TY - JOUR T1 - Using a Mindfulness-Based Intervention to Support the Resiliency of In-Patient Pediatric Respiratory Therapists JF - Respiratory Care DO - 10.4187/respcare.06483 SP - respcare.06483 AU - Julie Luzarraga AU - Christopher Wichman AU - Rachel Shirk AU - Cheryl Jarosz AU - Meaghann S Weaver Y1 - 2019/02/26 UR - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/early/2019/02/26/respcare.06483.abstract N2 - BACKGROUND: Respiratory therapists (RTs) are care providers in highly stressful work environments with limited time and resources for self-care. Mindfulness-based interventions teach non-reactive awareness to the present situation or the ability to respond versus react in the moment, to shift away from a physical and emotional stress response.METHODS: Mindfulness-based group learning was offered during 2 regularly scheduled RT staff meetings for ∼30 min each session. Each meeting began and concluded with a distress assessment and with counting and recording respirations for 30 s.RESULTS: This quality-improvement project revealed mindfulness-based interventions to be feasible and acceptable. Mindfulness intervention reduced RT team members' physical and emotional stress related symptoms (as measured by a 1-point median decrease in the self-administered distress assessment, with P = .001 in session 1) and increased sense of calm (as measured by participant breathing rate decrease by mean of two-points P = .001 in session 1 and session 2).CONCLUSIONS: Mindfulness-based interventions were noted to be feasible and acceptable additions to RT staff meetings. These interventions have the potential to introduce breathing practices and mini mindfulness techniques. ER -