Work Stress: A Literature Review

This chapter discusses the factors and elements that are presented in the literature review. The review has brought up five important questions that the discussion chapter attempts to answer in the light of the literature that was used to research the particular topic. It discusses whether it is proven that work stress is a serious factor that increases the risk of damages. It is followed by discussing the presence and implications stress which is found to be present in the healthcare industry. It is discussed with the aspect of nurses that are often subjected to strict work schedules. It next discusses about the general health problems that may affect healthcare workers such as nurses. It then especially discusses the psychological problems

Work stress can present a problem in a number of ways. Work stress is created when the job environment contains elements that may create physical and psychological problems for the employees. Work stress becomes especially an important risk factor when taking the example of the healthcare professionals. They are subject to working burn-outs and often have to work for double and triple shifts in the case of an emergency. Their workload is not matched by the social support that they require from their families and friends and this creates serious motivation problems. The data of the past few decades clearly show that healthcare professionals are often suffering from stress related problems. Different sources indicate that healthcare professionals often get seriously ill by the damage caused by the constant exposure to job stress which can break any person down. They have to witness deaths and serious problems that produce psychological stress as well. It is almost impossible to not be affected by such serious problems. Currently, there has been an effort to reduce the stress here, but the efforts are still not successful which means that stress truly appears as an element that increases the risk in the healthcare

There is a high rate of substance abuse in healthcare workers because they can easily access drugs, or controlled substances. Due to the excessive use of these drugs, healthcare workers feel depression, inconsistency, emotionalism, absenteeism, and violence in their behavior which can cause risk of accidents and reduce their power of functioning and productivity. The case study declared that healthcare workers have poor health and depression issues because most of them do not able to handle multiple tasks and long working hours, which caused depression and health issues and at the great extent that some of them prefer to switch the job or even some workers commit