The nursing profession takes a substantial tole on the individuals health. As nursing students, in order to gain an understanding of the impact this profession has on biopsychosocial spiritual wellbeing, we must examine the experiences of nurses and the challenges they endure. Biopsychosocial spiritual wellbeing includes the five domains of overall health in an individual; environmental, emotional, mental, social, and spiritual (Potter, Perry, Stockert, & Hall, 2014). Environmental factors of health can either be external, such as family influences or past experiences, or internal, such as heredity traits or ones physical fitness (Potter, et al., 2014). These factors can implicate emotional and mental health, which defines the ability to respond
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Nursing is quite a demanding career in which others do not understand. Long hours and shift work makes it quite challenging to make plans, especially on weekends and holidays. With the responsibility of three children, JT found it hard to explain the fact that she has to leave to take care of other children. Family members do not always want to plan around work schedules, and it can leave lasting guilt on the nurse’s shoulders. The most effective coping strategies to combat the loss of relationships is the implementation of self-scheduling in hospitals (Hung, 2002). Nurses are able to plan, in advance, when they want to work to fit around their personal schedule (Hung, 2002). With this increased flexibility, relationships are better sustained as one can choose shifts that fit with social plans (Hung, 2002). Self-scheduling can also result in improved teamwork, respect, and trust between co-workers, ultimately leading to increased job satisfaction (Hung, 2002). With such a demanding career with regard to the care of strangers, nurses require the support of their loved ones in order to sustain their …show more content…
Sleep is an extremely important factor of an individuals biophysiosocal spiritual welling, being the number one stressor on our immune system. JT gave an example of her recent schedule; “On Tuesday, I was here all day, got home around 10:30pm. Than did writing until 3:00am, which is a great time for me, but than I have to get up the next morning at 7:00am.” This brought to realization that even if you are not a full-time practicing nurse in a hospital, other avenues of nursing can create a hectic schedule as well. Strategies to cope with this challenge require adequate planning by hospital managers. Recent research has developed a plan including the implementation of a napping schedule into each shift, specifically night shifts (Caruso & Hitchcock, 2010). Increased staffing to cover the workload while an individual is napping would alleviate the pressure for a nurse to get back to work. If this schedule was implemented, hospitals would need to provide good environments for sleep (Caruso & Hitchcock, 2010). Environments that are dark, quiet, and free from interruptions are proven to provide one with the potential for rest (Caruso & Hitchcock, 2010). Literature reports that nurses only require 15-20 minutes of complete sleep in order for their cognition to be restores and workplace errors to be reduced (Caruso & Hitchcock, 2010). This intervention for
Nursing is quite a demanding career in which others do not understand. Long hours and shift work makes it quite challenging to make plans, especially on weekends and holidays. With the responsibility of three children, JT found it hard to explain the fact that she has to leave to take care of other children. Family members do not always want to plan around work schedules, and it can leave lasting guilt on the nurse’s shoulders. The most effective coping strategies to combat the loss of relationships is the implementation of self-scheduling in hospitals (Hung, 2002). Nurses are able to plan, in advance, when they want to work to fit around their personal schedule (Hung, 2002). With this increased flexibility, relationships are better sustained as one can choose shifts that fit with social plans (Hung, 2002). Self-scheduling can also result in improved teamwork, respect, and trust between co-workers, ultimately leading to increased job satisfaction (Hung, 2002). With such a demanding career with regard to the care of strangers, nurses require the support of their loved ones in order to sustain their …show more content…
Sleep is an extremely important factor of an individuals biophysiosocal spiritual welling, being the number one stressor on our immune system. JT gave an example of her recent schedule; “On Tuesday, I was here all day, got home around 10:30pm. Than did writing until 3:00am, which is a great time for me, but than I have to get up the next morning at 7:00am.” This brought to realization that even if you are not a full-time practicing nurse in a hospital, other avenues of nursing can create a hectic schedule as well. Strategies to cope with this challenge require adequate planning by hospital managers. Recent research has developed a plan including the implementation of a napping schedule into each shift, specifically night shifts (Caruso & Hitchcock, 2010). Increased staffing to cover the workload while an individual is napping would alleviate the pressure for a nurse to get back to work. If this schedule was implemented, hospitals would need to provide good environments for sleep (Caruso & Hitchcock, 2010). Environments that are dark, quiet, and free from interruptions are proven to provide one with the potential for rest (Caruso & Hitchcock, 2010). Literature reports that nurses only require 15-20 minutes of complete sleep in order for their cognition to be restores and workplace errors to be reduced (Caruso & Hitchcock, 2010). This intervention for