title: Mindfulness-based stress reduction: an intervention to enhance the effectiveness of nurses' coping with work-related stress.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This critical literature review explored the current state of the science regarding mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) as a potential intervention to improve the ability of nurses to effectively cope with stress.
  
  
  METHODS
  Literature sources include searches from EBSCOhost, Gale PowerSearch, ProQuest, PubMed Medline, Google Scholar, Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, and reference lists from relevant articles.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Empirical evidence regarding utilizing MBSR with nurses and other healthcare professionals suggests several positive benefits including decreased stress, burnout, and anxiety; and increased empathy, focus, and mood.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nurse use of MBSR may be a key intervention to help improve nurses' ability to cope with stress and ultimately improve the quality of patient care provided.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Hawaii Hilo, Hilo, Hawaii.
authors.forename: Sarah A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D064866:Mindfulness; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology
keywords: Mindfulness-based stress reduction; nurse; stress