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Morrison Wylde C, Mahrer NE, Meyer RML, et al. Mindfulness for Novice Pediatric Nurses: Smartphone Application Versus Traditional Intervention. J Pediatr Nurs. 2017;36:205-212doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2017.06.008.
Morrison Wylde, C., Mahrer, N. E., Meyer, R. M. L., & Gold, J. I. (2017). Mindfulness for Novice Pediatric Nurses: Smartphone Application Versus Traditional Intervention. Journal of pediatric nursing, 36205-212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2017.06.008
Morrison Wylde, Chelsey, et al. "Mindfulness for Novice Pediatric Nurses: Smartphone Application Versus Traditional Intervention." Journal of pediatric nursing vol. 36 (2017): 205-212. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2017.06.008
Morrison Wylde C, Mahrer NE, Meyer RML, Gold JI. Mindfulness for Novice Pediatric Nurses: Smartphone Application Versus Traditional Intervention. J Pediatr Nurs. 2017 Sep - Oct;36:205-212. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2017.06.008. Epub 2017 Jul 14. PMID: 28888505.
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J Pediatr Nurs. 2017 Sep - Oct;36:205-212. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2017.06.008. Epub 2017 Jul 14.

Mindfulness for Novice Pediatric Nurses: Smartphone Application Versus Traditional Intervention.

Journal of pediatric nursing

Chelsey Morrison Wylde, Nicole E Mahrer, Rika M L Meyer, Jeffrey I Gold

Affiliations

  1. University of Southern California University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, #53, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
  2. Bellevue College, Department of Psychology, Bellevue, WA, USA.
  3. Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Professor of Anesthesiology, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 28888505 DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2017.06.008

Abstract

PURPOSE: The current study compares the effects of a traditionally delivered mindfulness (TDM) intervention to a smartphone delivered mindfulness (SDM) intervention, Headspace, an audio-guided mindfulness meditation program, in a group of novice nurses.

DESIGN AND METHODS: Novice nurses participating in a pediatric nurse residency program were asked to participate in either a TDM or SDM intervention. Participants (N=95) completed self-administered pencil and paper questionnaires measuring mindfulness skills, and risk and protective factors at the start of their residency and three months after entering the program.

RESULTS: Nurses in the SDM group reported significantly more "acting with awareness" and marginally more "non-reactivity to inner experience" skills compared to the TDM group. The smartphone intervention group also showed marginally more compassion satisfaction and marginally less burnout. Additionally, nurses in the SDM group had lower risk for compassion fatigue compared to the TDM group, but only when the nurses had sub-clinical posttraumatic symptoms at the start of the residency training program.

CONCLUSIONS: Smartphone delivered mindfulness interventions may provide more benefits for novice nurses than traditionally delivered mindfulness interventions. However, the smart-phone intervention may be better indicated for nurses without existing symptoms of posttraumatic stress.

PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Mindfulness interventions delivered through smartphone applications show promise in equipping nurses with important coping skills to manage stress. Because of the accessibility of smartphone applications, more nurses can benefit from the intervention as compared to a therapist delivered intervention. However, nurses with existing stress symptoms may require alternate interventions.

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Keywords: Burnout; Compassion fatigue; Compassion satisfaction; Mindfulness; Nurses

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