Assignment:
In Chapter 12: "Stress in the Workplace and Stress Management" by Nancy Borkowski, we talked about stress. Stress is a common phenomenon in healthcare.
Using the attached required reading, Write a complete 4-7 pages paper about stress in healthcare and the impact it can have on employees, organizational performance, the delivery of patient care, etc. In your paper address the following:
1. Define stress - when is it good and when is it bad?
2. Identify and describe the different kinds of stress that can occur.
3. What does the healthcare environment look like currently?
4. Why is stress more prevalent in healthcare? What impact can it have on an organization, employees, and patients?
5. Discuss why stress in a healthcare environment may be more of a pressing issue as compared to other industries (be sure to address factors, such as, professional hierarchy, personalities, ethnicity, gender, etc.).
6. What can administrators do to address employee stress? What can employees do to better manage stress? Describe if / how employee burnout (due to stress) is impacting the delivery of care.
7. Identify some best practices to alleviate the negative effects of stress in the workplace. How should managers behave so that employees experience less stress on the job? What strategies can the organization use so that the employees experience less stress on the job?
8. Write established theories to describe stress in a healthcare environment This write-up has to be supported by current facts and literature.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.