Question

Project update: Provide a review of your Plan stage of the PDSA Improvement Model on Stress Management/Relief. Include:

1. Aim statement

2. Changes made

3. Changes based on evidence based sources meditation,breathing techniques,diet,....etc?

4. What criteria have you chosen to measure success?

Length at least 250-350 words

Answer 1

The PDSA model was originally developed by Dr. W. Edwards. According to him the PDSA cycle requires action and involvement all the time. PDSA stands for:

Plan: Find out the option and plan how they will likely to turn out if they are put together in the play.

Do: Make things happen in a way which can be observed.

Study: Find out the results of the action that were planned and put them to work.

Act: Make a uniform practise on things which are working.

I would like to relate the PDSA approach to our real life Stress experience during in various situations. The stress is arisen due to multidimensional reasons. From that point of view, it is a bit challenging task to identify a proper plan to reduce the overall burden of stress by selecting appropriate means. The "Plan" phase of the PDSA cycle is described below….

What to change: According to my preliminary analysis, the reason for my stress is multidimensional. I simply have too many problems to solve within a given timeframe. The sources of the problems are different - sometimes troubles from family, sometimes academic programs, and some other times from the professional responsibilities. I don't want any of these problems to create stress for me and I should be confident that I will be able to resolve them within the timeframe.

The ideal situation: The ideal situation is that I should be enjoying solving these problems coming to me instead of getting worried and stressed. The problems should come to me in the form of enthusiasm. My plan here is to reduce the problems into a small number of steps which can be addressed sequentially without feeling any stress. Another ideal expression is that I should be in a position to accept or reject any problem according to my choice. This means that I should be in a position to reject a problem which I cannot solve and hence avoid the stress generated from it.

How much time it will take: I already have some problems in my hand. Thes are mostly academic and career related issues. I can start applying the above-mentioned plan immediately on these problems. Assuming a fair learning rate, I presume that in one or two months, I should be able to attain the desired ideal condition.