Occupational health nurses often experience work-related stress– everything from competing demands for their time, having too much to do, juggling clinical and administrative responsibilities, and trying to maintain a work/life balance. This interactive workshop will review evidence-based best practices for dealing with work stress. In particular, you will discuss various sources of work-related stress and learn strategies to better manage stress at work. Effective stress management is critical for your own health and well-being, as well as for serving your patients and caring for the loved ones in your life.

Instructor BioDr. Gwenith G. Fisher is Assistant Professor of Industrial/Organizational Psychology at Colorado State University where she conducts research that identifies sources of work-related stress as well as work/life balance and how it relates to health and well-being. She earned her B.A. in psychology from the Pennsylvania State University and her M.A. and PhD from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, a nationally top-ranked program in her particular area of study. Prior to joining the faculty at CSU, Dr. Fisher worked as a Research Consultant at IBM Corporate Headquarters in Armonk, NY and as a Research Scientist at the University of Michigan. She has consulted with numerous organizations to assess job attitudes and work-related stress. She has a great deal of passion for helping individuals identify and understand sources of stress in their lives so they can develop effective coping strategies and improve their quality of life.
Learning Objectives

Workshop attendees should be able to:

·Identify common sources of stress in the work environment

·Understand the impact of work stress on mental and physical health and well-being

·Understand the importance of prevention and effective coping with stress

·Discuss strategies to prevent and alleviate work stress

·Develop and apply effective stress management interventions to reduce the deleterious effects of work-related stress