![Nurse talking together over notes at nurse station](img/NKI-Magnet4EuropeNurses.jpg)
Lori Story, RN
Marissa Panem, RN
Vivian Low, RN
U.S. Clinical Wellbeing Study
The U.S. Clinician Wellbeing Study (CWS) is concurrent research conducted alongside the Magnet4Europe collaborative research project of international scope and significance, led by the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, Dr. Linda Aiken and Dr. Matthew McHugh, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. The CWS involves 60 Magnet hospitals across the U.S. as partners. It is the first-large scale evaluation of the mental health and well-being of hospital nurses and physicians to look at the value of positive work environments for clinician well-being and patient safety and quality of care. All 60 hospitals agreed to a common research protocol and instruments in a multi-center study to explore how Magnet hospitals could further improve work environments.
El Camino Health's Co-Primary Investigators Lori Story, Marissa Panem, and Caroline Stewart have conducted the study. Mentorship was provided by Vivian Low. The research team delivered online confidential surveys to clinicians (RNs, APNs, CNS, MDs and PAs) across the enterprise, who care for inpatients on adult medical and surgical services, adult critical care, and the emergency department, all areas that research has shown to have higher clinician burnout. Consortium meetings were held with the collaborative to discuss study implementation and results. Aggregate data indicates some key takeaways to explore. Effective interventions that were valued allowed for more time and resources to provide clinical care, opportunities to listen and respond to staff concerns, improving staffing, and reducing time on documentation. The next stage of the study is consideration of potential implications of these results for an action plan to improve clinician well- being, and joy at work.
Nursing Research Council
El Camino Health's Nursing Research Council (NRC) was established in 2006 with a mission to provide an infrastructure for nurses to:
- Implement evidence-informed nursing research processes
- Empower nurses to use their expertise and knowledge to address their best practice questions
One of the NRC's key accomplishments of 2021 was delivering a template for our culture of inquiry to all units to clarify the path to start investigative work. The NRC supports projects that align with the nursing strategic plan.
Research Studies in 2021
- Effect of a Structured Activity Room Session in the Inpatient Setting: A Retrospective Chart Review; (PI) Heather Roorda, MSN, RN-BC
- Pain Management at End of Life: Enhancing Nurses' Self-Efficacy; (PI) Rose Conde, MSN, FNP-C
- Video Conference as a Teaching Tool for Diabetes Education; (PI) Cindy DeGuzman, SFNP, BSN, RN, PCCN
- Correlates of Electroconvulsive Therapy with Neurocognitive Functioning, Subjective Memory and Depression; Brooke Schauder, PhD; Digant Dave, MS, RNC
- U.S. Clinician Wellbeing Study: Multisite survey with Magnet4Europe, IRB approved with University of Pennsylvania; (PIs) Lori Story, MSN, RN, CPAN; Marissa Panem, MSN, RN, CWON; Caroline Stewart, RN, MSHI
- Effects of interactive automated chat services on 30-day readmission of Chronic Lung Disease patients; Afroza Khan, RPFT; L. Michelle Canfield, MS, APRN, FNP-BC, TTS
- Association of patient visitation in the adult inpatient rehabilitation unit on the outcomes of patients' daily therapy participation rate and psychosocial assessment in patients with depression; Kim Tran, BSN, RN
- Correlates of Electroconvulsive Therapy with Neurocognitive Functioning, Subjective Memory and Depression; Brooke Schauder, PhD; Digant Dave, MS, RNC