Forum 5: Stress Relieving Activities at Workplaces

Stress Relieving Activities at Workplaces
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Stress relieving activities at workplaces
Stress occur in workplaces, but when left unchecked, it can affect employee’s levels of productivity. Stress is associated with several problems like high blood pressure, frequent headaches and lack of concentration that ultimately affects the overall performance. Some of the common stress relieving activities at workplaces includes fun team outing (Blomberg et al., 2016). At our office, employees attend baseball games to help them relax and spend time with other employees sharing food and the warm sunlight especially during spring. Bonding naturally occurs between coworkers during these trips, building strong relationships that mitigate stress or any other conflict (Blomberg et al., 2016).
Another stress relieving activity I see in my workplace is the open door policy; managers tend to promote communication especially where there is uncertainty regarding assignments. The open door policy encourages employees to approach managers and their supervisors without fear to help them ease stress. Employees voice their frustrations or have the chance to ask some of the burning questions or simply seek for clarification (Ebrahimi et al., 2016).
Newly graduated nurses experience more stress during the process of their transition to becoming competent nurses. Providing emotional support from supervisors and managers can improve work related stress (Ebrahimi et al., 2016). Encouragement is the most influential factor for newly graduated nurses. Encouragement can be in the form of praise offering a conducive work environment and proving them with the opportunity to perform tasks independently and ask questions to get clarification (Ebrahimi et al., 2016). Emotional support does not require special expertise it about showing goodwill, openness, and kindness (Ebrahimi et al., ...