How can nurses avoid burnout? a. Put patients' needs before ...

[chads108]

How can nurses avoid burnout?
 
  a. Put patients' needs before their own needs.
  b. Accept that as nurses, their vocational and personal lives are one.
  c. Understand their own needs and maintain balance between work and personal life.
  d. Use sympathy for the patient as a key to personal growth and professional development.

Question 2

A student nurse asks a peer, What's the difference between recreation and relaxation? The best response would be
 
  a. They're essentially the same.
  b. Relaxation usually lowers stress, but recreation can create stress.
  c. Relaxation exercises and recreation activities always lower stress.
  d. Relaxation requires knowledge of special techniques, but recreation takes no special skills.

[ktidd]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
Understanding one's own needs and maintaining balance between work and personal life is the only strategy listed that is a recommendation for avoiding burnout.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Relaxation, by definition, interferes with the stress response. Recreation may create stress, especially if one engages in competitive activity. The statement, They're essentially the same, is incorrect. Relaxation exercises elevate stress for about 3 of the population. Relaxation requires knowledge of special techniques, but recreation takes no special skills is an untrue statement.

[chads108]

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[ktidd]

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