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Integrative Practicum Placement Analysis

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It was difficult to read Carmen’s post about how she became burnt out during her first Integrative Practicum placement. My interpretation of her story was that moral distress was a large contributor to her burn out (Carmen, you can correct me if I am wrong). Moral distress occurs when a person knows the right action to take but is not able to carry out this action as a result of one or more barriers (Wagner, 2015). When Carmen asked the Personal Support Worker (PSW) on her floor for assistance with feeding one of her three full feed patients, she likely did so to ensure that each of them would be able to eat their meal in a timely manner from when it arrived to the floor. Sadly, the PSW rejected her request. If I was in her position, I would have felt quite distressed because although it is the morally right to feed each of these three patients when their food arrives, it is apparent that there were barriers in doing so. In particular, the barriers that stuck out to …show more content…

Mindfulness involves being attentive and aware of what is going on in the present time (Heard, Hartman, & Bushardt, 2013). It includes various exercises, such as medication and guided breathing that can help to manage anxiety and depression, decrease levels of stress, and improve overall well-being (Heard, Hartman, & Bushardt, 2013). If a mindfulness-training program was integrated into hospital orientations, I believe that it would give nurses the necessary skills to help them become more resilient to the stressors they may face at work and consequently burnout as well. Additionally, although mindfulness will not completely solve the issue of nursing burnout, I trust that it could help to improve the well-being of nurses and thus their practice and even the health and well-being of those they are caring for. What are your opinions on mindfulness? Do you think it could be helpful in preventing

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