Stress And Anxiety Flashcards
What does the HCPC state on stress or anxiety ?
- if there is any experiences affecting your learning or ability to participate on the course, you must let your practice educators and university know
-you may put service users and yourself at risk if your performance is affected by your physical/ mental health.
-ask for appropriate support and adapt your study
-get advice from your doctor own your physical/mental wellbeing
(Possibility of getting suspended or struck off as a radiographer if your physical mental health is negatively influencing your workspace and flow)
Define stress
Stress is how you react when you feel under pressure or threatened
Usually occurs if you feel you can’t manage or control the situation
Can be experienced individually, as a group, community or society
Everyone experiences stress in different situations and in different ways
Types of stress
Acute stress
Chronic stress
What is acute stress
Happens shortly after an event
Occurs for a short period of time
What is chronic stress
Lasts for a long period of time or keeps returning
Experienced when your under lots of pressure
Is stress considered asa a mental health problem ?
stress is not considered as a a mental health problem but it can influence your mental health
It’s completely normal to feel stressed
Feelings of stress
Irritable
Angry
Overwhelmed
Anxious
Nervous
A sense of dread
Causes of stress
Under pressure
Change
Lack of control
Worry
Feeling stuck
Physical sign is of stress
Difficulty breathing
Sore eyes
Sleep disturbances
Headaches
Weight gain/loss
Fainting/ nausea
Impacts of stress
- difficult making decisions
-difficulty concentrating
-biting nails
-clenching jaw
-over/under eating
Smoking/ drinking more
-withdraw from people
Stress management skills
Recognising signs of stress and causes of stress
As there’s not one solution
Four A’s approach to stress management
Avoid
Alter
Adapt
Accept
Four R’s approach to stress management
Reject
Reframe
Relieve
Refresh
Ow can preparing for stress heals manage it
Being prepared for stressful periods makes managing stress easier
Knowing how to manage your wellbeing also speeds up recovery
Resilience can be built and impacted by many things
Individual things to do to manage stress
- be kind to yourself
-go outdoors
-relax
-identify triggers
-organise your time
-build support networks
What is locus of control
Degree to which people believe that they have control over their outcomes or external forces causing their situations
Internal locus of control
- take responsibility of your own actions
-less influenced by opinions
-work at your won pace
-confident
-independent
-your actions cause your situations
External locus of control
- blame external forces for your outcomes
- Think luck brings you success and change
- believe that you can’t change your situation
- Feel hopeless to face difficult situations
-accept fate and destiny
-avoid individual change
Adaptive coping strategies
Involve confronting problems directly
Recignsising and changing unhealthy reactions
Preventing adverse effects on body
This is done via
- support
-relaxation
-humour
-physical activity
Maladaptive copings strategies
Escape: withdrawal from friends and family
Unhealthy self-soothing : overeating, binge drinking
Numbing: junk food drugs alcohol
Risk taking : gambling, unsafe sex, drunk driving
Self harm or suicide
What is resilience ?
Bounce back ability to face difficult situations or challenges
Ability to adapt and grow following adversity
State Resilience building techniques
Resilience theory
- theory states its not the nature of adversity that’s important but how we deal with stress which is
Resilience helps us
-survive
-Recover
-Revive
Resilience can be built by these pillars:
- education
-friendships
-secure-base
-talent and interests
-positive values
-social competency
Support options:
-Schwartz rounds : gathering for staff to regularly discuss their experiences and social and emotional asapects of working in healthcare
-understand challenges and rewards when providing acre
-staff who attend report lower levels of stress
Other available support:
Personal tutor
GP
Friends family colleagues
Student union + counselling
Community groups
Define anxiety
- feeling of unease such as worry and fear
- normal experience
What is burnout?
State of physical or emotnal exhaustion
Linked to long term stress (chronic stress)
40% of staff report burnout in healthcare
Sign is of burnout
- feeling tired and drained
- feeling helpless and defeated
-sleep issues
-procrastination
-difficultly concentrating
