Excerpt from the Mindful Nurse: Using the Power of Mindfulness and Compassion to Help you Thrive in your Work

Sheridan, Carmel

doi:10.4172/2471-9846.1000161

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“…Our findings demonstrate that nurses’ workplace mindfulness had a positive effect on thriving at work. The explanation could be that purposeful awareness and attention to ‘staying in the moment’ enabled greater employee stress reduction and depth of thought, resulting in greater nurse vitality and apprehension of learning objectives (Sheridan 2016). A mindful nurse can become so eager and absorbed in their thoughts and determination to get things done that it might facilitate a nurse’s learning much more than just being on ‘autopilot’ (Pan et al 2018).…”

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A causal model of thriving at work in Chinese nurses

Zhu

Kunaviktikul

Sirakamon

et al. 2021

International Nursing Review

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Aim To develop and test the first causal model of thriving at work in Chinese nurses. Background Nurses’ ability to thrive at their work is critical to retain qualified nurses and meet the needs of a constantly changing health environment. However, this is a poorly researched area. Introduction Thriving at work refers to the feeling of vitality and learning at work, which are evidenced to be solidly associated with nurses' development. Only a few factors have been explored regarding the effects of thriving at work. Methods A cross‐sectional study was undertaken using stratified random sampling. This involved 565 nurses from five general hospitals in Dali city, Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China. Data were collected from April to September 2019 using seven instruments. The model was constructed and tested using the Analysis of Moment Structure program and reported using the STROBE checklist. Results All model variables provided direct and indirect effects to the outcome. The final model fitted the empirical data with acceptable indices. Discussion Predicting variables of workplace mindfulness, authentic leadership, workplace violence, organizational justice and years of experience were found to affect thriving at work directly and indirectly. Psychological capital and perceived organizational support mediated the effects between predicting variables to the outcome. Conclusion and Implications for nursing and health policy Recommendations for nursing and health leaders are provided to improve nurses’ thriving at work by building fair, supportive, and safe working environments, improving head nurses’ authentic leadership and cultivating nurses’ mindfulness. Policies need to be promulgated to improve and regulate the nurse–patient ratio and to eliminate violence against Chinese nurses.

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A causal model of thriving at work in Chinese nurses

Zhu

Kunaviktikul

Sirakamon

et al. 2021

International Nursing Review

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“…The mindfulness programme was delivered by a qualified mindfulness practitioner that has authored several books including: 'The Nurses Guide to Cultivating Mindfulness and Compassion' and 'The Mindful Nurse -Using the Power of Mindfulness and Compassion to Help You Thrive in Your Work' [15].…”

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“…Mindfulness can be described as a way of being with one's experience as it occurs in the present moment through cultivating awareness, exercising one's capacity for paying attention, on purpose and non-judgementally [14]. Mindfulness practice promises increased awareness, calmness and empathy [15].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Mindfulness is an emerging practice in health care [1]. Empirical evidence suggests that Mindfulness programmes and practices can positively impact on physical and psychological health and contribute to overall well-being in health settings [2]. A more recent study by King C, et al. [3], showed that mindfulness practice exercises increased staff positivity, decreases their stress, and helps maintain calmness among staff.Furthermore, systematic reviews highlight that improved sense of well-being is shown amongst healthcare providers who integrate Mindfulness Practice into their personal and professional lives [4]. It is imperative that student nurse's develop self-care strategies and that their well-being is given a more prominent focus in nursing research and education. This qualitative descriptive study was a pilot that aimed to introduce a mindfulness practice unit into the first-and third-year undergraduate nursing programme in an Irish University. First year nursing students at the start of their programme and third year nursing students prior to the start of their internship placement were selected as these have been identified as periods of increased anxiety and change [5,6]. Findings suggest that Mindfulness can offer nursing students a practical toolkit that supports and enhances their well-being.

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“…The mindful nurse practitioner is not an original concept, but has been discussed in previous publications highlighting the value that mindfulness practice offers the nursing profession, both in clinical and leadership roles (Howland & Bauer-Wu, 2015;Pipe, FitzPatrick, Doucette, Cotton & Arnow, 2016;Sheridan, 2016). The nursing profession involves greater pressure than ever before.…”

Section: The Mindful Nurse Practitionermentioning

confidence: 99%