Assignment task: Based on being an enrolled student nurse at a acute mental health placement in Australia
Part A: Implementation of stress management plan
Keep a diary of how you implemented your stress management plan
1) Describe at least 2 stressors and triggers you encounter on clinical placement.
2) List strategies that you used to address personal triggers and stressors.
3) Explain how you managed your own workload to minimize stress.
4) Describe any variations difficulties on placement in regard to workload?
5) Describe discussions with your Clinical Facilitator or other relevant person regarding the above workload variations or difficulties.
6) Describe the work life balance strategies you used and explain how they help minimize stress? Looking for Online Tutoring?
Date Work life balance strategies you used during placement. How they impacted on your stress
Part B: Evaluate stress reducing strategies
Using Gibbs Reflective Cycle monitor and review the effectiveness of the stress management strategies you used on clinical placement
First stressful situation or incident
a) Description: Describe the first stressful situations or incident and the stress management strategies you implemented.
b) Feelings: Describe what you were thinking and feeling at the time.
c) Evaluation: Describe what worked well and what didn't work so well in regard to you implementing your stress management strategies.
Also include an evaluation of the internal and external resources and supports that were available to you
d) Analysis: Link the situation or incident to your learning in the course in order to extend your thinking. This could relate to how you responded to the stressful situation or incident or the stress management strategy you implemented.
e) Conclusion: Speculate about what else you could have done. What have you learnt by writing this reflection?
f) Action Plan: Set out your "next steps". How will you handle a similar stressful situation or incident next time in the light of your new understanding?
Include in your action plan an explanation of additional internal and external resources and support and how you could access these to better meet your desired outcomes of your stress management plan.
Second stressful situation or incident
a) Description: Describe the second stressful situations or incident and the stress management strategies you implemented.
b) Feelings: Describe what you were thinking and feeling at the time.
c) Evaluation: Describe what worked well and what didn't work so well in regard to you implementing your stress management strategies.
Also include an evaluation of the internal and external resources and supports that were available to you
d) Analysis: Link the situation or incident to your learning in the course in order to extend your thinking. This could relate to how you responded to the stressful situation or incident or the stress management strategy you implemented.
e) Conclusion: Speculate about what else you could have done. What have you learnt by writing this reflection?
f) Action Plan: Set out your "next steps". How will you handle a similar situation or incident next time in the light of your new understanding?
Include in your action plan an explanation of additional internal and external resources and support and how you could access these to better meet your desired outcomes of your stress management plan.