1. Introduction
stress-related injuries, post-traumatic, ’ post-traumatic, fatigue
SECONDARY, STS
This randomized controlled trial examined the impact of a psychoeducational group program on the mental well-being of unit-based nurse leaders, specifically nurse managers and assistant nurse managers. The program was developed around the themes of resilience, insight, self-compassion, and empowerment to fight burnout and enhance purposeful adaptive coping to reduce distress and improve mental wellbeing. The sample included 77 unit-based nurse leaders. Outcomes included post-traumatic growth, resilience, insight, self-compassion, empowerment, perceived stress, burnout, and job satisfaction. Paired samples t-tests and repeated measures ANOVA tests were conducted to compare outcomes at baseline to the follow-up timepoints of endpoint, one-month follow-up, three-month follow-up, and six-month follow-up. The intervention group participants showed significant improvement in post-traumatic growth between baseline and all follow-up timepoints compared to the waitlist control group. Among intervention group participants, there were also significant improvements in self-reflection and insight, self-compassion, psychological empowerment, and compassion satisfaction, as well as significant reductions in perceived stress, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress. This study extends existing evidence that this psychoeducational group program can be an effective intervention for improving and protecting mental wellbeing. Among nurse leaders, it can reduce stress and burnout and improve post-traumatic growth, self-reflection and insight, self-compassion, psychological empowerment, and compassion satisfaction.Unit-based nurse leaders have a vital role that influences patient outcomes and organizational culture [Furthermore, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, unit-based nurse leaders have been responsible for providing psychosocial support to nurses while managing their own stress and exhaustion [While work in nursing management can put leaders at risk for these stress-related injuries, it can also provide reward, meaning, and fulfillment. Professional quality of life is a construct that encapsulates both the positive aspects of work in a helping profession (i.e., compassion satisfaction) and the negative aspect (i.e., compassion fatigue), which is divided into the two domains of burnout and secondary traumatic stress (STS) [While addressing burnout ultimately requires systemic changes in the work environment [A psychoeducational group program called RISEThe primary aim of this study is to determine whether RISE for Nurse Leaders has a significant impact on unit-based nurse leaders’ post-traumatic growth. The secondary aims are to determine whether the program affected psychological and occupational wellbeing related to resilience, insight, self-compassion, and empowerment, as well as professional quality of life, perceived stress, and job satisfaction.