When Did You Complete This In-Service? (Check One)

Module IX Managing Staff Stress Post Test

Name: ______Title: ______Unit: ______Date: ______After reviewing Module IX: Managing Staff Stress in the online classroom, complete this quiz and return it to Staff Development for credit.

When did you complete this in-service? (check one):

□ While on duty □ While on off duty time

*If the in-service was completed while off duty, you will be reimbursed for training.

1. The right amount of stress is a positive force in our lives.

True False

2. Stressors that involve central aspects of your life or that persist for extended periods of time are more likely to result in severe distress and disruption of functioning.

True False

3. List 5 ways stress can affect you emotionally:

 ______ ______ ______ ______ ______

4. List 5 ways stress can affect you physically:

 ______ ______ ______ ______ ______5. In our lives today, most stressors are emotional in nature but our bodies are unable to tell this and puts us a flight or fight response.

True False

6. Recent research suggests that anywhere from two-thirds to 90 percent of illness is stress-related.

True False

7. 70.5% of nurses cited the acute and chronic effects of stress and overwork among their top three health and safety concerns.

True False

8. Working with dementia residents is no more stressful than any other job.

True False

9. Look at your coping patterns for stress. How do you handle stress? (Do you cry, get angry?)

 ______ ______ ______ ______

10. List some stress management techniques that you can utilize to aide in managing your stress.

 ______ ______ ______ ______ ______