Self-Care Strategies for Professional Development: Transcendental Meditation Reduces Compassion Fatigue and Improves
Jennifer Rheingans Bonamer1, Catherine Aquino-Russell
1Jennifer (Rheingans) Bonamer, PhD, RN-BC, AHN-BC, is Nursing Professional Development-Research Specialist, Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, Florida. Catherine Aquino-Russell, PhD, MN, BScN, RN, is Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of New Brunswick, Moncton, Canada.
Abstract:
The Transcendental Meditation technique was provided to 27 nurses across levels and areas of the organization. Quantitative tools measured the effect on nurses' compassion fatigue and resilience. Paired-sample t test analyses revealed significant improvements in the phenomena studied. Further, resilience showed a large significant, inverse relationship with burnout. This study contributes new knowledge for an innovative self-care strategy to improve resilience and reduce compassion fatigue and burnout among nurses.
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