Stress and everyday Life Everyone has used the word “stress” before‚ what is it‚ and why is it a commonality upon the population in the western world. The word stress is defined “Physical‚ mental‚ or emotional strain or tension”. 1 Has Selye‚ a pioneering endocrinologist‚ coined the original definition of the word stress‚ in the mid-twentieth century. 2 But why do we get stressed? It seems that the modern worlds business culture is the main feed for stress. The long hours working in a office‚ not
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Hour of a Story When people with a low need for cognition read The Story of an Hour‚ they may think that Mrs. Mallard’s death was the result of a heart condition in correlation with a sudden surprise of her living husband. I believe that a heart condition is not completely to blame‚ as Mrs. Mallard was beginning to visualize and enjoy a future of free life without the governing hands of her husband. The site of Mr. Mallard stunned her‚ and forever killed away the illusions she had just dreamed up
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Jerome Nixon Four hours with the CSPD October 11‚ 2014 I want to express my gratitude and share my ride-a-long experience. The first thing I had to do was contact the Colorado Springs Stetson Hills Area Command to schedule my ride-along. I read the department’s ride-along program policy and I received instructions on what I had to do to fulfill the necessary program requirements. Once the initial paperwork was done‚ a few signatures‚ a waiver and a criminal background check‚ I was ready to go
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Good and Bad Stress Good and Bad Stress Ginger F. Kelly CJ201 14 January 2013 Page 2 of 4 Good and Bad Stress Good and Bad Stress As is the case with most people‚ a stigma is carried with the perception that asking for help is a sign
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Details Due Points Objectives 4.1 Analyze the value of a degree program to professional and personal development. 4.2 Evaluate the effect of completing the bachelor’s program on current and future professional goals. 4.3 Apply critical thinking to the professional decision-making process. 4.4 Evaluate the effect of completing the bachelor’s program on your critical thinking abilities‚ behavior‚ and decision-making. 4.5 Assess the evolution of the university learning goals—professional competence
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INTRODUCTION Employee stress will cost the business and its magnitude will be large in a long run. * The total health and productivity cost of worker stress to American business is estimated at $50 - $150 billion annually. * Forty percent of job turnover is due to stress. Experts estimate it costs approximately 150 percent of a position’s salary to replace a worker. People get sick from stress at work and the cost associated with stress is hence significant to the employer. Stress is associated
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HOLMES & RAHE STRESS TEST2 To assess the stress in your personal life‚ examine each life event on this list. See if this has applied to you at some point in the last 12 months. If it did‚ write the corresponding number in the Tally Column. If the event occurred more than once‚ multiply the score by the number of events‚ i.e.‚ if you moved twice in the past year‚ then score 2 X 20 points = 40. Be as honest as possible‚ then total your points. Life Events|Score|Tally| Death of a spouse|100||
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“Angel in the House”‚ which is the idea that women should be devoted to her husband and family‚ marriage laws reform‚ and property rights. American writer Kate Chopin wrote the short story “The Story of an Hour”exposing the harsh reality of marriage for women during the 19th century. “The Story of an Hour” is short story about a married young woman named Louise Mallard who has been told that her husband
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REVISION NOTES – STRESS Stress ‡ an emotion‚ a state of psychological tension and physiological arousal produced by a stressor which makes the individual ready to respond‚ It is an adaptive response because it enables the individual to cope. It becomes maladaptive if the stressor persists Stressor ‡ a physiological or psychological stimulus that threatens an individual’s well being. It could lead to a stress response. THE BODY’S RESPONSE TO STRESS The General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) – model
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Nurses’ Work Hours I have been a staff nurse in the emergency room for fourteen years. I have worked a variety of 8‚ 10‚ 12‚ and even 16 hour shifts. I currently am working 8 and 12-hour shifts on nights. Previously‚ I also worked some 12-hour day shifts. I personally have been struggling with working the 12-hour shifts. My commute to work is 1 hour one way and I have fallen asleep several times driving home from work. The last four hours of my shift I experience great
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