HealthLeaders Media May 13, 2022
A new study has found these room reduce stress, anxiety, and burnout among nurses.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– Nurses completed brief surveys before and after utilizing the space to see how their emotion levels changed.
– Cedar-Sinai leadership understood the importance of caring for their staff’s wellbeing, and ten units in the hospital now have Serenity Lounges.
For healthcare systems looking to improve the well-being of their nursing staff, a first step may be as simple as bringing in a massage chair. A recent study, co-authored by a group of Cedars-Sinai nurses, found that using a massage chair in quiet room for 10 minutes helped nurses’ mental and emotional health.
One of the authors, Florida Pagador, MSN, came up with the...