RISE Program for Nurses

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the RISE program has a significant impact on nurses' resilience, insight, self-compassion, and empowerment, as well as mental and physical well-being, in their personal lives and their working environment.

This study will include the face-to-face visits of eight weekly 90-minute psychoeducational group sessions in a private conference room at AdventHealth. No absences are permitted due to lack of engagement. Participants will only be compensated for the number of attended sessions. The LMHC facilitator will send a reminder email to the control group participants after the intervention group participants attend their eighth session. There will be three unpaid optional follow-up monthly booster sessions that focus on skill development. Participants will be invited to attend these booster sessions during the 3 months following their group's RISE Program. Attendance will be recorded. No other data will be collected during the booster sessions. The following assessments will be used to measure study outcomes: Brief Resilience Scale (BRS); Self-Reflection and Insight Scale (SRIS); Self-Compassion Scale - Short Form (SCS-SF); Psychological Empowerment Instrument (PEI); Stress Mindset Measure - General (SMM-G); Perceived Stress Survey (PSS); Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI); Public Health Surveillance - Wellbeing Scale (PHS-WB); RAND MOS Sleep Scale Survey; RAND 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36); World Health Organization Health and Work Performance questionnaire (WHO-HPQ); and Work Productivity and Activity Impairment (WPAI) questionnaire. In addition, demographic assessments will be collected. Employment with AdventHealth will also be tracked longitudinally at 12 months with Human Resources.

Intervention group will attend the RISE program which consists of eight 90-minute weekly psychoeducational group sessions facilitated by a licensed mental health counselor

Participants will respond to a 20-item questionnaire using a 6-point scale where 1=Strongly disagree and 6=Strongly agree.

Participants will respond to a 6-item questionnaire measuring resilience. Responses will be provided on the following 5-point scale: 1=Strongly Disagree, 2=Disagree, 3=Neutral, 4=Agree, 5=Strongly Agree.

Participants will respond to a 12-item questionnaire, indicating how often certain behaviors are personally experienced when in difficult times. Responses are provided on 5-point scale in which 1=Almost never and 5=Almost always.

Participants will respond to a 12-item questionnaire to items regarding self-orientations people may have with regard to their work role. Responses are provided on the following 7-point scale: 1=Very strongly disagree, 2=Strongly disagree, 3=Disagree, 4=Neutral, 5=Agree, 6=Strongly Agree, 7=Very Strongly Agree.

Participants will respond to an 8-item questionnaire measuring stress. Responses will be provided on the following 5-point scale: 0=Strongly Disagree, 1=Disagree, 2=Neither Agree nor Disagree, 3=Agree, 4=Strongly Agree.

Participants will respond to a 10-item questionnaire measuring perceived stress. Responses will be provided on the following 5-point scale: 0=Never, 1=Almost Never, 2=Sometimes, 3=Fairly Often, 4=Very Often.

Participants will respond to a 22-item questionnaire measuring burnout. Responses will be provided on the following 7-point scale: 0=Never, 1=A few times a year or less, 2=Once a month or less, 3=A few times a month, 4=Once a week, 5=A few times a week, 6=Everyday.

Participants will respond to a 10-item questionnaire measuring perception of personal well-being and satisfaction. Responses will be provided on a 5-point scale (6 items) and a 10-point scale (4 items).

Participants will respond to a 12-item questionnaire with self-reported information related to sleep patterns. Responses will be provided on the following 6-point scale: 1=All of the time, 2=Most of the time, 3=A good bit of the time, 4=Some of the time, 5=A little of the time, 6=None of the time.

Participants will respond to a 36-item questionnaire with self-reported health ratings and perceived impact of one's health on a variety of daily activities. Response options for questionnaire items vary from 3-point scale, 5-point scale, and Yes/No responses.

Absenteeism and Presenteeism questions of the World Health Organization's Health and Work Performance Questionnaire (WHO-HPQ)

Participants will respond to 11 absenteeism and presenteeism questions abstracted from the full HPQ. Responses for 2 items require self-reported information regarding hours worked and hours the employer expects the participant to work in 7 days. 6 items require participants to provide work experience information from the past 4 weeks. Responses for 3 items are provided on a 10-point scale in which 0=Worst Performance, and 10=Top Performance. Responses are input into a provided formula for scoring; a higher absenteeism score indicates higher amount of absenteeism, while a higher presenteeism score indicates lower amount of lost performance.

Participants will respond to a 6-item questionnaire, answering questions about the perceived effect of personal health problems on one's ability to work or perform activities. Responses are provided in a Yes/No format or using a 10-point scale in which 0=Health problems had no effect on my work and 10=Health problems completely prevented me from working.

Inclusion Criteria: Adult ≥ 18 years old Licensed as an RN RN employed by AdventHealth in a hospital-based setting at the Altamonte, Apopka, Celebration, Daytona Beach, DeLand, East, Fish Memorial, Kissimmee, New Smyrna Beach, Orlando, Palm Coast, Waterman, or Winter Park campus Able to speak, read, and understand English fluently Able to provide informed consent Willing and able to comply with all study procedures and requirements for the duration of the study. Exclusion Criteria: Employed as an ARNP Employed in a role that completes another RN's annual evaluations A participant of the study in IRBNet #1234568 or IRBNet #1256670 At imminent risk of harm to themselves or others.

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