Anxiety And Stress On Patients: A Qualitative Study

The purpose of this study was to review the “literature on emotional distress among professionals in the ICU according the PRISMA method”, with an emphasis on the prevalence of burnout and compassion fatigue. “While the sometimes devastating personal and organizational consequences of compassion fatigue have been published previously, very few studies have addressed the effectiveness of preventive strategies. This review aims to provide a starting point for clinical practice guideline developers and summarizes interventions to prevent the negative consequences of emotional distress among healthcare professionals in the ICU.”. This review will be needed in the preventive section of this research paper.

A lack of a psychologically safe environment could lead to a patient having substandard care and not getting what he or she needs to be supported emotionally while going through an illness or medical procedure (Simmons, 2009). All healthcare workers who have contact with patients need to be carefully trained in the sensitivity and respect they should always offer to patients. One of the ways to provide them with this training is

Instructions: Read the following case study about a woman, Allison, who is suffering from anxiety. After you have read the case study, diagnose Allison and present some methods of treatment by answering the questions.

Patient anxiety is a real thing. Sometimes, I even get nervous going to the doctor, you never truly know what to expect. There is even such things as “white coat syndrome,” which causes patients to have high blood pressure and other symptoms only in the doctor’s office. In every doctor’s office, there are trained members to help patients feel more comfortable. These staff members are medical assistants. Medical assistants have the most contact with patients, so we can make or break a patient’s experience.

41. Jennings BM. Stressors of critical care nursing. In: Thelan LA, Davie JK, Urden LD, et al., eds. Critical Care nursing. St. Louis, MO: Mosby; 1994. P. 75-84.

Healthcare professionals working in critical care, and more specifically the emergency setting, are tasked with deescalating and treating trauma so that a patient may return to pre-trauma levels of functioning. ER staff encounter many challenges that are unique to their specialty and a cause of great stress, such as an unpredictable environment, high acuity patients, and continual change in patient flow (Walsh, 2013). Ross-Adjie et al (as cited in Healy, 2011) found that violence against staff and heavy workloads were two main stressors reported by emergency staff. Jonsson and Halabi mentioned conflict with physicians as a major stressor, while Adeb-Saeedi reported stress related to the presence of relatives and the providing care to patients experiencing suffering and pain (as cited in Healy, 2011).

A patient’s journey throughout the surgical process can often be a frightening and unpredictable time in a person’s life (Short & Gordon, 2015). It is therefore vital for nurses to provide holistic and safe patient centred care, in order to meet the needs of each patient through their experience (Short & Gordon, 2015). The following essay will explore the surgical journey and nursing considerations of a patient undergoing a surgical procedure. Firstly, it will address important nursing factors relevant to the preadmission and perioperative stages of care. It will then address relevant nursing factors relevant to the anaesthetic stages of care, during the surgical process.

One frequently trust that agony doesn't exists unless you are seeping in blood, in a stretcher, or staggering with a limp yet here and there the most excruciating evil spirits are the ones you cannot see. So we figure out how to grin, how to smile and bare it since no one likes to discuss the difficult times. For hell's sake, who does like to talk about the difficult times? Each cell in the body is moving quick and the veins are foggy. It feels like bees are in her ears like an old fashioned music player playing all the tracks at once and she doesn't understand why she's grinding her teeth, cracking her knuckles, rubbing her index fingers against her pinkie, or always twisting her senior ring around her middle finger. She's holding herself likes she's the only lifeline crossing a barrier between reality all while on two feet and the loud commotions, sounds, and feelings racing to her veins. She's avoiding eye contact. Not

Anxiety is a normal human emotion that a multitude of people experience throughout their lives. The occurrence of a disease, illness, ailment, etcetera involve innumerable anxiety-provoking situations. Long-term anxiety can threaten the body’s immune system, giving an already ailing patient a harder time to gain health and recover. Nurses encounter, interact, and treat high-stressed, anxious patients on a daily basis. However, not all nurses are prepared to deal with the emotional hardships that numerous patients experience. How nurses’ react to patients stress and emotional burdens can have a drastic effect on their overall health and well-being. The goal of all nurses should be the same: to find ways of assisting and helping the patient work

A study done by vermon and bigelow showed that: Information do not have an efficient evidence in stress situations where (a) the expected noxious stimulus is at least as dangerous as it is supposed to be and (b) the information cannot be used to decrease the real strength of the noxious stimulus. Janis's (1958) statistics showed that the most common type of preoperative support adopted by the informed surgery patients was the one with a high level of confidence in their surgeons. On the other hand, uninformed patients appeared to have a superficial attitude toward the surgeon. Informed and uninformed patients do not differ when measuring fear. The incidence of postoperative irritation was not related to the incidence of problem-oriented preoperative opinions in which both variables were compared

Hanna was referred by her GP, because she has been experiencing some anxiety difficulties. Client reports that she began to have anxiety five or six years ago. Reportedly, she recently moved out of her parents’ home and this may have caused the anxiety to escalate. This is the first time client has moved away from her parents.

I enjoyed the thoroughness of your forum post this week. I have heard anxiety referred to many times as a normal human reaction to a stressful situation. Personally, I found this week’s reading and forum assignment interesting. I agree that everyone deals with anxiety from time to time, I know that I have, however when you see someone who has a chronic anxiety disorder the difference is drastically apparent. I live with a person who has a chronic anxiety disorder and it has really helped me to see and understand anxiety in a way that is impossible to learn from a book. Prior to this week’s reading, I did not know that anxiety has such a high rate of heritability. I guess it makes sense that anxiety is an illness that can inherited,

Table no 12:- Distribution of samples according to coping strategies used by staff nurses working in critical care unit.

The implications that can be applied to nursing and health care that I have discovered from Zhang’s study of the Impact Of Nurse-Initiated Preoperative Education on Postoperative Anxiety Symptoms and Complications After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting are postoperative psychological assessments, professional psychological counseling, and the use of patient anxiety scales (2012). In my clinical placement, I have evaluated the postoperative assessments and education that takes place and it does not include psychological counselling or the use of anxiety of scales. By implementing and utilizing these three findings from the research study, it can inform a nurse’s empirical way of knowing. A nurse’s empirical way of knowing will be informed because based on the theories and results from the research study on reducing post-operative anxiety and complications, nurses can identify patients at risk for developing post-operative anxiety and implement care plans to help these patients. Furthermore, I also think that this evidence has informed a nurse’s personal way of knowing because once a nurse has the experience of providing thorough and effective preoperative education and counselling strategies, the nurse will be able to reflect on the experience and use a similar educational approach to other

Feelings of anxiety are relatively normal especially when a person is under stress. Stress is also quite a normal occurrence in the workplace: strict regulations, difficult bosses, tough deadlines, continuous overtime, and overloading. It is not surprising that some employees develop anxiety and anxiety disorders. Stress and anxiety may be further exacerbated if the job requires handling of customers in settings like call centers. Ironically, it has been noticed that most employees who suffer from panic and anxiety disorder (PAD) are perfectionists, model employees in the company. Usually, these types of people pay strong attention to details, show extraordinary commitment to their jobs, and manifest a high degree of selflessness. An employee having sudden attacks of anxiety would display the following symptoms: difficulty in breathing, trembling, sweating, rapid heartbeat, nausea, and numbness. A common complaint during an attack is verbalized fear of having an impending heart attack. Sometimes, an employee escapes to a place where he feels safe whenever feelings of panic overwhelm him. The root of the problem is said to be the employee 's feelings of distrust. Therefore, education about the condition and communication in good faith are both needed to resolve the problem. Lack of faith on either side might harm the business relationship. Luckily, PAD can be treated using a variety of methods. An immediate solution to anxiety and panic attacks is the relaxation techniques.