Advisor(s)
Jamie Hunsicker, DNP
Ohio Northern University
Nursing, Health & Behavioral Sciences
j-hunsicker@onu.edu
Megan Lieb, DNP
Ohio Northern University
Nursing, Health & Behavioral Sciences
m-lieb.2@onu.edu
Document Type
Poster
Location
ONU McIntosh Center; Activities Room
Start Date
22-4-2022 1:00 PM
End Date
22-4-2022 2:00 PM
Abstract
Problem: ED nurses are faced with critical unexpected traumas daily. Nurses must be able to cope with traumatic patient events to provide care to other assigned patients. The inability to cope may lead to burnout and medical mistakes. Mindfulness is a coping strategy that can be used to decrease stress.
Purpose: The purpose of this quality improvement study is to determine if educating nurses on the use of mindfulness after experiencing a patient trauma decreases nurses’ physical and mental stress.
Methods: This will be a quantitative, quasi-experimental study comparing the stress levels of nurses who received mindfulness training to nurses who did not receive the training. Stress levels will be measured by vital and pre/post self-completed survey that was developed by the researcher, at the beginning of each shift and immediately following a trauma.
Evaluation: These results will be evaluated through the two different sets of data. The group that took the mindfulness course will be compared to the group that did not. The result from the comparison will provide adequate information about whether the class was beneficial.
Conclusion: This study will allow for nurses who complete mindfulness training to have additional tools to cope with traumatic events that occur in the ED. Mindfulness may be one intervention to decrease nurse stress that in return may decrease burnout and medical mistakes.
Recommended Citation
Bresnahan, Karsen, "Trauma Related Stress on Nursing Care" (2022). ONU Student Research Colloquium. 11.
https://digitalcommons.onu.edu/student_research_colloquium/2022/posters/11
Trauma Related Stress on Nursing Care
ONU McIntosh Center; Activities Room
Problem: ED nurses are faced with critical unexpected traumas daily. Nurses must be able to cope with traumatic patient events to provide care to other assigned patients. The inability to cope may lead to burnout and medical mistakes. Mindfulness is a coping strategy that can be used to decrease stress.
Purpose: The purpose of this quality improvement study is to determine if educating nurses on the use of mindfulness after experiencing a patient trauma decreases nurses’ physical and mental stress.
Methods: This will be a quantitative, quasi-experimental study comparing the stress levels of nurses who received mindfulness training to nurses who did not receive the training. Stress levels will be measured by vital and pre/post self-completed survey that was developed by the researcher, at the beginning of each shift and immediately following a trauma.
Evaluation: These results will be evaluated through the two different sets of data. The group that took the mindfulness course will be compared to the group that did not. The result from the comparison will provide adequate information about whether the class was beneficial.
Conclusion: This study will allow for nurses who complete mindfulness training to have additional tools to cope with traumatic events that occur in the ED. Mindfulness may be one intervention to decrease nurse stress that in return may decrease burnout and medical mistakes.