Stress is a common reaction of the body to situations that make us feel helpless or depressed and lose our mental strength is some or the other way. In the article “Health and wellbeing part 2: how to manage stress”, the author Sue Nash notifies that a person can be stressed when faced with problems, and stress can only increase is a person isolates from others and does not attempt to be with friends and talk. The clinical team is required to work together and support each other, and maintain a healthy relationship with the colleagues to avoid being stressed on job.
If I am stressed I am not in a position to make decisions or be empathetic, and this directly affects the performance of my clinical team and the patients. I feel that I have no control, and as stated by Nash (16) I may be reactive by nature and see myself as a victim of circumstance and this psychological behavior impacts the team negatively. The team members will hesitate to approach me and distance themselves and will suppress their desires to communicate with me. If I am a clinical leader or manager then I need to be aware of the working style, and the causes of stress in team members. My behavior towards others would change if I am stressed and the way I interact with others would be different.
Decision-making is psychological and the decisions are either made by thinking or feeling. I believe that I have a prevalence of “feeling” because I have always found it tough to deliver unpleasant news to other individuals, as I am worried about the psychological impact of
my decision on another individual. People see me as a person, who is friendly, approachable, good listener and kindhearted.
Works Cited
Nash, Sue. Health and wellbeing part 2: how to manage stress, Nursingtimes.net (2011): 107: 23
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