Exam 28: Self-Management: Stress and Time

In a job interview for a nursing position,Marley can be assured that which of the following will occur?

The chief nursing officer understands that a nurse manager can exhibit stress that is related to management mistakes.An example of a management mistake is:

"Stress-buffering" behaviors can be elicited to reduce stress.All of the following behavioral coping responses can be used by nurse managers to reduce and manage stress except:

Social stressors are considered a major factor in the stress nurses experience in the healthcare system.Which of the following is not considered to be a social stressor?

As a nurse manager,the one activity you should not overlook is:

Which of the following statements would best define stress? Stress is:

The nurse manager of a unit has lost many staff members,and the unit is now staffed with a large number of agency and traveling nurses.She knows that the agency and traveling nurses are all contracted to stay on the unit for the next 3 months.One way to improve morale and decrease stress in the unit would be to:

An example of role conflict occurs when:

As a unit manager,you chair the unit meetings.For each meeting,you consider and establish the purpose of the meeting.Second,you prepare an agenda.Arrange the following steps in an order that would make the meetings productive and successful. 1)Distribute an agenda. 2)Control the flow of interactions. 3)Select team members. 4)Start on time. 5)Keep the meeting focused and directed toward accomplishing the set objectives. Select the correct order from the following options:

The chief nursing officer listens to nurse managers verbalize their feelings of internal stress.One common source of internal stress seems to be:

Jeff,an RN in his 30s,has lost a parent,just purchased a new home,and is laid off with 6 months' severance pay.A the same time,Jerry,an RN in his 50s,is financially secure and is asked to take early retirement with a buyout.How will the two men react to the emotional and physical influences and the sequence of stress?

A staff nurse approaches the unit manager and indicates to her that because of her father's death in the previous month,she is now finding it very difficult to do her work effectively.This would be considered a(n)________ stress.

Sources of occupational stress in nursing include all except which of the following?

Rama,a psychiatric nurse,is assigned to four patients.The patient that would be at greatest risk for psychological compromise is the patient who has experienced:

A hospice nurse has been feeling very stressed at work because of both the physical strain and the emotional drain of working with clients with AIDS.She tries to walk 1 to 2 miles three times a week and to talk regularly with her husband about her work-related feelings.One reasonable stress management strategy would be to:

The nurse manager is implementing a shared governance model to help with communication and decision making.Although staff members like the concept,change is difficult.Staff nurses feel:

High levels of work-related stress affect all but which of the following?

In helping nurse managers to manage their time,the chief nursing officer suggests that they:

The education consultant at St.Joseph's Hospital is giving a workshop on Cognitive Reframing.The consultant explains that Cognitive Reframing reduces stress by:

A nurse manager has decided that she must institute some personal time management steps to survive work and home life.Her first step should be to: