Stress Among Nurses Journal of Nursing

From Classroom to Community: Teaching Stress First Aid

From Classroom to Community: Teaching Stress First Aid

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This narrative describes an initiative to teach nursing students the Stress First Aid model to promote mental wellbeing and resilience in nurses. Students found the value in SFA, they taught older adults stress management skills they learned.

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Submitted by Veronica Betts, DNP, RN, CMGT-BC & Courtney Reinisch, DNP, RN, APN-C, DCC
The Role of Rhythmic Breathing in Stress Reduction for Clinical Nurses

The Role of Rhythmic Breathing in Stress Reduction for Clinical Nurses

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Nursing workload has dramatically changed over the last twenty years. The job duties of acute care hospital medical surgical nurses have changed and has contributed to a shift in nursing well-being and overall work-related stress. A descriptive cross-sectional study was performed to teach acute care medical surgical nurses pranayama/rhythmic breathing to reduce stress and improve well-being. Well-being and stress surveys were collected pre and post intervention. The results of the surveys indicated the training with daily reminders for rhythmic breathing improved, as evidenced by improvements in World Health Organization- 5 Well-being index scores (WHO-5), while the stress surveys did not reveal significant changes. The results of this descriptive cross-sectional study revealed the simple intervention of teaching medical-surgical nurses rhythmic breathing has the potential to improve their overall well-being.

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Submitted by Rajitha Bommakanti, Monique Bouvier, Melinda Higgins, Mary Gullatte
Literature Review: Safe Nurse Staffing

Literature Review: Safe Nurse Staffing

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The purpose of this literature review is to exam nurse staffing and staffing related issue and its impact on the healthcare world. Safe nurse staffing poses substantial issues at the clinical level including its tremendous impact on patient mortality, patient satisfaction, increased incidence of medical errors, and nurse dissatisfaction and burnout.

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Submitted by Shana Camphor
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