C464 Task 1 Presentation Plan Outline
Audience: My ideal intended audience is registered nurses who are employed in positions such as floor nurses or clinic nurses who provide direct patient care. Additionally, any employee who provides patient care, such as Certified Nursing Assistants, can benefit. The topic may also benefit nurse managers and trainers when communicating with staff and training new employees. This topic is significant to this audience because the primary concern for nurses and other healthcare providers is providing quality patient care, and one issue that many healthcare workers struggle with is stress-reduction.
Presentation Plan
I. Introduction
A. Audience hook: Take a deep, slow breath with me. Notice your exhalation …show more content…
Main Point 1: Practicing Mindfulness leads to higher-quality patient care
a. With greater awareness of the present moment, assessment skills improve. This allows nurses and providers to identify changes in patient condition quickly (Howland & Bauer-Wu, 2015).
b. Mindfulness can improve memory, focus, cognitive flexibility, and creativity, all of which can contribute to fewer medication and procedural errors in patient care (Leebov)
III. Main Point 2: Mindfulness can reduce burnout symptoms for healthcare workers
a. Burnout can lead to physical and psychological problems for nurses, as well as time lost to sick calls, reduced productivity, and loss of staff through staff quitting (Cohen-Katz, Wiley, Capuano, Baker & Shapiro, 2005)
b. An 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program was shown to reduce self-reported symptoms of burnout significantly (Cohen-Katz, Wiley, Capuano, Baker & Shapiro, 2005).
c. When nurses are able to reduce stress and improve resilience through mindfulness-based exercises, they are able to provide more compassionate, patient-centered care …show more content…
IV. Conclusion
A. Restatement of thesis: Healthcare workers can improve the quality of patient care and reduce the chances of experiencing burnout by practicing simple mindfulness exercises.
B. Summary of main points:
1. Practicing mindfulness can help workers to improve assessment skills, allowing them greater ability to notice a change in patient condition.
2. When using mindfulness as a self-care tool, nurses have reported experiencing reduced stress and fewer symptoms of burnout.
References
Cohen-Katz, J., Wiley, S., Capuano, T., Baker, D., & Shapiro, S. (2005). The effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction on nurse stress and burnout, part II: a quantitative and qualitative study. Holistic Nursing Practice, 19(1), 26-35.
Howland, L. C., DrPH MSN, RN, & Bauer-Wu, S., FAAN. (2015). The mindful nurse. American Nurse Today, 10(9). Retrieved from https://www.americannursetoday.com/mindful-nurse/.
Leebov, W. (n.d.). The One Skill That Can Transform Health Care. Retrieved October 11, 2017, from
Audience: My ideal intended audience is registered nurses who are employed in positions such as floor nurses or clinic nurses who provide direct patient care. Additionally, any employee who provides patient care, such as Certified Nursing Assistants, can benefit. The topic may also benefit nurse managers and trainers when communicating with staff and training new employees. This topic is significant to this audience because the primary concern for nurses and other healthcare providers is providing quality patient care, and one issue that many healthcare workers struggle with is stress-reduction.
Presentation Plan
I. Introduction
A. Audience hook: Take a deep, slow breath with me. Notice your exhalation …show more content…
Main Point 1: Practicing Mindfulness leads to higher-quality patient care
a. With greater awareness of the present moment, assessment skills improve. This allows nurses and providers to identify changes in patient condition quickly (Howland & Bauer-Wu, 2015).
b. Mindfulness can improve memory, focus, cognitive flexibility, and creativity, all of which can contribute to fewer medication and procedural errors in patient care (Leebov)
III. Main Point 2: Mindfulness can reduce burnout symptoms for healthcare workers
a. Burnout can lead to physical and psychological problems for nurses, as well as time lost to sick calls, reduced productivity, and loss of staff through staff quitting (Cohen-Katz, Wiley, Capuano, Baker & Shapiro, 2005)
b. An 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program was shown to reduce self-reported symptoms of burnout significantly (Cohen-Katz, Wiley, Capuano, Baker & Shapiro, 2005).
c. When nurses are able to reduce stress and improve resilience through mindfulness-based exercises, they are able to provide more compassionate, patient-centered care …show more content…
IV. Conclusion
A. Restatement of thesis: Healthcare workers can improve the quality of patient care and reduce the chances of experiencing burnout by practicing simple mindfulness exercises.
B. Summary of main points:
1. Practicing mindfulness can help workers to improve assessment skills, allowing them greater ability to notice a change in patient condition.
2. When using mindfulness as a self-care tool, nurses have reported experiencing reduced stress and fewer symptoms of burnout.
References
Cohen-Katz, J., Wiley, S., Capuano, T., Baker, D., & Shapiro, S. (2005). The effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction on nurse stress and burnout, part II: a quantitative and qualitative study. Holistic Nursing Practice, 19(1), 26-35.
Howland, L. C., DrPH MSN, RN, & Bauer-Wu, S., FAAN. (2015). The mindful nurse. American Nurse Today, 10(9). Retrieved from https://www.americannursetoday.com/mindful-nurse/.
Leebov, W. (n.d.). The One Skill That Can Transform Health Care. Retrieved October 11, 2017, from