Members of the nursing profession are often challenged by attempts to engage in personal
health and well-being practices because of their dedication, commitment, and passion
for improving the lives of others through engagement in practice, research, service,
and education. Research reveals disproportionately high rates of emotional distress
and depression among nurses (
Letvak et al., 2012
), coupled with challenges relative to work environment and culture as well as with
prioritizing self-care. Distress and burnout among nurses are associated with compassion
fatigue, poor sleep, trouble concentrating, limited performance in mental or interpersonal
tasks, time management challenges, work-place bullying, lower productivity, chronic
absenteeism, increased turnover, and compromised quality of care provision (
Drury et al., 2014
;
Ekici and Beder, 2014
;
Kelly, 2020
;
Roelen et al., 2014
). Focusing on the well-being of nurses is a quality and safety imperative to improve
the lives of nurses and for the people they serve. Accordingly, the authors of the
Quadruple Aim posit that to promote optimal patient outcomes, cost-effective care,
and patient satisfaction, we must also prioritize the well-being of providers (
Bodenheimer and Sinsky, 2014
).To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Publication history
Published online: October 29, 2020
Accepted:
October 20,
2020
Received in revised form:
June 2,
2020
Received:
February 2,
2020
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