Implementing a Research Project Intervention to Enhance Professional Identity Through Stress First Aid.

Abstract

Nurses experience unmitigated stress and may not care for themselves. Existing stress and burnout interventions are not sustainable. Professional identity in nursing is associated with better outcomes for individuals and patients but has not been explored in relation to the intersection of stress and a healthy work environment. This column describes an example of an intervention to assist nursing professional development specialists to teach nurses how to investigate the connection between stress mitigation and professional identity in nursing with stress first aid and an existing shared governance council.