Pretend you are a hospital counselor in a meeting with the administration. A presentation is given concerning how there seems to be a high-stress level at the hospital that is negatively affecting many employees’ health. You have been asked to create a policy brief presentation that shows the negative effects on the mental and physical health of the employees. The purpose of a policy brief is to show research concerning an issue/problem along with recommendations. This information is to be used in order to make an informed decision on these issues and how the administration can reach out to help their workers. Write this assignment as if you are actually giving a talk to the Hospital Board Members.
Create a Policy Brief using a Word Document file and include your name, class title, name of the assignment & date at the beginning of the assignment. Use APA 7th edition formatting. Write a Policy Brief with at least 350 words directed to the administration explaining the mental and physical health issues due to stress along with your recommendations on how the hospital can help. This Policy Brief needs to be in APA 7th edition format. Include the following in the paper: a clear introduction with a topic sentence, at least 3 paragraphs in the body, a conclusion followed by at least 4 scholarly references. While planning your Policy Brief remember the purpose, audience, content and structure. Include the following headings: executive summary, introduction, research overview, discussion/analysis of research findings and a conclusion with recommendations. Take a look at the following website on “How to Write Policy Brief”. This website also has examples. Note this needs to be convincing as well as engaging to read. List and explain why hospital employees are stressed. Give at least 3 reasons. Elaborate on at least 3 biological consequences of stress, emotion, and cognitive outlook on overall health. List and explain at least 3 ways that stress can help to motivate someone to change their behavior. Recommend how the hospital can help motivate employees to achieve the following: at least 3 stress reduction techniques and at least 3 ways to achieve a healthy lifestyle. Think about programs and rewards that the hospital can offer to encourage participation to achieve stress-less, healthier lifestyle goals. Add at least 4 scholarly references in APA format
NOTE: With only a few exceptions, .com, .org, .gov, and .edu websites and others found by “Googling” are not considered scholarly sources because they are not peer-reviewed). Use the APUS Library to find academic & scholarly sources.