Mitigating Burnout in Nursing and Associated Healthcare Staff

Not Applicable

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Burn Out; Nurses

• Registration Number: NCT07018609
• Lead Sponsor: Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Brief Summary

Workplace stress for healthcare workers is at an all-time high and the COVID-19 Pandemic magnified and amplified the impact of stress and burnout on health care workers, especially for frontline staff such as nurses. There are multiple external and individual factors that affect clinician well-being, and organizational factors are an important aspect to address when attempting to mitigate nurse burnout and improve well-being. This project seeks to expand two interventions that were piloted in the last few years since the Covid-19 Pandemic, validated to show improvement in staff well-being and decreased feelings of burnout following the interventions, and are easily implemented to benefit nurses and other multidisciplinary health care workers and students in both the inpatient and outpatient settings.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2025-06
• Study First Submitted: 2025-06-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-06-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-06-04
• Study First Posted: 2025-06-12
• Last Update Posted: 2025-06-12
• Study Start: 2026-04-01
• Primary Completion: 2028-04-30
• Study Completion: 2028-04-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 300

Inclusion Criteria

• English-speaking employees or students at Penn State Health and College of Medicine.

Exclusion Criteria

• Non-English speaking individuals

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The number of subjects who state preference for having long-term access to the intervention.	Survey data will be collected at the end of the intervention up to 30 minutes post intervention.	This will be measured on a Likert scale where 0 is strongly disagree and 5 is strongly agree
The number of subjects who report improvement of subject's energy level needed to complete immediate job responsibilities.	Survey data will be collected at the end of the intervention up to 30 minutes post intervention.	This will be measured on a Likert scale where 0 is strongly disagree and 5 is strongly agree
The number of subjects who report improvement of subject's understanding of what is needed in the moment to overcome challenges.	Survey data will be collected at the end of the intervention up to 30 minutes post intervention.	This will be measured on a Likert scale where 0 is strongly disagree and 5 is strongly agree
The number of subjects who report improvement navigating challenging or difficult situations in the workplace	Survey data will be collected at the end of the intervention up to 30 minutes post intervention.	This will be measured on a Likert scale where 0 is strongly disagree and 5 is strongly agree
The number of subjects who report improvement in expressing thoughts, questions and feelings with colleagues situations in the workplace.	Survey data will be collected at the end of the intervention up to 30 minutes post intervention.	This will be measured on a Likert scale where 0 is strongly disagree and 5 is strongly agree
The number of subjects who report improvement in feeling less isolated at work.	Survey data will be collected at the end of the intervention up to 30 minutes post intervention.	This will be measured on a Likert scale where 0 is strongly disagree and 5 is strongly agree

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The number of subjects reporting the intervention was well facilitated.	Survey data will be collected at the end of the intervention up to 30 minutes post intervention.	This will be measured on a Likert scale where 0 is strongly disagree and 5 is strongly agree