least available resources. The bottom-line in realizing such coveted success is by making their management processes efficient. In this regard, managers will often employ various techniques in developing and improving their existing management styles. This is because new issues always would come up and have to be addressed through the necessary change management initiatives. This study will look
Our semester plans gives you unlimited, unrestricted access to our entire library of resources —writing tools, guides, example essays, tutorials, class notes, and more.
Get Started Now