Abstract
This issue of Workplace Health & Safety contains a Continuing Nursing Education Module on “Yoga for Self-Care and Burnout Prevention Among Nurses” 1.0 contact hour of continuing nursing education credit will be awarded by AAOHN upon successful completion of the posttest and evaluation.
A certificate will be awarded when the following requirements are met by the participant: (1) Participant logs on to the AAOHN LMS website at www.aaohn.org/education/online-learning-center and enrolls in the course ($10 members; $15 non-members); (2) The completed posttest and course evaluation are entered online at at http://www.aaohn.org by October 2017; (3) A score of 75% (6 correct answers) is achieved by the participant.
Upon completion of this lesson, the occupational health nurse will be able to:
Describe a pilot study about yoga to to help nurses build emotional resilience and manage stress.
The American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc. is an Approved Provider of continuing nursing education by the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc., an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
The American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc. is additionally approved as a CNE provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing (#CEP9283).
Contact hours received for successful completion of the posttest and evaluation may be used for relicensure, certification, and re-certification.
Are non-existent Are rare Are common Have been done since the early 1970s
Is mainly a problem for individual nurses Is correlated with health-care-associated infections and medication errors Is nearly impossible to prevent in today’s workplace Besides turnover, poses no problems for institutions
Experiments conducted by Smith et al A cross-sectional study by Smith A critical review of the literature by Smith The World Health Organization
Responsibility for recruiting participants belonged to the nurse representative of the hospital. Facilitating the IRB approval was the responsibility of the researchers. Environmental Services was responsible for allocating space for the yoga classes. HR staff expressed interest in applying findings of the study to the organization’s wellness program.
They insisted on being in the intervention group They had previous yoga experience They were willing to complete eight weekly sessions and homework exercises Worked in any capacity at the hospital
A power analysis The amount of time they had for recruiting A specified percentage of the hospital employee population Expert opinion of the researchers and nurse representative
No change for the control group and reduction in scores for the treatment group Increases in scores for both groups Decreases in scores for both groups No change for the control group and increase in scores for the treatment group
This study proves yoga is effective to minimize burnout in nurses This study proves that yoga is effective to minimize emotional exhaustion for all workers More research is needed to confirm the findings of this study All occupational health nurses should pursue development of yoga instruction at their workplaces