Article C2321
Author(s): Elizabeth Vandenbogaart, DNP, RN, CNS, ACNP-BC, Anna Gawlinski, PhD, RN, CNS-BC, ACNP-BC, Karen A. Grimley, PhD, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, Mary Ann Lewis, DrPH, FNP, Carol Pavlish, PhD, RN
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Topics: Behavioral/Psychosocial
Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes
Patients hospitalized with life-threatening conditions experience psychological stressors that can lead to anxiety and poor patient outcomes. Current treatment for hospitalized patients with advanced heart failure (HF) awaiting transplant focuses on intensive medical interventions to maintain physiological stability and pharmacological options to improve psychological well-being. Mindfulness stress reduction interventions have been shown to decrease stress and anxiety with sustained effect. This article describes a project that explores whether a brief, evidence-based mindfulness intervention via an app, as a complement to standard treatment, would improve the patient experience by decreasing stress and anxiety and increasing resilience among hospitalized patients with HF awaiting transplant.Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation to be awarded contact hours AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.
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