Stress 101
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that 90% of all physician visits are stress related. It is important for health professionals to understand the dynamics of stress, how stress contributes to illness and what to do to change stress habits. In this course, healthcare professionals will be able to identify how the stress response works, the different kinds of stress and many strategies for releasing stress quickly and also handling chronic stress and specifically stress in the workplace. The outcome of this class is that the student will have more awareness and skill in identifying, understanding and handling all kinds of stressors more effectively for self and for patients/clients.
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Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to:
- Define in one word the basic nature of stress.
- Name two kinds of stress.
- List three stages of the stress response.
- List three basic (primitive) responses to stress.
- Identify how chronic stress contributes to chronic illness.
- State the one cause for all stress.
- List at least three actions to reduce stress quickly.
- Identify at least one strategy to break the chronic stress cycle.
- Identify at least two ways stress impacts work performance.
Curriculum
Chapter 1: Introduction
- Definition of stress
- Kinds of stress
- Three basic responses to stress
- Purpose of the stress response
- Three stages of the stress response
- Primary hormones activated in the stress response
- Positive effect of stress
- Physical symptoms of stress
- Emotional and mental symptoms of stress
- Chronic effects of stress on health
- The one cause for all stress
- Categories of stressors
- Time Stressors
- Natural Stressors
- Holmes and Rahe Scale
- People Stressors
- Money Stressors
- Stress Reduction Strategies for
- Body
- Mind
- Emotions
- Spirit
- Relationships
- Chronic Stress
- 3 Steps to breaking the cycle of chronic stress
- Causes for work stress
- Strategies for handling work stress
- Thoughts
- Feelings
- Choices
- California Bill 241
- Implicit Bias in Healthcare
- What is Implicit Bias?
- Implications of Implicit Bias in Healthcare
- How to Reduce Implicit Bias
Price: $10.00
Contact Hour: 1
Course Author
Capra Garrison
Course Accreditation
Additional Accreditations:
Provider approved by the Florida Council of Licensed Midwifery, CE Broker Provider #: 50-13256.
Provider approved by the Florida Board of Respiratory Care, CE Broker Provider #: 50-13256.