Brief Mindfulness Practice Course for Healthcare Providers
Laurie Walker Seidel1, Francis C Dane, Kimberly Ferren Carter
1Author Affiliations: Coordinator of Mindfulness Education (Ms Seidel), Roanoke City Public Schools; Nurse Educator (Ms Seidel) and Senior Director of Nursing Research, EBP, & Excellence (Dr Carter), Carilion Clinic; Professor (Dr Dane), Radford University; and Instructor (Ms Seidel) and Professor (Dr Dane), Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke; and Adjunct Professor (Dr Carter), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg.
Objective:
The aim of this study was to examine the short-term and sustained effect on well-being, burnout, and mindful awareness of an abbreviated mindfulness practice course designed for nurses and other healthcare professionals.
Background:
Most mindfulness programs are impractical for frontline healthcare providers because of the intensive, off-site initial training and prolonged practice commitment. A psychiatric nurse educator developed a brief training program tailored for healthcare providers.
Methods:
Two institutional review board-approved studies examined the abbreviated mindfulness practice course for healthcare providers: the first, a single-group pretest-posttest design with 25 nursing employees in an academic medical center, and the second, a randomized controlled trial with 83 healthcare professionals.
Results:
Significant improvement in mindful awareness and at least 1 indicator of burnout were demonstrated. Improvements in quality of life were noted with nurses.
Conclusions:
Findings support the short-term and sustained impact of this brief mindfulness curriculum on mindful awareness, quality of life, and aspects of burnout for healthcare professionals.
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