Stress and Self-Care

Murdaugh, Parsons and Pender (2019) define stress, identify stress symptoms, and suggest possible solutions in Stress Management and Health Promotion Chapter 8 of your textbook. The film, Stress Reset, (2020) reminds us that we are all subject to stress and have opportunities to implement stress management strategies. Walker and Mann (2016) show that nursing is often aimed at protecting patients from harm, while acknowledging that there is little attention paid to nurses’ or nursing students’ own personal psychological or emotional health. Finally, Elizabeth Markle (2020) offers ideas about what we can do to prioritize our own self-care during this difficult time.
Essay Topic:
Integrating the ideas from the reference sources on stress and self-care below:
Identify your relationship with stress and develop a personal self-care plan that includes key strategies you will implement to support your own well-being.
References: Below are the sources that you will use to write your essay. They are properly formatted for use on your reference page.
Markle, E. (2020, March 26). Four things to do every day for your mental health. https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/four_things_to_do_every_day_for_your_mental_health
Murdaugh, C., Parsons, M.A., & Pender, N., (2019). Stress management and health promotion (Chap 8) Health promotion in nursing practice. (8th ed.). Pearson.
Shenk, J. (Director). (2019). Stress Reset [Film]. The US Healthy Collaborative, Inc. https://takecare.org/films/stress-reset/
Walker, M., & Mann, R. A. (2016). Exploration of mindfulness in relation to compassion, empathy and reflection within nursing education. Nurse Education Today, 40, 188–190. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2016.03.005
 
Instructions:
 Answer the question completely: Make sure to both identify your relationship with stress and to map out a plan to manage that stress. Avoid merely summarizing the sources, and instead integrate information from the different sources to answer the question.
 Audience: Write for a reader who may not know about this topic and who has not read the sources you have used
 Support: Use evidence from all four provided resources to support your thesis, including 1) Chapter 8 in your textbook 2) The Stress Reset film 3) The Walker & Mann (2016) article on Mindfulness, and 4) the Markle (2020) article on supporting your mental health.
 Thesis statement: Develop a thesis statement that proposes a plan for managing your personal stress at this time.
 Length: The paper should be 3-5 full pages (not including the title or reference pages).
 In Text Citations: Cite sources using correct APA formatting within the body of your paper.
 Title page: Include a title page that includes all the required information and is formatted correctly in APA 7.
 Reference Page: Include a reference page with the given sources, which is formatted correctly in APA 7
 Draft check: Review your draft with one of the tutors from the Writing House Online (WHO), the College of Nursing and Health Sciences’ writing resource center. WHO tutors work with undergraduate, graduate, and PhD students on writing for general education, core, and elective courses. WHO’s written resources can be accessed through Blackboard Learn. Through the WHO scheduling page, you can book an appointment with one of their tutors for live online tutoring or a paper feedback.
 Final submission:
 Upload your final draft to the folder labeled “Portfolio Paper 1” on Blackboard.
 A full draft is to be upload to the Blackboard assignment link by the due date.
 Please discuss any extenuating circumstances with your instructor PRIOR to due date.