The Impact of a Mindfulness Intervention for Nurse Managers
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Purpose: To examine the impact of a mindfulness intervention on nurse managers in an acute care hospital. Design: A pre/post intervention design with three data collection points: prior to, at the conclusion of, and at 3 months following the intervention. Method: A survey to measure the impact of a mindfulness workshops on nurse managers’ perception of professional quality of life, burnout, and perceived wellness. Findings: There were significant changes in the scores on the compassion satisfaction (T-1 mean 3.9, T-2 mean 4.5, p = .002) and burnout subscales (T-1 mean 3.4, T-2 mean 2.8, p = .016) of the Professional Quality of Life scale, and on personal burnout (T-1 mean 4.2, T-2 mean 3.8, p = .023) and work-related burnout (T-1 mean 4.0, T-2 mean 3.5, p = .029) on the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory scale, following the mindfulness intervention. The 3-month follow-up scores on compassion satisfaction were higher but not statistically significant ( p = .810). Scores on the burnout scales, while lower than the preintervention levels, were higher at the 3-month follow-up than immediately following the intervention. Conclusions: These findings suggest that mindfulness practices need to be reinforced. Without continuous reinforcement, it may become a self-care practice moved to the bottom of the list of things to be done among the activities of a busy day.
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Change in an individual's burnout perception may accumulate over days or weeks rather than as immediate shifts in knowledge, skills, or attitudes.
“Change in an individual's burnout perception may accumulate over days or weeks rather than as immediate shifts in knowledge, skills, or attitudes (Ceravolo and Raines 2019).”
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One included study reported a non-significant finding for improvements in wellness.
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One included study found burnout reductions were not sustained at 3-month follow-up.
“One study found that reductions in burnout were not sustained at 3-month follow-up (Ceravolo and Raines 2019).”
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- Authors
- Ceravolo, D., & Raines, D. A.
- Affiliations
- Sisters of Charity Hospital (US)
- Corresponding author
- Raines, Deborah A.
- ORCID
- Raines, Deborah A.
- Venue
- Journal of Holistic Nursing
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2018-06-18
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 47-55
- ISSN
- 0898-0101 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-5724
- OpenAlex
- W2808905796
- Cited by
- 57
- References
- 20
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 2
- FWCI
- 4.40
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Holistic Nursing (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Occupational Health and Burnout
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
- Keywords
- mindfulness-based interventions, nurse managers, burnout, professional quality of life, compassion satisfaction, perceived wellness, self-care, acute care nursing, follow-up outcomes
- MeSH terms
- Mentoring, Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Burnout, Professional, Female, Humans, Job Satisfaction, Male, Middle Aged, Nurse Administrators, Quality of Life, Surveys and Questionnaires, Stress, Psychological, Qualitative Research, Mindfulness
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