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In Chapter 12, we talked about stress. Stress is a common phenomenon in healthcare. Write about stress in healthcare and the impact it can have on employees, organizational performance, the delivery of patient care, etc. Identify and describe the different kinds of stress that can occur. Discuss why stress in a healthcare environment may be more of a pressing issue as compared to other industries (be sure to address factors, such as, professional hierarchy, personalities, ethnicity, gender, etc.). Describe if / how HCAD 701 – SUMMER 2021 Final Assignment employee burnout (due to stress) is impacting the delivery of care. Find a theory to explore the issue of stress. Once you have written about stress in the workplace, identify some best practices to alleviate the negative effects of stress in the workplace. How should managers behave so that employees experience less stress on the job? Ground all your work in existing theory. What strategies can the organization use so that the employees experience less stress on the job? This write-up has to be supported by current facts and literature. Possible Deliverables for Option 3 - What does the healthcare environment look like currently? - Why is stress more prevalent in healthcare? What impact can it have on an organization, employees, and patients. - Define stress – when is it good and when is it bad? - What can administrators do to address employee stress? What can employees do to better manage stress? - Using established theories to describe stress in a healthcare environment
Submission Requirement
Your submission in its entirety must be between 2500-3,000 words – this EXCLUDES the reference, title, and abstract. The 2,500 to 3,000 words is only the body of the work. Your submission must be supported by 10 (minimum) or 40 (maximum) references, with at least 10 being from scholarly academic journals (peer reviewed journals). If you are writing about the current healthcare environment (i.e. competition, market structure, patient demographics), I would find the most recent literature. However, for some of the theories or the theoretical based literature - often we will have to cite "seminal" research that can be decades old. It is not recommended best practice to have all older literature as the field is constantly growing and changing. However, if there are some works that you believe are the cornerstones of your theory(s) than I would use them regardless of the age. I would not include more than five articles that are older than 15 years.
Keep in mind that this is a formal research paper. As such, it needs to be written in third person.
It is recommended that you include the following sections in your paper: - Title (Name, Id Number, Date, Title) - Abstract (200 word synopsis/summary of your paper…think of it as a paper movie trailer) - Introduction (one-two paragraphs) - Current Review of the Literature (body of paper; use sub-sections as you deem necessary) - Review and Application of Theory (body of paper; use sub-sections as you deem necessary) o You need to demonstrate a significant degree of knowledge regarding the theory you choose. o Support with theories that are appropriate for each case o Recommend you review the existing literature to further explore that theory and how it has been applied - Discussion (Tie the theory back to the case problem) -
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