title: Stress management for nurses: controlling the whirlwind.
abstract: This paper proposes that nurses can manage stress in their lives through a well-integrated, flexible program. A person's stress reaction is compared to a whirlwind, with negative outcomes that may vary from mild to devastating. The emphasis here is that these negative consequences can be minimized by applying different levels of intervention strategies to each phase in the progression of the stress reaction. A variety of strategies for coping with stress are presented here from which a person may select and build a personal repertoire of interventions for stress management.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kivisto
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Couture
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D012064:Relaxation Therapy; D012648:Self Care