Nursing Management
Nursing Management
- Signs and symptoms of stress response
- Physical
- Increased HR and BP, hyperventilation, or headache
- Behavioral
- Anxiety, irritability, or impaired speech
- Cognitive
- Self-reports of forgetfulness or indecision
- Physical
- First step in managing stress is awareness of its presence
- Stressful feelings will be expressed
- Facilitate and enhance coping strategies
- Interventions depend on severity of stress experience
- Most coping and relaxation strategies can be taught in 10-15 minutes
- Choose a strategy to best suit the patient and situation
- Give directions calmly and slowly in short, simple sentences