Self-care strategies for professional development: Transcendental Meditation reduces compassion fatigue and improves resilience for nurses
Bonamer, Jennifer (Rheingans); Aquino-Russell, Catherine (2019). Self-care strategies for professional development: Transcendental Meditation reduces compassion fatigue and improves resilience for nurses. Journal for Nurses in Professional Development, 35(2), 93–97.
Single-group four-month study enrolled 27 nurses, with 24 completing and smaller subsets providing complete paired measures. Improvements in resilience and compassion fatigue measures were reported; no control group was included.
- Year
- 2019
- Journal
- Journal for Nurses in Professional Development
- Publication type
- Journal
- Paper type
- Empirical
- Section
- Psychological Changes
Findings (2)
Organizational Performance and Well-Being
Compassion satisfaction and resilience improved in paired pre/post measures.
Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal within group
Psychological Health
Burnout and secondary traumatic stress decreased; resilience was inversely associated with burnout.
Transcendental Meditation · Longitudinal within group