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Sources of stress

Read about that one of the first steps in the management and reduction of stress is to identify the main stress factors.
A stressed nurse in a ward pushing a trolley.
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One of the first steps in the management and reduction of stress is to identify the main stress factors.

Read Sources and Effects of Work-related Stress in Nursing, available in the Health Science Journal. In this paper Moustaka and Constantinidis identify a useful six-point framework which can help us become aware of these factors.


Your task

Did the authors identify factors that you hadn’t considered? And were there sources of stress from your personal experience in step 1.5 that weren’t mentioned?

Share your thoughts in the comments.

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