The nurse manager holds a staff meeting and announces, "I want to aggressively manage the stress on this unit." Why would the manager have this goal?
1. Stress has a negative impact on the functioning of the unit.
2. If the stress level is too low, people become apathetic and bored.
3. Low stress levels will reduce turnover on the unit.
4. Coping mechanisms only work when stress is high.
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Rationale 1: Stress is not always negative.
Rationale 2: When stress levels are too low the environment is not stimulating and people become apathetic, bored, and poorly motivated.
Rationale 3: If the unit's stress level is so low that it is boring, the turnover rate may actually increase.
Rationale 4: Coping mechanisms work at lower levels of stress. When stress exceeds coping, negative effects occur.
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