Effect of compassion rounds on nurses' professional quality of life on a COVID-19 unit.
Nurs Forum
; 2022 Oct 26.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2088296
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Evidence suggests that support groups enhance nurses' professional quality of life (QOL), and positive professional QOL is associated with better patient and nurse outcomes. This study examined the effect of a unit-level support group on the professional QOL of nurses working on a progressive care unit-turned-dedicated-COVID-19 unit.AIM:
We hypothesized that a professionally facilitated Compassion Rounds (CR) support group would improve compassion satisfaction (CS) and reduce compassion fatigue (CF) among COVID-19 unit nurses.METHODS:
For this pre/post, within-group trial we recruited an inclusive, convenience sample of 84 nurses on a COVID-19 unit within a 377-bed, Magnet®-designated hospital. The 10-week, CR consisted of biweekly meetings, and the ProQOL version 5 measured pre/post CS and CF.RESULTS:
Paired t-testing showed that CS scores fell after CR (n = 10; p = .005), while scores rose for CF burnout (p = .05) and secondary traumatic stress (p = .008). Results were similar for unpaired analysis (N = 38; p < .05). IMPLICATIONS/CONCLUSION:
Although pandemic-related challenges likely overwhelmed CR's potential to improve professional QOL, CR may have prevented worse deterioration of work-life quality. CR may also create clinically meaningful improvements for groups or individual nurses, and thus enhance nurse and patient outcomes.
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Language:
English
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Nuf.12821
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