The value of intentional self-care practices: The effects of mindfulness on improving job satisfaction, teamwork, and workplace environments.
Arch Psychiatr Nurs
; 35(2): 189-194, 2021 04.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-856448
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Burnout rates among nurses have detrimental impact on job satisfaction, teamwork, and patient care. This costs millions of dollars in the healthcare system and challenges nurse leaders to address in order to keep up with the healthcare demands. Furthermore, burnout is especially relevant in our current healthcare climate, as frontline nurses have increased workload and multiple psychosocial stressors during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic (Sultana, Sharma, Hossain, Bhattacharya, & Purohit, 2019). Literature also suggests that mindful self-care practices need to be reinforced in order to impact burnout long term (Chamorro-Premuzic & Lusk, 2017). Project7 Mindfulness Pledge© is an accessible and voluntary mindfulness tool that nurses can utilize in their individual practice to reduce burnout and does not require significant time commitment.OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the effectiveness of intentional self-care practices on nurse burnout and workplace environment by measuring job satisfaction and teamwork among nurses.METHODS:
Comparisons between inpatient units on data from the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) with the Practice Environment Scale (PES), specifically on job enjoyment and teamwork, were done utilizing ANOVA.RESULTS:
Results show that nurses in an inpatient unit that implemented Project7 has significantly higher job satisfaction as compared to units that did not implement Project7.CONCLUSIONS:
This suggests that this tool provides an effective and accessible mindfulness framework managers and directors can utilize to improve job satisfaction, teamwork, and thereby reduce burnout to create healthier work environments.Keywords
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Self Care
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Burnout, Professional
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Mindfulness
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Occupational Stress
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Nurses
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Nursing Staff, Hospital
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Qualitative research
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Arch Psychiatr Nurs
Journal subject:
Nursing
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Psychiatry
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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