Project Title
Date of Award
Summer 2023
Document Type
Final DNP Paper
Degree Name
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
Department
Nursing
Faculty Chair
Dr. Lori McGrath
Preceptor
Dr. Trenisha Wilson
Abstract
Background: Due to their position on the forefront lines of the healthcare system, nurses are more likely to experience stress at work. Job-related stress can cause increased anxiety, emotional turmoil, depression, and other mental issues. Nurses commonly deal with elevated distress due to workload demands such as passing medication, checking for errors, ensuring patient safety, and charting—mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is a useful means of reducing psychological distress.
Purpose: The DNP project objectives were to reduce stress, encourage well-being, and show how effective an MBSR program works in a hospital setting. The aim is to reduce stress/improve wellness.
Methods: The primary intervention of this was the implementation of an MBSR program in a healthcare environment. Wellness was measured pre- and post-intervention using Mayo Clinic well-being surveys to gauge stress in the unit. The nursing staff engaged in MBSR activities over six weeks.
Results: Results from the Mayo Clinic surveys of nurses showed a clinically significant decline in stress reduction by 76%. The Objective data results of the pre-and post-intervention Mayo Clinic surveys of nurses did not show a statistically significant decrease.
Conclusion: MBSR techniques used during the in-service significantly increased the nursing staff's awareness concerning ways to reduce stress to promote well-being, even though there was no discernible reduction in stress among the nurses.
Recommended Citation
Leonard, Shemeka, "Promoting Wellness with Medical-Surgical Nurses in an Urban Medical Center through Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction" (2023). Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects. 103.
https://digitalcommons.jsu.edu/etds_nursing/103