Running head: BURNOUT: A CHALLENGE TO THE HUMAN SERVICES Burnout: A Challenge to the Human Services Roxanne Arballo BSHS 461 – University of Phoenix Burnout: A Challenge to the Human Services Those who work in the Human Services field and nonprofit areas are highly vulnerable to burn out. 2010 provides larger numbers of clientele‚ forced human service personnel overtime work hours‚ on-call after hours‚ and other schedule and work imbalances. World population numbers are escalating as the
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ANALYZING THE ARTICLE " THE EFFECT OF STRESS ON HEALTH AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING" October 8‚ 2014 By: Becky Velez One of the definitions of stress offered in literature is: "Stress is the psychological and physical state that results when perceived demands exceed an individual’s ability to cope with them." The profession of nursing has thrived over the past century into a respected and necessary member of the health care arena. However‚ the future of the profession‚ and more imminently‚
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1.0 Introduction We generally use the word stress when we feel that everything seems to have become too much‚ we are overloaded and wonder whether we really can cope with the pressures placed upon us. Anything that poses a challenge or a threat to our well-being is a stress. Some stresses get you going and they are good for you‚ without any stress at all many say our lives would be boring and would probably feel pointless. However‚ when the stresses undermine both our mental and physical
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Stress On Employee’s In Organisation Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Business Administration programme of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University‚ Delhi. Submitted To: Submitted by: Varun Batra Naveen Gupta Roll No.: 04896701712 Kamal Institute of Higher Education And Advanced Technology K-1 Extension‚ Mohan Garden‚ New Delhi – 110059 Batch (2011-2014) DECLARATION
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Related Literature Stress and Your Performance So far‚ we have seen that stress is a negative experience. We have seen the short-term negative effects that stress hormones can have on your performance‚ and have seen how stress can contribute to burnout. The Positive Effects of Pressure Sometimes‚ however‚ the pressures and demands that may cause stress can be positive in their effect. One example of this is where sportsmen and women flood their bodies with fight-or-flight adrenaline to power
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Biological Psychology Notes Sumaiya Bhimji 12L Stress Notes Biological Treatment Benzodiazepine Group of drug most commonly used to treat anxiety which slows down the activity of the central nervous system. GABA - Neurotransmitter that it is the body’s’ natural form of the anxiety relief. 40% of the neuron response to GABA & produce a quieting effect. This happen when GABA receptors react with the neuron on the outside of the receiving neuron. when GABA lock into the receptor it
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loose‚ no sound will be produced. In a similar way with stress‚ too much stress can harm people. But what about no stress at all? While the anticipation might sound alluring‚ the fact is that people do need stress—at least to a degree. Dr. Selye‚ H (1936) says “everybody is under some degree of stress all the time. The only way to avoid stress is to die” (as cited in the American Institute of Stress‚ 1979). Dr Selye also indicates that stress would be recognized more as a psychological condition than
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Strategies to Cope with Stress Ways to Master Stress a) Change lifestyle habits -care for yourself -well-balanced diet -regular exercise -adequate sleep -decrease intake of caffeine (coffee‚ tea‚ colas‚ chocolate) -decrease intake of junk food -balance school/work with leisure time -build a support system of people with whom you can talk freely -seek out activities and situations‚ which affirm your strengths b) Change stressful situations -communicate your needs and concerns with assertion
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The term oxidative stress has been often used to indicate the outcome of oxidative damage to biologically relevant macromolecules such as: nucleic acids‚ proteins‚ lipids and carbohydrates. This occurs when oxidative stress-related molecules‚ produced in the extracellular environment or within the cell exceed cellular antioxidant defenses (Cadenas‚ 1989). Molecular oxygen can easily accept unpaired electrons giving rise to a group of partially reduced species‚ generally termed ROS. The ROS include:
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Chronic Stress Chronic stress occurs when the body experiences so many stressors that the autonomic nervous system rarely has a chance to activate the relaxation response. (We were built to handle acute stress‚ not chronic stress.) This type of chronic stress response occurs all too frequently from our modern lifestyle‚ when you stress over a busy schedule‚ an argument with a friend‚ a traffic jam‚ or a mountain of bills‚ your body reacts just as strongly as if you were facing a life-or-death
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