Nursing Stressor Questions and Answers - Healthcare Assignment

This assignment addresses various stressors encountered in nursing practice. It includes a series of questions and answers related to patient aggression, non-compliance with medical treatments, and strategies for managing grief and loss experienced by both patients and healthcare professionals. The assignment explores the causes of aggressive behavior in patients, strategies to prevent or reduce it, and the definition and implications of non-compliance. It also provides insights into policies that can help nurses balance work and family life, such as flexible working arrangements and emergency time-off schemes. The assignment references relevant academic sources to support the answers provided, offering a comprehensive overview of key issues in nursing and healthcare.

NURSING STRESSOR
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QUESTIONS
Q1
True
Q2
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Q3
True
Q4
There are many reasons of becoming aggressive. Two main causes are as following:
 When client feel frustrated and get negative response by the medical professionals again
and again. In such condition individual becomes more aggressive and react badly.
 It person's mental and physical health is not good and individual is suffering from high
pain, depression, anxiety then person's behaviour become more aggressive.
Q5
There are various strategies through which medical professionals can prevent or reduce
stress that is arising from aggressive behaviour of patients or co-workers:
 Effective communication is the great strategy that can help in keeping the person clam.
By this way staff members will be able to make them user understand about the situation
and individual will be able to address person's problem as well. It will help in reducing
aggressive behaviour of the client.
 If such type of situation occur in the workplace then doctors need to call emergency
response team those who can look upon the client issue and can resolve their problems
soon. By this way aggressive behaviour of the persons can be managed well.
Q6
True
Q7
False
Q8
Non compliance is the medical term which is used for such patients those who do not
take prescribed medicines on time (ISMAIL, CHAUDHRY and AKHTAR, 2015). Doctors
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suggest some treatment but person refuse to take medical treatment. Such type of persons are
called as non compliant.
Q9
There are various strategies that can reduce stress which is arising from grief and loss. These are
as following:
 Manage and change the environment is the strategy that can help in reducing stress level
and getting in fresh environment. By this way individual can feel fresh and can minimize
its stress level (Wilson and et.al, 2016).
 Meditation is another strategy that can be helpful in grief and lose condition. This can
relax body of patients and can keep them away from mental stress.
 Good sleeping routine can help patients and can keep them happy. By this way they can
manage their stress level effectively.
 Grief counselling is another strategy that can help the patients in discussing their issues
with professionals. These counsellors can guide them well to such patients by this way
they an be able to manage and reduce their stress level (Lobb, 2014).
Q10
True
Q11
True
Q12
There are various policies that can help a workers in gaining balance between work and
families. These are maintained as below:
 Implementation of emergency time off schemes in the organization
 Flexibility in working is another policy that can help in making balance between work
and family life.
 Work from home facilities can also be better in maintaining balance between personal
and professional life.
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REFERENCES
ISMAIL, M. A. H., CHAUDHRY, S. and AKHTAR, F., 2015. Compliance to medical treatment
in patients of chronic simple glaucoma: study of factors causing non-compliance. Isra
Medical Journal. 7(2). pp.77-81.
Wilson, S. and et.al., 2016. Effectiveness of psychosocial interventions in reducing grief
experienced by family carers of people with dementia: a systematic review protocol. JBI
database of systematic reviews and implementation reports. 14(6). pp.30-41.
Lobb, E. A., 2014. How do patients with advanced cancer cope with an uncertain disease
trajectory?: Implications for grief counselling. Grief Matters: The Australian Journal of
Grief and Bereavement. 17(1). pp.10.
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