Discussion: Stress Discussion Board we will be discussing stress and compassion fatigue. Nurses are under a great deal of stress managing the acuity of patients, technology, and demands of work/family life. Please answer 1 out of the 4 questions under one post. Support your answers from the readings this week and site your sources using APA format for in-text and full reference at bottom of posts. Initial posts need to be cited. Additionally, if you are using additional websites, Use reputable websites within 5 years, nursing journals, .gov, .org, Pubmed. No .com websites or Wikipedia should be used for the discussion. 1) What are organizational, interpersonal, and individual factors that cause stress? If the stressors had not been present would the outcome be different? Give examples of each and explain. 2) On a scale of 1 to 10, evaluate your ability to be resilient and tolerate factors such as rapid change, role ambiguity/conflict, and conflicts with other health professionals. Share personal strategies for managing stress. 3) What ways do you care for yourself? What other ways might you add to your self-care? 4) What methods do you use to cope with stress? Based on the readings, could you improve your method for dealing with stress? How? Here are the videos and readings below 1. Chapter 26 p. 356-365 (Sullivan) textbook- Effective Leadership & Management in Nursing, Edition: 9th, ISBN: 9780134153117, Author: Sullivan, Publisher: Pearson, Copyright Year: 2018 2. Compassion Fatigue Nothing Left to 3. Extinguish Workplace 4. Cultivating Mindfulness to Enhance Nursing 5. The Impact of Environmental Factors on Nursing Stress, Job Satisfaction and Turnover Attachments: 1. sullivan_ch26_lecture_1_.pptx Videos: 1. Drowning in Empathy:The Cost of Vicarious Trama (Links to an external site.) (12:10) This video discusses the prevalence of healthcare worker experience with compassion fatigue, which is a form of PTSD and how it can be treated.
