Enhancing the resilience of nurses and midwives: Pilot of a mindfulnessbased program for increased health, sense of coherence and decreased depression, anxiety and stress

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 114-125

  Foureur, Maralyn ^a   Besley, Karyn ^a   Burton, Geraldine ^a   Yu, Nickolas ^a,b   Crisp, Jackie ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Sydney Children's Hospitals Network   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Midwives; Mindfulness; Nurses; Resilience; Sense of coherence; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MINDFULNESS; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSING STAFF; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSE OF COHERENCE;

ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MINDFULNESS; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSING STAFF; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SENSE OF COHERENCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84891620270     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2013.45.1.114     Document Type: Article

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