Workplace stress for healthcare workers is at an all-time high and the COVID-19 Pandemic magnified and amplified the impact of stress and burnout on health care workers, especially for frontline staff such as nurses. There are multiple external and individual factors that affect clinician well-being, and organizational factors are an important aspect to address when attempting to mitigate nurse burnout and improve well-being. This project seeks to expand two interventions that were piloted in the last few years since the Covid-19 Pandemic, validated to show improvement in staff well-being and decreased feelings of burnout following the interventions, and are easily implemented to benefit nurses and other multidisciplinary health care workers and students in both the inpatient and outpatient settings.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
300
The Zen Den is a dedicated safe space for healthcare staff to decompress and recharge during shifts, addressing the growing issue of workplace stress. It has soft warm lighting, sound machines and aroma therapy, relaxing furnishings centered around a faux fireplace to create a stress-free environment.
The music therapy experience will consist of either Music Minutes which have music therapists available on specific units and circulating amongst staff across flexible shift times. Intervention choices will include relaxation songs, motivation songs, music, mindfulness, breathing to music, dance-a-minute, and brief song rewrites. Notes for Resilience will be scheduled group sessions that follow a more structured format and are 30 to 60 minutes in length. Involvement and coping will be emphasized through active forms of music participation, including drum circles, unit playlist creation, song writing, jam sessions, and song discussion.
The number of subjects who state preference for having long-term access to the intervention.
This will be measured on a Likert scale where 0 is strongly disagree and 5 is strongly agree
Time frame: Survey data will be collected at the end of the intervention up to 30 minutes post intervention.
The number of subjects who report improvement of subject's energy level needed to complete immediate job responsibilities.
This will be measured on a Likert scale where 0 is strongly disagree and 5 is strongly agree
Time frame: Survey data will be collected at the end of the intervention up to 30 minutes post intervention.
The number of subjects who report improvement of subject's understanding of what is needed in the moment to overcome challenges.
This will be measured on a Likert scale where 0 is strongly disagree and 5 is strongly agree
Time frame: Survey data will be collected at the end of the intervention up to 30 minutes post intervention.
The number of subjects who report improvement navigating challenging or difficult situations in the workplace
This will be measured on a Likert scale where 0 is strongly disagree and 5 is strongly agree
Time frame: Survey data will be collected at the end of the intervention up to 30 minutes post intervention.
The number of subjects who report improvement in expressing thoughts, questions and feelings with colleagues situations in the workplace.
This will be measured on a Likert scale where 0 is strongly disagree and 5 is strongly agree
Time frame: Survey data will be collected at the end of the intervention up to 30 minutes post intervention.
The number of subjects who report improvement in feeling less isolated at work.
This will be measured on a Likert scale where 0 is strongly disagree and 5 is strongly agree
Time frame: Survey data will be collected at the end of the intervention up to 30 minutes post intervention.
The number of subjects reporting the intervention was well facilitated.
This will be measured on a Likert scale where 0 is strongly disagree and 5 is strongly agree
Time frame: Survey data will be collected at the end of the intervention up to 30 minutes post intervention.
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