TY - JOUR AU1 - Summers, Jay AB - JONA Volume 39, Number 3, pp 130-137 Copyright B 2009 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins THE J OU RNAL OF NUR SING A DMINISTR AT ION Nurse Leader Mindfulness Meditation Program for Stress Management A Randomized Controlled Trial Teri Britt Pipe, PhD, RN Debra Pendergast, MSN, RN, NEA-BC Jennifer J. Bortz, PhD, ABPP/CN Vicki Buchda, MS, RN, NEA-BC Amylou Dueck, PhD Jay Summers, PhD Objective: The aim of this study was to rigorously Conclusion: Results support preliminary effective- evaluate a brief stress management intervention for ness of a 4-week MMC in reducing self-reported nurse leaders. stress symptoms among nursing leaders. Background: Despite the nursing shortage, evidence- based workplace approaches addressing nurse stress Today’s healthcare environment is turbulent, rap- have not been well studied. idly presenting nurses with stimuli, interruptions, Methods: Nurse leaders (n = 33) were randomly and competing priorities. The stakes of success are assigned to brief mindfulness meditation course extraordinarily high; nurses in all roles must cope (MMC) or leadership course (control). Self-report successfully with numerous demands to make timely, measures of stress were administered at baseline accurate decisions affecting human lives. Stress is and within 1 week of course completion. a major factor TI - Nurse Leader Mindfulness Meditation Program for Stress Management A Randomized Controlled Trial JF - The Journal of Nursing Administration DO - 10.1097/NNA.0b013e31819894a0 DA - 2009-03-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wolters-kluwer-health/nurse-leader-mindfulness-meditation-program-for-stress-management-a-NOUerN6OnV SP - 130 EP - 137 VL - 39 IS - 3 DP - DeepDyve ER -