Question

Subject name: Organise personal work priorities and development

Question5.

a. List six signs of personal stress when working in a Health care industry.

b. Describe how stress would affect personal wellbeing?

Answer 1

Ans:-

A. Personal stressors are events or conditions that occur in a person's life that may adversely impact on the individual's or their family's health or wellbeing. ... The most common stressors experienced across all age groups were serious illness and the death of a family or a close friend

The signs or symptoms of work-related stress can be physical, psychological and behavioural.
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Symptoms of work-related stress

• Fatigue.
• Muscular tension.
• Headaches.
• Heart palpitations.
• Sleeping difficulties, such as insomnia.
• Gastrointestinal upsets, such as diarrhoea or constipation.
• Dermatological disorders.

B.  Indeed, stress symptoms can affect your body, your thoughts and feelings, and your behavior. Being able to recognize common stress symptoms can help you manage them. Stress that's left unchecked can contribute to many health problems, such as high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity and diabetes.

High levels of cortisol can wear down the brain's ability to function properly. ... Stress can kill brain cells and even reduce the size of the brain. Chronic stress has a shrinking effect on the prefrontal cortex, the area of the brain responsible for memory and learning.