Abstract

This project examined the usability and effectiveness of the free Ten Percent Happier mobile application designed to mitigate components of compassion fatigue through meditative, resilience-based interventions. Compassion fatigue is considered a combination of burnout and secondary traumatic stress, and can have a detrimental effect on healthcare workers. Acute care nurses were voluntarily recruited to use the app for 20 days and participate in a pre- and post-intervention survey. Results of independent sample t-tests on the Professional Quality of Life Version 5 (ProQOL-5) scale indicated no significant decrease of burnout (t (13) = -0.11, p = .65, and no significant decrease in secondary traumatic stress (t (12) = -4.34, p = .84) after using the mobile app.

Author Details

Seth Williams, BSN-RN, DNP-FNP and Whitney Robertson, PhD, MBA

Sigma Membership

Unknown

Lead Author Affiliation

Nebraska Methodist College, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Type

DNP Capstone Project

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Quality Improvement

Research Approach

Pilot/Exploratory Study

Keywords:

Compassion Fatigue, Acute-Care, Mobile-Applications, Resilience-Based Interventions

Advisor

Robertson, Whitney

Degree

DNP

Degree Grantor

Nebraska Methodist College

Degree Year

2022

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Review Type

Faculty Approved: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Self-submission

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