How to Avoid Depression in Nursing Assistants

How to Avoid Depression in Nursing Assistants

Two new studies have suggested that Nursing Assistants working in hospitals are much more susceptible to become depressed than the ones working in clinics, schools or in home health care facilities. Especially when the hospital is large and overcrowded. Research has shown that the relationship between bed occupancy rates and absent employees concludes nursing assistants working in units 10 percent more crowded than the optimal rate had twice as much depression than their colleagues in lesser crowded units. It has been determined that Nursing Assistants being absent from work generally suffer from depression. Also, those working in hospitals are more likely to miss work than those working in other medical settings.

The new health reform will make things a lot worse before they'll get better. There will be an estimate of 35 million newly insured Americans who at some point will seek health care and can potentially burden the system. This will impact medical recruitment and retention and even more impact on whether people will choose to become a nursing assistant or any other medical profession for that matter. Essentially, any nursing assistant who is suffering from depression, stress or perhaps lost a long-term patient through death should be able to get help. A Nursing Assistants support group created or offered by the hospitals to talk about the issues at work and losses they encounter. This prevents them from having to take the stress home and might result in viewer absences at work due to depression.

What's important is to address the employee experience well before you look at patient experience. Instead most just add some sort of "program" regarding customer service of some kind to further burden and overwork the Nursing Assistants and other medical staff. A nursing assistant can do some things to keep stress and burnout to a minimum. In fact there are 7 main techniques to keep the job fun and enjoyable.

1. Talk it Out

2. Recharge at a Retreat

3. Create a Stress-Free Zone

4. Learn to Say No

5. Develop a Career Plan

6. Nurture Relationships

7. Joining a Nursing Assistants Support Group

Lot of changes are taking place in the health care sector in the area of the nursing assistants well being. Hospitals are organizing employee wellness programs and offering stress relieving tips to Nursing Assistants and other medical staff personal. They also invest a vast amount of time and money in advising, counseling, coaching, mentoring, training and listening to medical staff in particular to nursing assistants.

Another area hospitals are focusing on nowadays is performance management. It's necessary for hospitals to recognize good and bad performance among medical personal and reward or punish it accordingly. Appraisal of good performance creates a sense of belonging among employees and prevents unnecessary stress and burnout.

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