Stavanger, Norway | 12 - 15 May 2022 10th EORNA Congress Parallel Sessions 15 OP06 Operating room nurses’ resilience: systematic review M. Yavuz van Giersbergen1, Ö. Soyer Er2 1Ege University, Nursing Faculty, İzmir, Turkey, 2Afyonkarahisar Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi, Health Sciences Faculty, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey Objectives: Resilience is an adaptive quality in the presence of adversity, contributing to independent functioning and well-being. Operating room (OR) nurses need to be resilient in order to cope with extreme demands in their workplace. The aim of this review is to examine studies investigating the resilience of operating room nurses. Methods: This study was created by using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis - Meta Analyzer-PRISMA checklist. Medline/PUBMED, Scopus, Cochrane Library and Google Scholar were searched from electronic databases and published before August 2020. The keywords “resilience, operating room, operating room nurse and nursing” were searched in the databases in combination. After reviewing the eligibility and exclusion criteria, four studies were included. Results: It was observed that studies on resilience in operating room nurses were conducted between 2007 and 2017, and at least 41 and at most 772 operating room nurses were included in the studies. It was determined that three of the studies were quantitative and one was a quasi-experimental study. In one study, a statistically significant relationship (<.001) was found between burnout and resilience (r = -. 59, p <.001). In another study, it was stated that there is a high level of relationship between resilience and hope and self-efficacy, and a moderate relationship between coping skills, achievement and control. In a quasi-experimental study, it was observed that the effectiveness of sensory stimulation therapy was determined as an intervention to strengthen the resilience of operating room nurses. Conclusions: There are few studies examining resilience in operating room nurses. Studies show that resilience level, factors related to resilience and intervention activities performed to increase resilience in operating room nurses were determined. OP07 Mindfulness minding the minders – Introducing mindfulness to the OR T. Donnelly1, S. Boland2 1Sligo University Hospital, Sligo, Ireland, 2Sligo University Hospital, General Theatre, Sligo, Ireland Work-based stress and anxiety is unfortunately a fact of our working lives, COVID-19 has exacerbated that stress and exposed areas of weakness within teams. In order to mitigate against this a group of dedicated people including theatre nurses introduced an initiative “Mindfulness at Work’ to give our staff the resources to manage stress and build resilience. Mindfulness is the practice of paying attention to the present moment, bringing awareness to the fore without judgement or interpretation. Mindfulness based practices include breathing exercises, guided mediations and stress reduction relaxation. The benefits of mindfulness include: • Decreased stress and psychological distress in adults and employees • Enhanced mental health and functioning • Increased emotion regulation and self-control • Decreased anxiety, depression, worry, and rumination • Reduced incidence of problem drinking and symptoms associated with problem drinking. Mindful champions have been trained across all disciplines throughout the hospital. Mindfulness skills can be used by staff in their working and personal lives, and will be particularly helpful in delivering patient centred care. The theatre department currently have a number of trained mindfulness champions to include the author. They have implemented mindfulness exercises at the beginning and end of each working day. These are proving to be very beneficial in helping reduce stress in the theatre department. “When you hand good people possibility, they do great things.” Champions are trained and mentored to introduce mindfulness exercises to each handover / team meeting. There is also a weekly mindful check in. “A true champion without a cause is entrapped energy. A great cause without a champion is but an elusive dream. But with a great cause with a true champion is the realization of a vision”
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