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Experimental Mindfulness Intervention in an Emergency Department for Stress Management and Development of Positive Working Environment
Mindfulness-based interventions have increasingly gained the interest of health professionals in the last decade, especially practices that are short, economical, easily accessible, and physically, cognitively, and psychologically compelling. Nurses of Emergency Departments are a special, dynamic, b...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10048260/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36981535 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11060879 |
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author | Argyriadis, Alexandros Ioannidou, Louiza Dimitrakopoulos, Ioannis Gourni, Maritsa Ntimeri, Georgia Vlachou, Chrisi Argyriadi, Agathi |
author_facet | Argyriadis, Alexandros Ioannidou, Louiza Dimitrakopoulos, Ioannis Gourni, Maritsa Ntimeri, Georgia Vlachou, Chrisi Argyriadi, Agathi |
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description | Mindfulness-based interventions have increasingly gained the interest of health professionals in the last decade, especially practices that are short, economical, easily accessible, and physically, cognitively, and psychologically compelling. Nurses of Emergency Departments are a special, dynamic, but at the same time vulnerable group of health professionals who work in shifts and face multiple challenges. Considering the recent literature and the fact that stress and a hostile work environment are the top ranked health professionals’ challenges, there is a need for a further study of the use of mindfulness. This study aimed to investigate the effect of the application of mindfulness on nurses in the Emergency Department on several factors related to daily nursing practice and that directly affect these specific health professionals. This experimental study was performed on 14 participating nurses in the Emergency Department of a Public General Hospital in Athens, randomized into two groups: a control and an intervention group. The data collection tools were two digital smart devices, participatory observation, and semi-structured interviews. By practicing mindfulness meditation, the participating nurses in the intervention group showed improvement in their cognitive functions (attention, thinking, memory, concentration), professional interpersonal relationships, personal satisfaction and communication with patients and caregivers, sleep rate, negative emotions, and behaviors. The findings suggest that the application of mindfulness practices should be considered an easy, affordable, economical, accessible, and effective method that nurses can use to strengthen and empower themselves, enjoying its multiple benefits. The effectiveness of the application of mindfulness remains an important issue for future research in other health professionals as well. |
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spelling | pubmed-100482602023-03-29 Experimental Mindfulness Intervention in an Emergency Department for Stress Management and Development of Positive Working Environment Argyriadis, Alexandros Ioannidou, Louiza Dimitrakopoulos, Ioannis Gourni, Maritsa Ntimeri, Georgia Vlachou, Chrisi Argyriadi, Agathi Healthcare (Basel) Article Mindfulness-based interventions have increasingly gained the interest of health professionals in the last decade, especially practices that are short, economical, easily accessible, and physically, cognitively, and psychologically compelling. Nurses of Emergency Departments are a special, dynamic, but at the same time vulnerable group of health professionals who work in shifts and face multiple challenges. Considering the recent literature and the fact that stress and a hostile work environment are the top ranked health professionals’ challenges, there is a need for a further study of the use of mindfulness. This study aimed to investigate the effect of the application of mindfulness on nurses in the Emergency Department on several factors related to daily nursing practice and that directly affect these specific health professionals. This experimental study was performed on 14 participating nurses in the Emergency Department of a Public General Hospital in Athens, randomized into two groups: a control and an intervention group. The data collection tools were two digital smart devices, participatory observation, and semi-structured interviews. By practicing mindfulness meditation, the participating nurses in the intervention group showed improvement in their cognitive functions (attention, thinking, memory, concentration), professional interpersonal relationships, personal satisfaction and communication with patients and caregivers, sleep rate, negative emotions, and behaviors. The findings suggest that the application of mindfulness practices should be considered an easy, affordable, economical, accessible, and effective method that nurses can use to strengthen and empower themselves, enjoying its multiple benefits. The effectiveness of the application of mindfulness remains an important issue for future research in other health professionals as well. MDPI 2023-03-17 /pmc/articles/PMC10048260/ /pubmed/36981535 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11060879 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Argyriadis, Alexandros Ioannidou, Louiza Dimitrakopoulos, Ioannis Gourni, Maritsa Ntimeri, Georgia Vlachou, Chrisi Argyriadi, Agathi Experimental Mindfulness Intervention in an Emergency Department for Stress Management and Development of Positive Working Environment |
title | Experimental Mindfulness Intervention in an Emergency Department for Stress Management and Development of Positive Working Environment |
title_full | Experimental Mindfulness Intervention in an Emergency Department for Stress Management and Development of Positive Working Environment |
title_fullStr | Experimental Mindfulness Intervention in an Emergency Department for Stress Management and Development of Positive Working Environment |
title_full_unstemmed | Experimental Mindfulness Intervention in an Emergency Department for Stress Management and Development of Positive Working Environment |
title_short | Experimental Mindfulness Intervention in an Emergency Department for Stress Management and Development of Positive Working Environment |
title_sort | experimental mindfulness intervention in an emergency department for stress management and development of positive working environment |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10048260/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36981535 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11060879 |
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