Take A Load Off Your Heart
Successful strategies for managing everyday stress
THE SITUATION
More hospital staff – particularly nurses – are subject to chronic, overwhelming stress. Working long hours with short-staffing, then going home to the normal problems of everyday life, often puts a person into a situation of "too much to do and too little time to do it."
THE PROBLEM
According to NIH data, over 80% of hospital staff say they have "too much stress" and almost 70% of female staff site "job stress" as their number one problem. Not only can chronic stress negatively influence patient care, it can impact recruitment, retention and healthcare costs. Perhaps most importantly, it may penalize personal health as well by contributing to overweight, heart disease, diabetes and depression.
THE SOLUTION
This program examines how to cope with stress more effectively. In this motivational, practical program, Joe identifies common stressors and provides realistic coping mechanisms. Using lecture, dialogue and self-scoring tests, he supplies the information, take-home tools and support needed to handle stress and live a healthy, balanced life-style. "Living a stress-free life is not a reasonable goal," he says. "The goal is to deal with it actively and effectively."
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- To identify the major stressors in life.
- To understand the link between chronic stress and cardiovascular health.
- To learn physical and mental techniques for managing stress more effectively.
