Files Stress and health By Rafael Castillo‚ MD Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 00:25:00 11/01/2008 Positive stimulus Stressors can come from various sources. And we’re constantly exposed to all sorts of stressors every day. For those who can handle them properly‚ up to a certain level of stress is healthy. It is a positive stimulus for us to do what we need to do as efficiently or effectively as we could. We can do remarkable feats—even break world records—when we’re under stress. This
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ASC 4126 – The AIDS Pandemic Caregiver Stress Caregivers are those people who provide assistance to other people who are unable to perform certain activities on their own because of a physical disability or chronic illness. Formal care can be obtained at home‚ or from institutions such as nursing homes‚ and is offered by trained‚ paid or volunteer professional caregivers. However‚ informal care‚ which is usually offered by family members or friends‚ often in a home setting‚ is becoming
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Nursing involves activities and interpersonal relationships that are often stressful. A study done in Iran found that first-year students experienced greater stress than students in subsequent years whereby mean stress was significantly greater in first year than in fourth year nursing students with p = 0.009 4. Coping has been viewed as a stabilizing factor that may assist individuals in maintaining psychosocial adaptation during stressful events. There are many ways to cope with stress. In this
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Thesis The purpose of this paper is to look at stress in the workplace and its effects on family‚ medical and work effectiveness. By looking at a few studies‚ this paper will show the relevance between stress from the job and depression and issues in the family‚ issues with health problems and low job performance. Conclusion Effective tools for dealing with stress will decrease stress‚ improve the physical and emotional/mental health of workers‚ increase worker productivity‚ improve
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PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction “Stress is not what happens to us. It is our response to what happens. And response is something we can choose.” This sagacious saying was quoted by Dr. Maureen Killoran‚ a certified universalist and an advocate on health and wellness. The quotation imparts to us that stress is not altogether negative as what most people would think at first. It still depends on how an individual sees and copes with the stress placed upon him. If you perceive potentially
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Stress and Coping Stress is the combination of physiological‚ psychological and behavioural effects when people are responding to any challenges or threatening situations. Long term stress reduced the capacity of our body to adapt. Stress influence conception‚ development and result of an illness. The source of stress has to change or adapt to balance our body system (Potter & Perry‚ 1997). Overton (2005) illustrates a good example that when our body is stressed due to the exposure
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The current nursing shortage and high turnover rate among nurses is a great concern‚ not only for health care organizations but also for the general population. The increase in an older population‚ as the “Baby Boomers” approach retirement age will add to this shortage‚ leaving many to wonder who will take care of them in their golden years. Subsequently‚ many of these “Baby Boomers” are nurses themselves and will be retiring‚ adding to the shortage. The Current trend for recent nursing graduates
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Q9. What is meant by "Stress"? What are the ways to reduce the stress? Stress is the "wear and tear" our bodies experience as we adjust to our continually changing environment; it has physical and emotional effects on us and can create positive or negative feelings. As a positive influence‚ stress can help compel us to action; it can result in a new awareness and an exciting new perspective. As a negative influence‚ it can result in feelings of distrust‚ rejection‚ anger‚ and depression‚ which in
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changes-these are different types of stress‚ the process by which one appraises and copes with environmental threats and challenges. The events of daily life flow through a psychological filter that helps a person the react in certain ways. Some stress early in life is conducive to later emotional and physical growth. But stresses‚ or conflicts‚ can also threaten a person’s life as well and health. Behavioral psychologists have determined there is a correlation between stress and the declination on one’s
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Work-Related Stress and Stress Management Stress can be defined as an adaptive response to a situation that is perceived as challenging or threatening to a person’s well-being and usually described as a negative experience. Most people feel some type of pressure from their daily duties in the work place. This pressure can be positive and motivating but sometimes this pressure can be excessive‚ leading to a stressful feeling. Stress can also result from being over worked. Work-related stress affects
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