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. 2021 Jul-Aug;51(7-8):395-400.
doi: 10.1097/NNA.0000000000001035.

Brief Mindfulness Practice Course for Healthcare Providers

Laurie Walker Seidel  1 , Francis C Dane, Kimberly Ferren Carter
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Brief Mindfulness Practice Course for Healthcare Providers

Laurie Walker Seidel et al. J Nurs Adm. 2021 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the short-term and sustained effect on well-being, burnout, and mindful awareness of an abbreviated mindfulness practice course designed for nurses and other healthcare professionals.

Background: Most mindfulness programs are impractical for frontline healthcare providers because of the intensive, off-site initial training and prolonged practice commitment. A psychiatric nurse educator developed a brief training program tailored for healthcare providers.

Methods: Two institutional review board-approved studies examined the abbreviated mindfulness practice course for healthcare providers: the first, a single-group pretest-posttest design with 25 nursing employees in an academic medical center, and the second, a randomized controlled trial with 83 healthcare professionals.

Results: Significant improvement in mindful awareness and at least 1 indicator of burnout were demonstrated. Improvements in quality of life were noted with nurses.

Conclusions: Findings support the short-term and sustained impact of this brief mindfulness curriculum on mindful awareness, quality of life, and aspects of burnout for healthcare professionals.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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