University:
University of Alberta
Course:
NURS 120 | Foundations for Success in Nursing
Academic year:

2024
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Author:

Alya A

Lab Week 5: Stress Management and Coping Skills ● Discuss the stress response and how stress impacts physical and mental well-being - Long-term stress increases the risk of mental health problems such as anxiety and depression, substance use problems, sleep problems, pain and bodily complaints such as muscle tension ● Explore personal relationship to stress and identify adaptive & maladaptive coping skills - personal relationship to stress? Stress is the relationship between an individual and the thoughts perceived as taxing or taking away from their resources. - adaptive coping: Adaptive coping includes cognitive and behavioral efforts to manage stressful conditions or associated emotional distress. (EX.sleep, exercise, talking) - Good, and healthy stress mechanisms - maladaptive coping: increases stress and anxiety, the more maladaptive behavior, the more risk a patient faces in either sustaining or increasing the severity of their disorder (Eg. self-harm, binge eating and substance abuse) - What not to do when dealing with stress - Bad stress relievers ● Explore how perception impacts stress and the difference between reacting versus responding to stress perception of stress impacts your feelings about the lack of control and unpredictability than the actual stressors. When people feel that they are not in control, they start feeling stressed, even if they actually are in control and simply don't know it. - A stress reaction is when we react habitually and automatically to a situation. We aren't fully aware of what we're doing. We just react. - A stress response means that we give ourselves a few seconds to stop, become conscious of the situation, and then choose how we want to respond. - Reacting to stress is when you react immediately and without thought, and responding to stress is being aware of stress and taking a minute to think and not let it overwhelm you so you can see the situation as a whole before going into a situation. - ● Identify resources to help promote positive coping skills - Practicing meditation and relaxation techniques; Engaging in physical activity or exercise; Engaging in spirituality; etc. Blakely, M. D. (2019). Acknowledging workplace stress in nursing & the impact of positive psychology. Med-Surg Matters, 28 (4), 1-2.