OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of the MINDBODYSTRONG for Healthcare Professionals Program on stress, anxiety, depressive symptoms, healthy lifestyle behaviors, and job satisfaction on newly licensed RNs (NLRNs) participating in a nurse residency program. BACKGROUND The constellation of burnout, depression, and suicide in clinicians is a public health epidemic that affects the quality and safety of healthcare. The National Academy of Medicine's Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-being and Resilience has called for an increase in evidence-based interventions to combat this alarming problem. The MINDBODYSTRONG Program is a novel adaptation of an evidence-based cognitive behavioral skills–building intervention that provides a theory-based approach to improve the mental health, healthy lifestyle beliefs and behaviors, and job satisfaction of NLRNs. METHODS A 2-group, cluster randomized controlled trial was used with 89 new nurses participating in a new-graduate nurse residency program. The experimental intervention, MINDBODYSTRONG, consisted of 8 manualized weekly 45-minute sessions. Data were collected at baseline, immediately following, and 3 months after intervention that measured stress, depressive symptoms, anxiety, healthy lifestyle beliefs and behaviors, and job satisfaction. Repeated-measures analysis of variance was used for data analysis. RESULTS The intervention group scored significantly better with moderate to large positive effects on the mental health variables as well as healthy lifestyle beliefs and healthy lifestyle behaviors at both follow-up time points compared with the attention control group. Moderate to large positive effects also were found for job satisfaction. CONCLUSIONS The MINDBODYSTRONG Program has excellent potential as an evidence-based intervention for improving the mental health, healthy lifestyle beliefs and behaviors, and job satisfaction, in NLRNs.
Background In 2017, the National Academy of Medicine convened its Action Collaborative for Clinician Well‐being and Resilience in an effort to stem the epidemic levels of burnout, depression, and suicide among healthcare clinicians. Nurses report higher rates of substance abuse, depression, and suicide than the national average. Newly licensed registered nurses (NLRNs) report high levels of burnout and stress. Suboptimal health in nurses is linked to medical errors. Few studies address the mental health and lifestyle behaviors of NLRNs or provide evidence‐based solutions to improve these outcomes. Aims This study evaluated the 6‐month effects of the MINDBODYSTRONG for Healthcare Professionals program on the mental health, healthy lifestyle behaviors, and job satisfaction of NLRNs participating in a nurse residency program. Methods A two‐group randomized controlled trial was conducted with 89 NLRNs at a large, Midwestern academic medical center. The intervention group received eight 30– to 35‐min weekly sessions as part of the MINDBODYSTRONG program, a cognitive behavioral skill‐building program incorporating strategies to improve mental and physical health. The control group acted as the attention control group receiving eight weekly 30– to 35‐min debriefing sessions as part of the normal nurse residency program. Results Data were collected at baseline, immediately postintervention, 3 months postintervention, and 6 months postintervention. The intervention group scored better on mental health outcomes, healthy lifestyle behaviors, and job satisfaction at 6 months postintervention than the control group. Significant improvements were found for depressive symptoms and job satisfaction; there were moderate to large positive effects for the MINDBODYSTRONG program on all variables. Linking Evidence to Action The MINDBODYSTRONG program sustained its positive effects across time and has excellent potential as an evidence‐based intervention for improving the mental health, healthy lifestyle behaviors, and job satisfaction in NLRNs.
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This article will describe the creation and implementation of a remote learning failure to rescue (FTR) class with remote experiential simulation technology into a nurse residency program. The COVID-19 pandemic impacted traditional delivery methods for education within nurse residency programs. Following is the background of this hospital’s nurse residency program and FTR curriculum and a description of the creation and implementation of a remote FTR class using internally developed remote experiential simulation technology.
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