Unintended consequences of the electronic health record and cognitive load in emergency department nurses.

Aim: The study aimed to explore the relationship between the unintended consequences of the electronic health record and cognitive load in emergency department nurses.

Methods: The study utilized a correlational quantitative design with a survey method approach. This study had a 30.

The Impact of an Innovative Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program on the Health and Well-Being of Nurses Employed in a Corporate Setting.

This study implemented an innovative new model of delivering a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program that replaces six of the eight traditional in-person sessions with group telephonic sessions (tMBSR) and measured the program's impact on the health and well-being of nurses employed within a large health care organization. As part of a nonrandomized pre-post intervention study, 36 nurses completed measures of health, stress, burnout, self-compassion, serenity, and empathy at three points in time. Between baseline (Time 1) and the end of the 8-week tMBSR intervention (Time 2), participants showed improvement in general health, t(37) = 2.

A creative writing program to enhance self-esteem and self-efficacy in adolescents.

Purpose: To describe the rationale, content, and results of a group creative writing program to increase adolescent self-esteem and self-efficacy.

Methods: Subjects were low-income, at-risk minority youth (N = 11). Free writing in response to specific exercises, sharing their own stories in their own language, and responding to their peers were used daily for 2 weeks as part of the high school English class.