...noise and sound * Stress * diet, exercise and lifestyle * dangerous chemicals, fumes and dust * occupational related illness * manual handling I will also select one occupational illness (musculoskeletal disorder) in my vocational area. This is one of the most common work-related illnesses. I’m going to discuss what musculoskeletal disorder is. (Causes and symptoms) I will also discuss the impact of this illness and the preventative measures. My vocational area is multimedia. I would like to work as a movie editor in the future. This September I started a course called Multimedia production and Digital movie. I’m studying eight modules (graphic design, multimedia project management, multimedia authoring, web authoring, digital movie production, health and safety at work, communication and work experience.) Contents: Introduction/plan of action:...................................................................2 Noise and sound:.................................................................................4 Stress:................................................................................................ .6 Diet, exercise and lifestyle:..................................................................8 Dangerous chemicals, dust and fumes:..............................................10 Occupational related illnesses...........................................................11 Manual handling:........................
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...men to prove she is half as good - this is often taken for granted. Hardly anyone thinks that women should be thanked for the hard work that they accomplish every single day - until the day that she are not around and her husband needs to take over… Let’s face it: a woman’s life is beautiful but also exhausting and stressful. Significantly more women than men are found to suffer from stress, especially when they are mothers. While stress is a risk factor for a variety of health problems, it also affects her and her family’s daily life: * Changes in affection: Stress results in poorer relationships and less affection. On the other hand, affection reduces stress hormones and contributes to a lower stress level. * Reduced Sex Drive: Stress may lower libido because elevated levels of stress hormones cortisol suppress the body’s natural sex hormones. * Insomnia: Stress is a common cause of insomnia, which can in turn lead to difficulty concentrating, irritability and a lack of motivation. * Depression: Women are twice as likely to experience depression as men. In many cases, stress is an important trigger for depression. * Irregular Menstrual Periods: Acute...
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...are hazardous, they could potentially cause electrical fires, and damage to both employees and property. 2. Improper practices when servicing or installing equipment for the network, potentially are very damaging to those doing the servicing and the equipment being serviced. 3. The length of time that employees spend in front of computer screens and typing on the keyboards could result in eyestrain, back-strain and carpel tunnel syndrome 4. Lack of a safety program that covers employees and vendors from workplace hazards, what to do when they occur, and how to avoid them. 5. Situations such as the time that the employees spend working daily and the way that the demands of that is related to work stress and burnout. The lack of structure within the organization that works to alleviate the fallouts of this type of stress. Detail specific work practices associated with equipment, tools and chemical use used in the workplace. Pay special attention to personal protective equipment, physical and mental health and safety,...
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...The Reason I am Continuing School and Setting Up Goal for Success 1. Judith Nicholson HCS/301 Sandra Byrd January 20, 2014 The Reason I am Continuing School and Setting Up Goals for Success 2. According to Frances J. Maxwell “due to tension I nursing that one quarter of fity five and older could leave nursing .”(www.Linkenin.com12/13) I do understand the stressors that have been placed on nurses. Since my employment goals could not be achieved without an education, and realizing that employment options are limited for me now. Accepting that statement as fact and realizing nurse on that web site were discussing their struggles, especially the older nurse who did not have their Bachelor’s degree, and even with years of experience was not finding gainful emplyment.This relization made me consider my choice of not furthering my nursing degree. Considering these factors prompted my decision to return to school and further my education. By obtaining my Bachelors Science in Nursing (BSN) and with work experience it will help my future job prospects and security. Recently I have been out looking for employment and have found that the BSN is more important then a diploma which I received in 1984. So the evidence proves that to be considered for employment a nurse needs their BSN; and with experience I may be indestructable sword who will find employment.(J. Nicholson Question 1 HC-301@upophx 12/17/13) ...
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...assignment and the occupation of Adult Nursing the associated risks need to be investigated, as well as the appropriate control measures within the working environment. The assignment will focus on how noise and sound, stress, diet, exercise, lifestyle, dangerous chemicals...
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...There will be a moment in your life that you will go under a lot of stress, and frustration that the outcome is where you changed into a better person, or you improved in a certain skill. For me, I was stressed balancing between schoolwork and helping at home right after my oldest brother left for college. First of all, stress is the needs that makes an individual adapt to a certain environment (Rathus 2016). Also, the healthy stress is known as eustress, and the definition of eustress is mainly the outcome of the stress that is good, or healthy (Rathus 2016). My eustress story is that right when my third oldest brother left for college, responsibility to help out my parents fell onto my shoulders. I had to come straight home from school to...
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...RBF is relatively new theory that has real life applications and truths that “People of Color” encounter on a daily basis. The social problem of racial battle fatigue amongst Black men can be solved if we find the three primary causes (or persons) behind the problem and fix (or hold accountable) them. Angelica V. Hernandez, author of “Christopher Dorner and Racial Battle Fatigue” defines the term: Racial Battle Fatigue (RBF) -- coined by William Smith in the Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society (2008) -- is a theory attributed to the psychological attrition that People of Color experience from the daily battle of deflecting racialized insults, stereotypes, and discrimination. Racial Battle Fatigue (RBF) affects People of Color in America every day, but not in the...
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...Organizational Trends Sharon Schlesinger, Carolyn Drake, David Woods, Lynnette Lyons, Jonathan Alvarez Axia College, University of Phoenix Online MGT 307 Danielle Pela December 12, 2011 Organizational Trends It takes a combination of technology, leadership, management, and good process in order for employees to be productive in the workforce in a high performance workplace. What increase the organizational structure within the workforce is the positive atmosphere, training, and development, benefit, competitive wages, two way communication, team effort, and good leadership. A team can help a high performance workplace resolve work-related problems so that there is progress and an increase in production, (Hunt, Osborn, Schermerhorn, 2003). A successful team in high performance workplace organization must feel motivated, feel collectively accountable, and have strong core values in order to meet their high performance objective, (Hunt, Osborn, Schermerhorn, 2003). The characteristic of a high performance workplace and organization is to embrace new innovations and change so that the financial results were increased. Organizations and workplaces need teams like self-managed teams, virtual teams, cross-functional teams, and problem solving teams to be successful, (Hunt, Osborn, Schermerhorn, 2003). Without it there wouldn’t be good performance, decrease in productivity, and no teamwork. In a high performance...
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...Literature Review Stress is a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances. Stress is different for each person. What one person feels is a stressful situation, another individual might not find stressful at all. People also handle stress differently. There is a lot of interpretation when it comes to stress. People deal with stress in a variety of ways. Some people handle stress better than others. Through the experiments we read about throughout the class we learned people handle stress differently and are influenced by the behaviors of others when it comes to a stressful situation. Introduction On the Holmes and Rahe self-assessment I scored a 120. This gives me a low chance of becoming ill in the future. On the Holmes and Rahe college student self-assessment, I don’t remember my exact score, but it was less than 150 which indicates mild stress. Nothing really stood out to me the most when I took these assessments. I completed these same assessments in the last course I completed at SNHU. My results did not surprise me. What I found most interesting is that the items that gave me the most points were things that I did not see as stressful events. To me Christmas and vacation are fun and relaxing events. I never really stress about either of those events. I do see where some people might find them stressful though. I seem to have a good handle on things, my life has been calm lately and I don’t have much stress to deal with...
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...Stress By Stress is a mental, emotional, or physical strain caused, e.g. by anxiety or overwork. It may cause such symptoms as raised blood pressure or depression (Encarta Dictionary: English, 2010). Stress is a slippery concept. We sometime use the word informally to describe threats or challenges, and at other times, to describe our responses. Stress is not just a stimulus or a response. It is the process by which we appraise and cope with environmental threats and challenges. Stress arises less from events themselves than from how we appraise them (Lazarus, 1998). Stressful life events are catastrophes, significant life changes, and daily hassles. Catastrophes are unpredictable events, such as car accidents, health problems, and wars. Although people often extend one another with aid as well as comfort during or after such events. Significant life changes are personal change, the death of a loved one, the loss of a job, leaving home for college, marriage, and divorce. Life transitions and insecurities are often keenly felt during young adulthood. Some life changes precede illnesses. Daily hassles consist of finding employment if unemployed, making a good grade on an exam, a good medical report if there is an illness, and handling busy schedules. Some people can shake off hassles, others are driven up the wall by them. People’s difficulties in letting go of unattainable goals is another everyday stressor with health consequences (Miller & Wrosch...
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...How Stress Affects Our Health November 25, 2015 How Stress Affects Our Health In life there is not one human being who has not felt the anxiety or heart pounding feeling of being stressed. I believe this is a silent disease that slowly takes over one’s life one way or another. According to Kiev (1974), from a medical standpoint stress is just a nervous tension because life is being lived too quickly; therefore, the energy is being wasted. Stress can wear an individual out and cause heath issues once entering adulthood. Feeling stressed is so common in everyday life that it has become a way of life. When individuals are under stress they tend to panic, not realizing the toll it is taking on their body and mind. Stress starts to affect the body by prolonging the levels of fat, causing the immune system to diminish and leaving the body weak and vulnerable to infections (Reinhold, 1996). There are several types of stresses that can affect you and cause cognitive issues, emotional issues, mental issues, and physical issues. A type of stress that many come across several times in their life is short-term stress. Probably the most common type of stress that there is. This type of stress that last for a small amount of time, hens the name short-term stress. An example of short-term stress is when there is a deadline on an assignment in school or work. It is something that once you have completed and turned in on the deadline all stress is completely gone. Chronic life stress...
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...In today’s day and age, we are affected by many things that shape our lives: politics, social relations, sports, financial status of our bank accounts, or even our own health. In each and every aspect of human life stress plays a vital role in not only shaping our character, but also our future health. Stress is initially defined as the disruption of normal physical or psychological activity. The medical aspects are then defined as to how stress builds up in the human brain. There are many reasons why a person may experience stress, but the most important facet of stress affecting individuals are the consequences—depression, high blood pressure, irritation, insomnia, eating disorders, and heart attacks. On scale one I scored a fourteen. I am married and have one child living with us. I have a very stressful job that takes up a lot of my time: that of being in charge of an educational complex that is on 160 acres. It has a high school, intermediate school, grammar school, football stadium, baseball stadium and a softball complex. On scale two I scored a sixty seven, which suggest serious susceptibility for stress. I know that I am stressed out! It seems for me life keeps trying to take me out. Two months ago I had a heart attack at the age of 52. I have never had high blood pressure, have never smoked nor drank, but I am a little over weight. Scale three puts me in the average range--finally something average. On scale four it shows that I am a type A personality, something...
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...in handling an event matters a lot. We are unique in our perception and the way we process information. All these and many other differences among us are determinants of our productivity. The reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that it is not necessarily you work for long hours to increase your productivity. You just get more tired and can even contribute to lower outcomes. The best thing is to find your appropriate and active hours and stick to them. Your body will learn and adapt completely to the golden hours and as a result, the output will be more, and the individual will ever be energetic when doing the daily duties. The humorist; Erma Bomebeck said that we should never seek assistance from the doctor whose office plants are already dead. The same applies to our workplaces. We should not work without a sort of greenery at our desk or cubicle. In simple terms, the greenery should be somewhere close to our vicinity. The plants have psychological and physical benefits, and they help in boosting the productivity in the office. The biology of the plants is that they assist in air circulation creating a stimulating environment by refreshing the air we breathe thus keeping us more active. Also, during the respiration, the plants releases some moisture into the surrounding (air) creating a calm environment that is more comfortable to work in. As well, plants play a significant role in reducing distracting noises coming from the surrounding thus act as a stress reliever...
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...Effects Of Stress Stress is a normal physical reaction to events that make you feel threatened or upset. Many different things can cause stress. It can be caused by emotional things such as relationships. Identifying what may be causing your stress is the first step in learning how to deal with your stress. Stress stops being helpful and starts causing major damage to your well being, your mood, your productivity, your relationship, and our quality of life. The situations and pressures that cause stress are known as stressors. We often think of stressors as a bad thing, such as a very busy work day or a hurtful relationship. However, anything that puts pressure on you or forces you to change the way you think is stressful. This might also include good things or events such as getting married, buying a house, going to college or even getting a promotion. What level of stress depends on, at least in part, on how you accept it. Something that is stressful to you may not be stressful to someone else. Your ability to deal stress depends on many things such as how your relationship is going, your general outlook on life or your emotional status. Effects of Stress: Your body doesn’t know the difference between physical stress and mental stress. Thinking about things that stress you out such as mate accident monthly bills, your body reacts the same way as if you were facing a life or death situation. If you have a lot of troubles and worries, your stress level is...
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...What is Stress and Anxiety? Stress and anxiety are not one in the same, but they do work hand in hand with one another. Stress allows one to notice alarming or problematic situations in which one would have to counteract the situation to lower their stress levels. Without stress in our lives, we would have no motivation to do anything or go anywhere. Stress helps motivate people to act on certain feelings and emotions. When one cannot adapt to their stress levels, it will start to take over their daily lives. Once this happens, one can recognize symptoms of being ill, having increased anxiety levels, or even start feeling unhappy or fatigued. When these symptoms are noticed, you have a bigger problem. Some can think of anxiety as long term stress. Anxiety is not something that is specific to any given situation. Anxiety is a fear gone wild; a generalized send of dread about something that is out there that seems menacing – but that in truth is not menacing, and may not even be out there [ (Grohol Psy. D., 2013) ]. The Link between Stress and Anxiety Stress can cause many changes within the body of someone where their anxiety and stress have taken over. Stress can reduce hormone function, damage organs, weaken your immune system, put you at greater risk of cancer, can cause memory loss and concentrations issues, and increase your risk of developing mental health disorders [ (Stress and Anxiety, 2013) ]. One of the most important issues stress can cause is mental health disorders...
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