Everyone experiences feelings of stress. Stress can be a huge strain on someone's daily and can affect their overall health. If someone is experiencing an immense amount of stress, it can cause them to not be able to do their job very well. As a manager, it is important to keep this in mind when dealing with your employees. Providing resources for employees to help with stress management could be a good way to improve the functioning of your organization.
In the organization I spent time at this summer, they held a seminar that was about job burnout. Job burnout is when you start to feel unmotivated and unsatisfied in your job and you begin to dread going to work. The seminar taught employees about the signs and symptoms of job burnout and how to deal with that and avoid it. I thought that this was great because it told employees that they weren't alone if they were feeling that way and that there were ways to help them feel more fulfilled in their career and life. Making sure your employees are feeling good about what they are doing and are motivated to do well is so important to the success of an organization, especially healthcare. Having employees that feel supported and motivated will result in better care and a better function team.
It's good to see this situation being acknowledged and discussed in the workplace. In contrast to years past where employees were just told to "suck it up," the body of knowledge now points to how stress is real, and how it is a multifaceted detriment to successful, productive, and happy living. Facing the issue, and creating a positive support/response system, are the crucial first steps.
ReplyDeletelot of issues with providers around burn out.
ReplyDeleteStress can have a big impact on one's work environment. To put this into a clinical perspective, it is also important to think about emotional stress as well, i.e. being connected to your patients and witnessing their health decline.
ReplyDeleteIdentifying ways that organizations can help employees talk about stress is important. There are often various forums that are offered with a skilled moderator to help people voice their issues. In addition, things like Bereavement Seminars offer tools to cope with things like the death of a patient.