Impact of a Mobile Meditation Application Among Hospital-Based Acute Care Nurses

ABSTRACT

Compassion fatigue has also resulted in increased absenteeism, errors, and other disruptive behaviors and can have negative effects on patient care. Examples may include medication errors and failure to rescue patients with unrecognized declining health status. [...]in a separate study of college students who were randomly assigned to use one of three apps, for ten minutes per day for ten days, Headspace users had positive outcomes. Methods The Professional Quality of Life 5 (ProQOL5) and Mindfulness Attentive Awareness Scale (MAAS) surveys were used to collect pre-and post-intervention data through Survey Monkey online.