Guides: Aged Care: Managing Stress & Work Priorities

eBooks - Managing Stress & Work Priorities

Empowerment strategies for nurses (2019) This unique resource delivers proven strategies to help nurses overcome stressors and challenges when—and even before—they arise. Featuring seven new chapters and new authors, the second edition reflects the latest research on resilience and wellbeing and applies it specifically to nursing professionals. This edition focuses not only on resilience strategies nurses can implement to help themselves, but also provides them with tools they can use to strengthen and motivate patients, their families, and health care communities at large. 3 users at a time
The engaged caregiver : how to build a performance-driven workforce to reduce burnout & transform care (2020) 1. The critical importance of strategic talent management / Joseph Cabral, MS, and Matt Turner, MA -- 2. Engaging people through inclusion / Ingrid summers, MHS -- 3. defining and delivering a comprehensive engagement strategy / Shannon Vincent and Lynn Ehrmantraut -- 4. Strengthening transformational leadership / Eric W. Heckerson, EdD, RN, FACHE, and brad Pollins, MS, SPHR -- 5. Measures, metrics, and key drivers / Kristopher H. Morgan, PhD, and Stephanie B. Weimer, MA -- 6. Building data plans to drive improvement / David Shinsel -- 7. Nursing engagement / Christina Dempsey, DNP, MSN, CNOR, CENP, FAAN, and Mary Jo Assi, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN -- 8. Bolster physician engagement and resilience / Chrissy Daniels, MS, and Matt Turner, MA -- 9. Contextualizing resilience / Deirdre E. mylod. PhD, and Thomas H. Lee, MD, MSc -- 10. The virtuous cycle / craig Clapper, PE, CMQ/OE, and Steve Kreiser, CDR (USN Ret.), MBA -- 11. Transforming experience / Rachel Biblow and Martin Wright -- Notes -- Index
Noise: Living and leading when nobody can focus (2019) Teaches managers and leaders to cut through the static and hone their focusing skills  In the current digital age, it is becoming increasingly more difficult to stay focused. Smartphones, tablets, smart watches, and other devices constantly vie for our attention. In both business and life, we are constantly bombarded with tweets, likes, mentions, and a constant stream of information. The inability to pay attention impacts learning, parenting, prioritizing, and leading.
The Myth of Multitasking - Audio Book / Podcast (2021) In this revised and updated podcast author and productivity expert Dave Crenshaw provides a solution for the chaos of distraction that multitasking creates-and a way to combat the temptation to constantly switch between tasks. Learn how to actually get things done. Dave Crenshaw takes the idea of multitasking as a productivity tool and smashes it to smithereens.

Books - Managing Stress & Work Priorities - Aged Care

Nurse Burnout (2016) Nurse Burnout: Overcoming Stress in Nursing explores the stress- fatigue-burnout connection, the risks involved, and defines the health concerns and practice considerations for how to move the profession forward. Author Suzanne Waddill-Goad provides nurses with the tools they need set boundaries and combat compassion fatigue in order to renew energy to be at your personal and professional best.
Patient & person : interpersonal skills in nursing ; 7th edition (2021) The book includes empathy, dealing with challenging behaviours, advocating for a patient and admitting a patient. Nurses will learn to build trusting relationships and support patients in their health journey. The seventh edition of this highly regarded text has been fully updated to incorporate the most current literature relating to interpersonal skills in nursing.
Stories in Ageing (2021) Collection of personal stories as told by a range of older people, carers, health professionals and family members. Includes range of topics related to ageing, including assisting and caring for the older person, the experience of ageing within a culturally diverse society, sexuality in the later years, maintaining independence at home and positive experiences of ageing.

Online Videos - Managing Stress and Work Priorities

Burnout in Long-term care workers - risk factors and why it matters (2021) Burnout in Long-term care workers - risk factors and why it matters Burnout and compassion fatigue can happen in any healthcare setting, not just the Emergency Department or the ICU. In long-term care, when care isn't patient-centered, or when a worker has a negative perception of older adults, or lacks understanding of Alzheimer's - the risk for burnout goes up.
Common Stressors (2017) Learn what causes stress in the nursing profession. Working the night shift leads to increased health risks, unhealthy dietary habits, and additional stressors.
Dealing With Difficult People At Work (2017) As a Nurse, you will encounter some very challenging situations !! Not all of the problems we deal with at work are medical issues, many are actually personality issues!! This video will change your perspective on people who are rude or nasty to you. It will also provide you with the tools you need to handle issues with others without changing your positive energy.
FOD - Prioritise and organise (2019) The Cutting Edge team can be messy and unorganized, something that the VP, Serena, dislikes intensely. Carol is not happy with Casey’s Post-it notes. Serena stresses the importance of taking notes and looking competent and efficient, especially when one is new to the job. The best way to get organized is to determine priorities. Sherry explains how to break things down in order of what needs doing first, second and later.
FOD - Stress and the Nursing Profession (2017) Three out of four nurses cite stress as an adverse side effect to the profession. Learn what causes stress, its symptoms, and how to reduce it.
FOD - Stress Management (2020) This stress management training program explains how to reprogram our ancient operating system to survive and thrive in a modern world. In this video, workers will learn: • Ten easy to follow tips for reducing your stress levels • How to reprogram our ancient operating system • The importance of diet and exercise for managing stress
FOD - Success at Work Series (2019) The Cutting Edge crew's Success at Work Series demonstrates essential employability skills Millennials can use to achieve success. Former students learn from their mistakes while gaining an edge to succeed. Viewers will see how to maximize effectiveness in communication, prioritization and organization. This film discusses how to plan for success, manage yourself efficiently, and prioritize to get results.
How stress affects your body - Sharon Horesh Bergquist (2015) Our hard-wired stress response is designed to gives us the quick burst of heightened alertness and energy needed to perform our best. But stress isn’t all good. When activated too long or too often, stress can damage virtually every part of our body. Sharon Horesh Bergquist gives us a look at what goes on inside our body when we are chronically stressed.
Key Stressors and How to Deal with Them—Keeping Your Cool DESCRIPTION This video explores common stressors within the nursing profession. Learn the symptoms of stress in patients, conflict resolution strategies, and coping with your own anxiety or grief.
Secrets from the Emergency Room: The Untold Cost of Caring (2019) Sandee Mendelson lifts the veil of silence and offers insight into the unseen realities of nursing. She reveals things that the public will not hear about nursing in the emergency department. Sandee shares an eye-opening account of the real cost of caring while providing an insider’s view of the selfless profession of nursing. Sandee is raising awareness of how our ‘culture of shame’ has created an unspoken epidemic plaguing our frontline care providers.
The Workplace Stress Solution (2012) Your job's a joke, you're broke, your love life's D.O.A.? Most people have experienced mild workplace stress at some point in their careers, and it's not doing them any favors. Stress contributes to higher blood pressure and lower self esteem. This week we've got a three-step system to combating office stress and keeping you healthy and sane.

Websites - Managing Stress

10 Tips for Dealing with Difficult Patients (2018) Just like any profession that involves dealing with the public, nursing can mean working with people that are difficult in a manner of ways. You can run into all reactions including defensiveness, anger, fear, demandingness, hysteria and a whole list of other things And that’s just the patients, not the families that you need to work with and work around.
ANMF Policies Extensive list of PDF documents including Safe Work Practices.
Coping with Stress at Work (2018) Everyone who has ever held a job has, at some point, felt the pressure of work-related stress. Any job can have stressful elements, even if you love what you do.
Dealing with Workplace Bullying- WorkSafe This guide may help workers determine if workplace bullying is occurring and how the matter may be resolved. It provides information for workers who believe they may be experiencing or witnessing workplace bullying and those who have had a bullying report made against them.
Fair Work - Protections at Work (2020)
How mindfulness can benefit nursing practice (2016) Mindfulness can positively affect how nurses feel and cope with the pressures of their work, thereby resulting in better self-care and improved patient outcomes
Nurses & Midwife Support - Stress The work of nurses, midwives and students is stressful. The good news is we can help you to identify your stressors and manage them before they have a negative effect on your health. If you are concerned about stress and would like some support you can call our confidential support line 24/7 on 1800 667 877.
Occupational health: Stress at the workplace (WHO) (2020) Work-related stress is the response people may have when presented with work demands and pressures that are not matched to their knowledge and abilities and which challenge their ability to cope. Stress occurs in a wide range of work circumstances but is often made worse when employees feel they have little support from supervisors and colleagues, as well as little control over work processes. There is often confusion between pressure or challenge and stress, and sometimes this is used to excuse bad management practice.
Relaxation Techniques: What You Need To Know Relaxation techniques are practices to help bring about the body’s “relaxation response,” which is characterized by slower breathing, lower blood pressure, and a reduced heart rate. The relaxation response is the opposite of the stress response.
Stress Everyone feels stressed from time to time. Not all stress is bad. All animals have a stress response, and it can be life-saving. But chronic stress can cause both physical and mental harm.
Stress - Nurse & Midwife Support The work of nurses, midwives and students is stressful. The good news is we can help you to identify your stressors and manage them before they have a negative effect on your health. If you are concerned about stress and would like some support you can call our confidential support line 24/7 on 1800 667 877
Stress: The Elephant in the Room (2017) Hans Selye, a Canadian physician, conceptualized the “stress response” and conducted research on how it worked after observing patients’ responses to the stress of hospitalization.
Stress and Health Effects of stress Your response to stress Stress as a health problem Stress and physical illness Stress and anxiety Untreated anxiety disorders and depression Stress at work Management of stress Getting help for stress
Stress at Work Some people cope with stress more effectively than others. It's important to know your limits when it comes to stress, so you can avoid more serious health effects.
Stress Management Program (Free) Stress is a normal and unavoidable part of life. Short-term bursts of stress (e.g., meeting a project deadline, an upcoming stressful event, or facing a solvable problem or challenge) aren’t harmful and can give us a boost of energy to deal with what we’re facing. Going through prolonged periods of stress or dealing with major or unexpected life situations or events, however, can begin to affect your physical and mental health.
Tips for Managing Stress in Nursing (2021) Job stress can be one of the most challenging and difficult conditions to deal with, especially when it occurs during working hours. Nurses are known to work in emotionally draining environments with long hours and heavy workloads. So it comes as no surprise that members of this profession can end up feeling overwhelmed and stressed out on a daily basis.
Tiredness, fatigue and sleep (2022) What we have been through in recent years – and are still going through – has left many people feeling exhausted and fatigued. It’s important that we acknowledge the external/environmental factors that impacted our wellbeing in the last three years.
What is Work-Related Stress? (2021) Page Overview Introduction to Work-Related Stress What are the causes of stress? A note on other sources of stress What are the health effects of exposure to stress?
When is workplace stress too much? Stress isn't always bad. A little bit of stress can help you stay focused, energetic, and able to meet new challenges in the workplace. It's what keeps you on your toes during a presentation or alert to prevent accidents or costly mistakes. But in today's hectic world, the workplace too often seems like an emotional roller coaster. Long hours, tight deadlines, and ever-increasing demands can leave you feeling worried, drained, and overwhelmed