Development and Implementation of a Brief Healthcare Professional Support Program Based in Gratitude, Mindfulness,
David Victorson1, Christina Sauer, Bruriah Horowitz
1Author Affiliations: Professor (Dr Victorson) and Research Associate (Ms Sauer), Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; and Research Associate (Ms Horowitz) and Director, Major Gifts (Ms Wolf-Beadle), Tucson Medical Center, Arizona.
Objective:
To highlight the development, implementation, and initial findings of a brief healthcare professional support program called "GRACE."
Background:
Healthcare professionals face significant work-related stressors that when left unmanaged can negatively affect their overall well-being and contribute to burnout.
Methods:
Over a 2-year period, the GRACE program was delivered to 8 clinical units at a midsized southwestern hospital. Questionnaires were administered at baseline and 1 month.
Results:
Program participants were 36 years old on average, female (81%), and White (68%) and mostly employed as nurses (66%). Attendees reported increased knowledge, understanding, and confidence and found the program to be acceptable. One month after training, participants demonstrated significant improvements in self-compassion. Medical units that received GRACE training saw significantly greater increases in patient satisfaction scores compared with units that did not receive training.
Conclusions:
The GRACE program was feasible and acceptable to deliver, and initial proof-of-concept evidence was supported.
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