Mindfulness-Based Programs

This source provides counter point to mindfulness and discusses how it could possibly be fad that our world is facing right now. However, it provides two reasons for why mindfulness is important to increase the good well being between co workers and to facilitate the healing process with patients. I plan to use this source for these two reasons.

Based on the evidence, mindfulness could be expanded to be included in teaching individuals not only intrapersonal skills but also the

Controlling my emotions is vital to my success in building a working therapeutic relationship with a patient. A patient who feels that I may be judging them will become defensive, argumentative and will not want to communicate. Relationship management also helps me to handle situations with family members of patients. Actions of others and events which may have occurred prior to the patient arriving in my care may have upset the patient and family members, which requires me to manage conflicts, improve communications and build a new positive relationship. Additionally, being able to control my reactions to a situation can provide coworkers, patients and family members with a sense of direction and help them to remain calm in tense

In the area of health care professionals and college level students, there is evidence supporting increased stress in these populations. While these are very busy lifestyles, it is important for these individuals to engage in self-care techniques to reduce stress, which in turn could increase emotional health, physical health and life satisfaction. Research supports mindfulness practices used with students and healthcare professionals decreases perceived stress, anxiety and increases life satisfaction (Hedberg et al., 2006; Astin et al., 2005; Goodman et al., 2014; Chowdhury et al., 2016; Biegel et al., 2007). In these very stressful roles, it is important for the individual to be mindful of self-care practices and how this impact their mental health. Mindfulness techniques can be an option for individuals looking to improve mental health and physical well being at a low cost and little time needed. In these roles, self-care can be close to impossible due to time constraints. This literature review will aim to discuss positives effects of mindfulness interventions with students and healthcare professionals and importance in the field.

The purpose of this study was to replicate and extend initial research demonstrating the benefits of MBSR for medical students (Shapiro, et.al, 1998). It was the first time anyone had examined the effects of MBSR on actively practicing health care providers. The primary hypotheses of the study were that MBSR would decrease overall psychological and physiological stress, and decrease job burnout. A second hypothesis was that MBSR would increase overall life satisfaction and self-compassion (Shapiro, et al, 2005).

Emotional facilitation of thought involves taking advantage of emotions to help an individual think and using them in reasoning and problem solving according to Reilly An individual with this ability can appreciate multiple points of view and encourages problem solving by the use of feelings to guide them through decisions which are healthy. In McQueen’s study, it is stated that this can be used in a health care setting as a health care worker needs to ensure that they make the correct decisions for their clients and use their emotions to guide them. The patients can use their emotions to help them make decisions in regards to their health and a health care worker can aid them with this.

According to Puchalski (2009), “the principles of spiritual care can be applicable across all phases and settings for the seriously ill, without regard to culture, religious tradition, or spiritual frames of reference.” With this in mind, it is fully possible to communicate using the biopsychosocial-spiritual model with the patient, regardless of their present emotional stage. The continuity and intimacy of care the RN provides to the patient is a privilege. The RN’s care provides a spiritual responsibility in the wellbeing of the patient and to help relieve their suffering. It is a good idea for the nurse, who might be stressed to take a deep breath before entering an emotional patient’s room, to help center him or herself. In 1983 Proudfoot coined the term “contaigeous calmness” as a term to describe the importance of calmness in nurses (Meehan, 2012). It is important for a nurse to be calm, as it has been observed by Proudfoot that this spreads to the patients. The lack of spiritual stress from the nurse can more easily aid the patient in speaking about

Due to the composition of the sample, there are some limitations related to the generalizability of the study. Most of the participants were first-year undergraduate students (66%), women (80%), and whites (73%). Therefore, the results may not fully apply to men, nonwhites or non-traditional students. At the same time, the results may not be representative in individuals from non-Catholic religious beliefs. Despite the limitations, this study demonstrates the long-term positive effects of mindfulness

Many studies have found that Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) meditations enhance well-being by building a mindful awareness. Shaprio et al. (2007), found that MBSR programs taught over the course of a semester help decrease rumination, perceived stress, negative affect, and state and trait anxiety. It was also found to help increase positive affect and self-compassion. These findings are based off the concept that self-awareness (achieved through MBSR) is the basis of self-care, as it is an unbiased observation of inner behaviors and

Study 7. Galentino, Baime, Maguire, Szapary, & Farrar (2005) assessed the correlation of health care professional report of stress symptoms and salivary cortisol in an 8 week mindfulness program (MM, a cognitive behavioral stress management program based on mindfulness). Additionally, they examined the impact that a mindfulness program has on mood, empathy, and burnout. They gathered data, prospectively, at baseline and after 8 weeks of the program’s completion. 84 employees from within a university hospital participated in this study. Salivary cortisol was collected at a curtain time during sessions (Galentino, et al., 2005). Participants were given three psychological measures: Profile of Moods States-Short Form (POMS-SF), Maslach Burnout Inventory, and Interpersonal Reactivity (IRI) at baseline and after the program

Rosenstreich and Margalit’s (2015) study demonstrated the educational/mental improvements in students because of utilizing mindfulness practices. They found that mindfulness program may alleviate the influences of solitude on students’ educational accomplishments. In the same vein, Harnett, Reid, Loxton, and Lee (2016) found that higher levels of mindfulness resulted in lower levels of anxiety. Beshai, McAlpine, Weare and Kuyken’ s (2016) results indicate that a ‘mindfulness-based program’ made for teachers is an encouraging way to reduce stress and enhance welfare and self-kindness among secondary school instructors.

In mindfulness, you’re purposely focusing on happening, but emotionally non-reactive. Which means that when experiencing something either magnificent or terrible happening, you don’t actually feel emotion, you just

Given the important link between empathy and caring, a number of studies and research have been carried out with physicians and nursing personnel to explore with both care-givers, and patients alike, how training for empathy can have a positive impact on the feeling of wellbeing for all concerned.

Using various skills mental health workers can cultivate mindfulness and develop a few skills that can be transdiagnostic. Research has found that by achieving mindfulness has improved in increased tolerance with distress, improved emotional regulation skills, psychological plasticity (Harker, Pidgeon, Klaassen, King, 2016). According to Shapiro (2012), mindfulness is a protective factor against burnout and secondary post-traumatic stress. Mindfulness allows for mental health workers to tolerate and manage negative emotions. Mental health workers reported a decrease of symptoms associated with burnout and increased in life-satisfaction, after a four-week workshop teaching mental health workers about (Shapiro,

In order to better understand the concept of emotional Intelligence (EQ), I completed a web bases assessment tool that tested EQ in four categories: Self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management. According to the assessment tool(), I am most competent in the category of social awareness and least competent in the category of relationship management. According to Bradberry and Greaves (2009) social awareness relates to a person’s ability to perceive and understand the emotions of others. In the role of an APNP, I will be responsible for communicating with patients during times of emotional distress. Through the use of social awareness, I will be able to accurately assess when patients and their families are ready to discuss issues such as withdrawing care. In my opinion, the application of social awareness during times of stress is supported by the strategies of active