Delivering best care and maintaining emotional wellbeing in the intensive care unit: the perspective of experienced nurses

Siffleet, Joanne; Williams, Anne M.; Rapley, Pat; Slatyer, Susan

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“…The research base is strongly skewed towards nurses' experiences of burnout (Pereira et al, ; Vévoda et al, ; Weigl et al, ; Zarei et al, ), compassion fatigue (Sacco et al, ), moral distress (De Villers and DeVon, ; O'Connell, ; Choe et al, ) and stress (Dewe, ; Burgess et al, ; Borteyrou et al, ). Until 2018, primary research of ICU nurse well‐being was limited to four studies on spiritual well‐being (Azarsa et al, ), team commitment (Galletta et al, ), effects of a mindfulness programme (Hee Kim et al, ) and emotional well‐being (Siffleet et al, ). These four studies lacked a common definition of well‐being and had limited generalizability.…”

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Strengthening workplace well‐being: perceptions of intensive care nurses

Jarden

Sandham

Siegert

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Nursing in Critical Care

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Background: Intensive care nursing is a professionally challenging role, elucidated in the body of research focusing on nurses' ill-being, including burnout, stress, moral distress and compassion fatigue. Although scant, research is growing in relation to the elements contributing to critical care nurses' workplace well-being. Little is currently known about how intensive care nurse well-being is strengthened in the workplace, particularly from the intensive care nurse perspective. Aims and objectives: Identify intensive care nurses' perspectives of strategies that strengthen their workplace well-being. Design: An inductive descriptive qualitative approach was used to explore intensive care nurses' perspectives of strengthening work well-being. Method: New Zealand intensive care nurses were asked to report strategies strengthening their workplace well-being in two free-text response items within a larger online survey of well-being. Findings: Sixty-five intensive care nurses identified 69 unique strengtheners of workplace well-being. Strengtheners included nurses drawing from personal resources, such as mindfulness and yoga. Both relational and organizational systems' strengtheners were also evident, including peer supervision, formal debriefing and working as a team to support each other. Conclusions: Strengtheners of intensive care nurses' workplace well-being extended across individual, relational and organizational resources. Actions such as simplifying their lives, giving and receiving team support and accessing employee assistance programmes were just a few of the intensive care nurses' identified strengtheners. These findings inform future strategic workplace well-being programmes, creating opportunities for positive change. Relevance to clinical practice: Intensive care nurses have a highly developed understanding of workplace well-being strengtheners. These strengtheners extend from the personal to inter-professional to organizational. The extensive range of strengtheners the nurses have identified provides a rich source for the development of future workplace well-being programmes for critical care.

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Strengthening workplace well‐being: perceptions of intensive care nurses

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Sandham

Siegert

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Nursing in Critical Care

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“…In addition, a third of the nurse participants’ psychological contracts were met by the patients themselves through improved patient health and receipt of positive feedback and recognition. The focus on meaningful relationships with patients is a core component of relational psychological contracts (Jones & Sambrook, ) and contributes to the well‐being, general satisfaction and overall motivation of ICU nurses (Siffleet, Williams, Rapley, & Slatyer, ).…”

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“…Laschinger () argued that teamwork is essential amongst nurses because delivery of care may be compromised where there are non‐supportive collegial working environments. This collaboration is even more critical in an intensive care context where mutual respect can be a buffer against the daily stressors (Siffleet et al, ). Nursing management therefore has a role to play in ensuring harmonious team relationships.…”

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Intensive care nurses in South Africa: Expectations and experiences in a public sector hospital

Ronnie

2019

J Nurs Manag

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Aim:To explore the content, fulfilment and potential breach of nurses' psychological contracts and provide a nuanced understanding of the expectations and lived experiences of intensive care unit (ICU) nurses. Background:The challenges presented by the South African healthcare system have implications for the motivation and retention levels of ICU nurses. In an environment such as the ICU, personnel dynamics and nursing management's role are crucial to success.Method: A qualitative study of 44 ICU nurses from a South African tertiary hospital.Template analysis was used to identify themes. Manifest content analysis established the frequency of those themes.Results: Psychological content elements were predominantly relational in nature.Nurses' contracts were fulfilled by nursing managers, peers and patients. Examples of breach included unfairness, abuse of trust and public reprimands. Conclusions:The nature of the work, the emphasis on professional and caring values, as well as the relational and intrinsic aspects associated with these, provide important indicators for the composition of nurses' psychological contracts. Implications for Nursing Management:Understanding ICU nurses' expectations can ensure that their psychological contracts remain positive and fulfilled. Practical suggestions include public and private appreciation, autonomy, and management visibility and discretion.

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“…Training, especially at the level of emotional intelligence, translates into benefits for nurses, even on an individual basis, as their own health status (study E). The literature establishes benefits of post-graduate training (7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)21) and educational interventions (23) to the level of emotional intelligence of nurses.…”

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Emotional intelligence: influencing factors and impact on nurses in intensive care

2018

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Objective: to analyze the evidence on the factors that influence the emotional intelligence of intensive care nurses. Methods: systematic review of the literature. We used the databases CINAHL Complete, Academic Search Complete, MedicLatina, Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection, MedLine with Full Text (via EBSCO HOST), MedLine Complete (via PubMed), SCOPUS and other sources, such as Google Scholar, clinical trial registration sites and manual/cross-references search. A total of 1,307 articles were published until April 2018, and nine were included in the study. Results: the factors that influenced nurses' emotional intelligence were age, sex, emotional experience, training and personality; and the impact of emotional intelligence was translated on a personal, professional and caring level. Conclusion: the practice of nursing in intensive care units is influenced by the nurse's emotional intelligence. This intelligence is affected by several factors and, because it is learned, must be stimulated in formative contexts. Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence; Critical Care; Nursing. Objetivo: analisar as evidências sobre os fatores que influenciam a inteligência emocional dos enfermeiros de cuidados intensivos. Métodos: revisão sistemática da literatura. Recorreu-se às bases de dados CINAHL Complete, Academic Search Complete, MedicLatina, Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection, MedLine with Full Text (via EBSCO HOST), MedLine Complete (via PubMed), SCOPUS e outras fontes como Google Scholar, sites de registro de ensaios clínicos e busca manual-referências cruzadas. Foram encontrados 1.307 artigos publicados até abril de 2018, sendo incluídos nove. Resultados: os fatores que influenciaram a inteligência emocional dos enfermeiros foram a idade, sexo, experiência emocional, formação e personalidade; e o impacto da inteligência emocional traduziu-se a nível pessoal, profissional e no cuidar. Conclusão: a prática de enfermagem em unidades de cuidados intensivos é influenciada pela inteligência emocional do enfermeiro. Esta inteligência é afetada por diversos fatores e, por ser apreendida, deve ser estimulada em contextos formativos.

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Delivering best care and maintaining emotional wellbeing in the intensive care unit: the perspective of experienced nurses

Abstract: The findings from this study increase our understanding of the environmental elements that can optimize the emotional wellbeing of intensive care nurses. These findings will assist in the development of strategies to retain nurses in the ICU area.

Cited by 25 publications

References 38 publications

Strengthening workplace well‐being: perceptions of intensive care nurses

Strengthening workplace well‐being: perceptions of intensive care nurses

Intensive care nurses in South Africa: Expectations and experiences in a public sector hospital

Emotional intelligence: influencing factors and impact on nurses in intensive care

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