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- Title
Mindfulness Training to Improve Nurse Clinical Performance: A Pilot Study.
- Authors
Zeller, Janice M.; Johnson, Angela M.; Hoffman, Arthur; Hoyem, Ruby L; Alexander, Michelle B.; Yudkowsky, Rachel; Hicks, Frank D.
- Abstract
Health care errors are a national concern. Although considerable attention has been placed on reducing errors since a 2000 Institute of Medicine report, adverse events persist. The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate the effect of mindfulness training, employing the standardized approach of an eight-week mindfulness-based, stress reduction program on reduction of nurse errors in simulated clinical scenarios. An experimental, pre- and post-test control group design was employed with 20 staff nurses and senior nursing students. Although not statistically significant, there were numerical differences in clinical performance scores from baseline when comparing mindfulness and control groups immediately following mindfulness training and after three months. A number of benefits of mindfulness training, such as improved listening skills, were identified. This pilot study supports the benefits of mindfulness training in improving nurse clinical performance and illustrates a novel approach to employ in future research.
- Subjects
PREVENTION of medical errors; ANALYSIS of variance; CLINICAL competence; STATISTICAL correlation; EMOTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL design; JOB stress; NURSES; NURSING students; PATIENT safety; RESEARCH funding; STATISTICAL sampling; STRESS management; T-test (Statistics); PILOT projects; JOB performance; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; PRE-tests &; post-tests; CONTROL groups; DATA analysis software; MINDFULNESS
- Publication
Western Journal of Nursing Research, 2021, Vol 43, Issue 3, p250
- ISSN
0193-9459
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0193945920964938