Assessment Event 1 of 2
Written task - Part A and Part B
Instructions
This assessment event requires you to submit answers, in a academic report, to questions that demonstrate your knowledge and skills to identify and manage stress in a heath and/or community services work environment.
Part A:
1. Define Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and identify the risk factors for acquiring the disorder
2. Summarise the clinical manifestations of PTSD
3. Identify three causes of PTSD
4. Outline contemporary interventions to prevent and/or manage PTSD
5. Provide three support networks available to a nurse who is experiencing PTSD, or caring for a person with PTSD, or working with a person with PTSD
Part B:
1. Define compassion stress or fatigue and identify risk factors for acquiring the disorder
2. Summarise the clinical manifestation of compassion fatigue (CF)
3. Identify three causes of CF
4. Outline contemporary interventions to prevent and/or manage CF
5. Provide three support networks available to a nurse who is experiencing CF, or caring for a person with CF, or working with a person with CF
6. Differentiate between CF and burnout
Marking Criteria
You must meet the criteria below in order to successfully complete this assessment event:
Part A:
• Provides a contemporary definition of PTSD concisely
• Identifies a minimum of three risk factors for acquiring PTSD
• Names a minimum of three signs and/or symptoms of PTSD
• Identifies three causes of PTSD
• Provides minimum of three contemporary interventions to prevent and/or manage PTSD
• Names three support networks available to a nurse who is experiencing PTSD
Part B:
• Provides a contemporary definition of compassion fatigue (CF)
• Names a minimum of three signs and/or symptoms of CF
• Identifies three causes of CF
• Provides a minimum of three support networks available to a nurse experiencing CF
• Differentiates the difference between CF and burnout