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Purpose
To assess your ability to assess your own level of stress and coping skills using the Holmes Life Change/Social Readjustment Scale.
Overview
As stated in the Key Points for this module, the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale is one way to measure the extent of stress in a person’s life. For this assignment, you are to complete the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale and reflect on your score.
Action Items
- Complete your assigned reading.
- Go to the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale (Links to an external site.).
- Identify the items that are true in your life.
- Click on the "Calculate My Total" button at the end of the scale.
- You may also want to look at the ANA COVID-19 Resource Center (Links to an external site.) for resources for nurses during times of stress.
- By the due date indicated, write a 50-100 word response to each of the following:
- Describe the stressors in your life during the past year.
- One of the items listed on the scale is "Begin or end school." How has returning to school caused stress in your life? Would you consider it to be a positive or negative stress?
- Reflect on the year preceding the one you just evaluated. Do you think that the events from that year impacted your health during this year? Why? How? Why not?
- What coping strategies have you used to help you deal with stress?
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