Date

12-19-2023

Department

School of Nursing

Degree

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

Chair

Folashade Odedina

Keywords

Nurs, burnout, mindfulness, stress, compassion fatigue burnout, vicarious trauma

Disciplines

Nursing

Abstract

The purpose of this integrative review is to evaluate if mindfulness is effective in decreasing nursing burnout. Nursing burnout has negatively affected the nursing profession for many years, and since the COVID-19 pandemic, it appears to be worse. Mindfulness is a practice that has been used for decades, however, it is gaining more attention in the nursing realm. Mindfulness consists of being present in a moment without judgment. It can consist of individual exercises that are completed using an instructor in person, in an application on a smartphone or computer, or yoga-based mindful activities. A preliminary literature review was completed using 10 articles on mindfulness in nursing burnout and a comprehensive literature review was completed using 15 articles on mindfulness and nursing burnout. The PRISMA model was used to aid in reporting and reviewing articles along with using inclusion and exclusion criteria. Major findings included understanding that multiple types of mindfulness interventions can be used, burnout promotes poor patient outcomes and disengagement, lack of leadership promotes burnout, and ICU and oncology nurses are more prone to burnout. Initial findings and comprehensive review findings include that mindfulness is an effective tool in relieving nursing burnout and mindfulness can increase job satisfaction. Some limitations are that larger studies are needed for a longer period and more evaluation is needed on which mindfulness intervention tool is more effective than others. Implications for practice include understanding that mindfulness practice is necessary to mitigate nursing burnout.

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