Mindfulness Bundle Toolkit’s Impact on Nurse Burnout

Author(s): Gisele N. Bazan, MSN, RN, CCRN, Tiffany Patterson, BSN, RNC-NIC,, Kelsey Sawyer, MSN, RN, CCRN, NPD-BC, Deborah Wambui Kamau, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, Michelle Bradberry, BSN, RN, CCRN, Cynthia Grissman, BSN, RN, NE-BC, Sahar Mihandoust, PhD, M Arch, Jamie K. Roney Hernández, DNP, MSN-Ed, RN, CCRN, NPD-BC, C. Randall Stennett, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, CHSE, and JoAnn D. Long, PhD, RN, NEA-B

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

This article discusses the use of mindfulness bundle toolkit to mitigate emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and stress-associated with burnout in critical care nurses caring for patients with COVID-19.

Objectives

Describe the components in the Mindfulness Bundle Toolkit.
Explain the importance of mindfulness interventions in reducing nurse burnout.
Identify two interventions from the study that readers may apply to the work environment.

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Criteria for Awarding Contact Hours

Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.

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American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
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