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Show Shift Breaks Effect on Job Satisfaction BACKGROUND Nursing tasks can be demanding and stressful for many nurses, affecting job satisfaction and burnout. This project aims to educate stakeholders and implement a shift break process in an ambulatory surgical center to increase job satisfaction and potentially decrease nurse burnout. • Skipped or interrupted breaks and the duration of meal breaks are linked to emotional and physical exhaustion, fatigue, and back pain.5 • Rest breaks can significantly lower fatigue in nurses during their shifts.2 • Structured shift breaks can decrease nurse burnout, improve patient care, and decrease potential errors.4 Sayley Timothy, BSN, RN, MSN Student Jamie Wankier Randles, EdD, MSN, RN, Associate Professor Cobi Arnett, MSN, RN INTERVENTIONS This shift break process will ensure that stakeholders are adequately educated and that job satisfaction is measured among the nursing staff. • Step 1: Educate stakeholders on the importance of shift breaks throughout the presentation. • Step 2: Nurses are provided with a pre-survey and education to measure job satisfaction and educate them on the importance of participation. • Step 3: Nurses covering nurses will implement the shift break process. • Step 4: Post-survey provided to measure job satisfaction among nurses. IMPACTS This project benefits staff nurses in the ambulatory surgical center by providing a shift break process that allows nurses to take breaks during their shifts. This shift break system can result in an improvement in job satisfaction. METHODS The framework model used for this project was the Stevens Star Model of Knowledge Transformation. This framework was used because it uses evidence to make a change and includes evaluating the outcome. The outcome of this project will be assessed for effectiveness and changed as needed. The deliverables were created to educate stakeholders and measure the project's effectiveness. • A PowerPoint presentation was created to educate stakeholders. • Pre- and post-surveys are given to nurses to measure job satisfaction. • A PowerPoint presentation is provided to nurses. • A poster is displayed in the breakroom to encourage taking breaks. • A timeline is provided to notify staff of the process timeline. • A sign-up sheet to determine that staff have reviewed the education. REFERENCES 1Albulescu P, Macsinga I, Rusu A, Sulea C, Bodnaru A, Tulbure BT (2022) "Give me a break!" A systematic review and meta-analysis on the efficacy of micro-breaks for increasing well-being and performance. PLoS ONE 17(8): e0272460. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272460 2Sagherian, K., McNeely, C. A., & Steege, L. M. (2021). Did rest breaks help with acute fatigue among nursing staff on 12-h shifts during the COVID-19 pandemic? A cross-sectional study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 77(12), 4711–4721. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14944 3Sharifi, M., Asadi-Pooya, A. A., & Mousavi-Roknabadi, R. S. (2020). Burnout among healthcare providers of COVID-19; a systematic review of epidemiology and recommendations. Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 9(1), e7. https://doi.org/10.22037/aaem.v9i1.1004 4Stutting, H. L. (2023). The relationship between rest breaks and professional burnout among nurses. Critical Care Nurse, 43(6), 48–56. https://doxci-org.hal.weber.edu/10.4037/ccn2023177 5Vieten, L., Wohrmann, A., Wendsche, J., & Michel, A. (2023). 'Employees' work breaks and their physical and mental health: Results from a representative German survey. Applied Ergonomics. https://doiorg.hal./10.1016/j.apergo.2023.103998 • Nurses will be able to take their required breaks, leading to improvements in both health and job performance.1 • Nurses who are provided breaks during their shifts have increased performance and can deliver better quality patient care.1 • A supportive work culture and reduced workload and job-related stressors through breaks have been shown to prevent or reduce nurse burnout.3 CONCLUSIONS The primary goal of this process is to implement a shift break process to increase job satisfaction among nurses, potentially decrease burnout, and improve patient safety and overall outcomes. • The shift break process will allow nurses to take breaks during their shifts, potentially increasing job satisfaction. • This change can decrease nurse burnout and increase patient outcomes in the ambulatory setting. • Education can bring awareness of the importance of shift breaks. • The rest breaks can lower fatigue in nurses during their shifts |
