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Decreasing On-Shift Stress With a Crisis Intervention Cart

Phase 3
Recruiting
Conditions
Decreasing On-Shift Stress With a Crisis Intervention Cart
Interventions
Combination Product: Aromatherapy patches
Registration Number
NCT05944120
Lead Sponsor
Methodist Health System
Brief Summary

This Intervention study anticipates that 100 nurses, patient care technicians and unit secretaries in the acute care setting at four Methodist Health System facilities will provide surveys to participants who had interventions

Detailed Description

Once the intervention has been used, the participants will complete a survey in order to determine if stress levels are decreasing. Initial data collection will be over the course of two months ( April 1, 2022 through June 1, 2022) and participation will vary based upon staffing and the set criteria for Crisis Intervention Cart deployment.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria
  • Part of MHS (i.e., MCMC, MMMC, MRMC, MDMC, MLMC, MSMC)
  • The hospital has at least one Crisis Intervention Cart study clinical site investigator on-staff
  • Hold license as a Registered Nurse OR
  • Hold position as a patient care technician or unit secretary
  • Must be able to read English
  • Provide direct patient care or hold a unit-based leadership position (i.e., Nursing Clinical Coordinator, Nurse Manager, Clinical Team Lead)
  • Full-time, part-time, or PRN employee
Exclusion Criteria
  • Hospitals and clinical units will be excluded if they are outside MHS
  • Participants will be excluded if they at Director-level or above

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Crisis Intervention CartAromatherapy patchesTo determine if a Crisis Intervention Cart filled with evidence-based stress-reducing interventions does reduce stress experienced during a shift.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Crisis Intervention CartPeriod of 2 months

The Effect of Crisis Intervention Cart filled with evidence-based stress-reducing interventions on reducing stress experienced during a shift using surveys. A 10-point Likert scale will be used with 1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest on the scale with 10 having highest level of self-perceived stress.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Type of intervention/strategy usedPeriod of 2 months

The Effect of Crisis Intervention Cart filled with evidence-based stress-reducing interventions on reducing stress experienced during a shift using surveys. A 10-point Likert scale will be used with 1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest on the scale with 10 having the highest level of self-perceived stress.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Methodist Dallas Medical Center

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Dallas, Texas, United States

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