"An On-the-Job Mindfulness-based Intervention For Pediatric ICU Nurses: A Pilot"- Tina Gauthier, et al.
I
wanted to find an article that provides solutions to the stress the pediatric
nurses face. Lots of people are aware pediatric nurses are faced with stress
but not a lot of people, including nurses, don't know how to cope with their stress.
While searching “pediatric nursing” and “stress” on Google Scholar, I continued
to find articles with the same results. With that being said, I decided to
switch it up and search, “pediatric nursing”, “stress”, and “management” with
hopes I could get some different results. This article is written by four authors
who have Ph.D.’s. This allows us to know that it is quite credible because they
have good ethos. Another thing is in the article, there are hyperlinks that you
are able to click on. On Google Scholar, there are 117 citations which also
makes this article credible.
The article, “An On-the-Job Mindfulness-based Intervention For Pediatric ICU Nurses: A Pilot” by Tina Gauthier, et al. related practicing mindfulness and the change in stress levels for PICU Nurses. They stated, “mindfulness and spiritually based interventions may be an effective method for nurses’ to manage stress” (qtd in Kemper et al, 402). These researchers conducted a study involving PICU nurses at an “urban academic pediatric hospital” (Gauthier, et al.) in hopes to measure the mindfulness levels of nurses. Gauthier and the other researchers bring up an excellent point in their article; “despite the fact that many studies identify high stress levels in nurses, and the need for health promoting behaviors and strategies, few studies translate this knowledge into the nursing practice in ways that develop health promoting strategies and behaviors” (qtd in McElligott, Capitulo, Morris & Click, 403). The researchers conducted a Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) study that had nurses meet for group sessions and participate in at-home practice. “These guided mindfulness meditation practices over the course of the 30-days had four primary foci: (1) breath, (2) sound(s), (3) body, and (4) mind” (Gauthier et al.,404). The results showed there was “negative correlations between stress and mindfulness” (405). The research measured baseline, post-intervention, and follow-up data.
Observing that there was a difference in nurses’ levels of stress from start to finish, we can conclude from this research that there was a benefit of practicing mindfulness to reduce stress levels of the nurses in the PICU.
This source does not fully answer my question because it does not include ways that pediatric nurses are stressed but more so what one solution is to help cope with the stress. This article had arguments that compare the information with my past articles because it focused on stress as a PICU nurse, which means that it is a significant problem these types of nurses are facing. What made this article different is that it provided a way to deal with the stress and showing that mindfulness helps reduce the stress levels in these nurses.
The article, “An On-the-Job Mindfulness-based Intervention For Pediatric ICU Nurses: A Pilot” by Tina Gauthier, et al. related practicing mindfulness and the change in stress levels for PICU Nurses. They stated, “mindfulness and spiritually based interventions may be an effective method for nurses’ to manage stress” (qtd in Kemper et al, 402). These researchers conducted a study involving PICU nurses at an “urban academic pediatric hospital” (Gauthier, et al.) in hopes to measure the mindfulness levels of nurses. Gauthier and the other researchers bring up an excellent point in their article; “despite the fact that many studies identify high stress levels in nurses, and the need for health promoting behaviors and strategies, few studies translate this knowledge into the nursing practice in ways that develop health promoting strategies and behaviors” (qtd in McElligott, Capitulo, Morris & Click, 403). The researchers conducted a Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) study that had nurses meet for group sessions and participate in at-home practice. “These guided mindfulness meditation practices over the course of the 30-days had four primary foci: (1) breath, (2) sound(s), (3) body, and (4) mind” (Gauthier et al.,404). The results showed there was “negative correlations between stress and mindfulness” (405). The research measured baseline, post-intervention, and follow-up data.
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| Figures two and three above show the relationship of nurse's stress and their mindfulness groups (407). |
Observing that there was a difference in nurses’ levels of stress from start to finish, we can conclude from this research that there was a benefit of practicing mindfulness to reduce stress levels of the nurses in the PICU.
This source does not fully answer my question because it does not include ways that pediatric nurses are stressed but more so what one solution is to help cope with the stress. This article had arguments that compare the information with my past articles because it focused on stress as a PICU nurse, which means that it is a significant problem these types of nurses are facing. What made this article different is that it provided a way to deal with the stress and showing that mindfulness helps reduce the stress levels in these nurses.
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