"Part 1 of this paper provides an educational introduction to the hazards of nursing, work-related stress and the notion of the control cycle as an approach to stress management.
Part 2 provides the framework for risk assessments and subsequent action in relation to work-related stress and nursing. Here it has been written as much as a development aid as a prescription for action. It is suggested that each hospital wishing to use the described approach first establishes a "risk assessment / risk management" team that studies and discusses the approach in some detail. It should then attempt a pilot assessment / management project and reflect not only on its results but also on the processes involved in their implementation. The risk assessment / risk management team may then wish to modify those processes before using them again. They may wish to treat the whole initiative as a development cycle crafting, tailoring and fine-tuning the processes involved to best fit and serve their local context."

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