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Promoting Wellness With Medical-Surgical Nurses In An Urban Medical Center Through Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Shemeka Leonard
Promoting Wellness With Medical-Surgical Nurses In An Urban Medical Center Through Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Shemeka Leonard
Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects
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 …