Abstract

COVID impacted nurses on many levels, but most significantly accelerating the nursing shortage, increasing acuity, burnout, and stress (Khammissa et al., 2022). These interrelated factors created high turnover rates. Therefore, the aim of this project was to improve the burnout and stress scores of medical surgical nurses by 10% by the end of six weeks after assigning restorative breaks to be taken at specified times during the day.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 30813097; ProQuest document ID: 2901736225. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Heike Miriam Doody, DNP, RN, CEN, NPD-BC, SANE-A

Sigma Membership

Omicron Gamma

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Other

Research Approach

Other

Keywords:

Restorative Breaks, Micro-Breaks, Workday Breaks, Burnout, Stress

Advisor

Stacey Malinoski

Second Advisor

Shannon Rutberg

Degree

DNP

Degree Grantor

Wilmington University

Degree Year

2023

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2024-04-10

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