Decreasing On-Shift Stress With a Crisis Intervention Cart

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This Intervention study anticipates that 100 nurses, patient care technicians and unit secretaries in the acute care setting at four Methodist Health System facilities will provide surveys to participants who had interventions

Detailed Description
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Once the intervention has been used, the participants will complete a survey in order to determine if stress levels are decreasing. Initial data collection will be over the course of two months ( April 1, 2022 through June 1, 2022) and participation will vary based upon staffing and the set criteria for Crisis Intervention Cart deployment.

Official Title
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Decreasing On-Shift Stress With a Crisis Intervention Cart

Conditions
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Decreasing On-Shift Stress With a Crisis Intervention Cart

Intervention / Treatment
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* Combination Product: Aromatherapy patches


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Part of MHS (i.e., MCMC, MMMC, MRMC, MDMC, MLMC, MSMC) The hospital has at least one Crisis Intervention Cart study clinical site investigator on-staff Hold license as a Registered Nurse OR Hold position as a patient care technician or unit secretary Must be able to read English Provide direct patient care or hold a unit-based leadership position (i.e., Nursing Clinical Coordinator, Nurse Manager, Clinical Team Lead) Full-time, part-time, or PRN employee Exclusion Criteria: Hospitals and clinical units will be excluded if they are outside MHS Participants will be excluded if they at Director-level or above

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 75 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Interventional Model Description: As noted in the background, resiliency-building activities appear to have a positive relationship with managing stress in the workplace. Additionally, offering a variety of strategies is anticipated to increase the sample size and encourage continued use of the strategies over time.
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Crisis Intervention Cart<br>To determine if a Crisis Intervention Cart filled with evidence-based stress-reducing interventions does reduce stress experienced during a shift. | Combination Product: Aromatherapy patches<br>* This study anticipates that Staff-reported stress levels will decrease when nurses use strategies from the Crisis Intervention Cart while at work.<br>* Other names: Crisis Intervention Cart deployment.;|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Crisis Intervention Cart | To determine if a Crisis Intervention Cart filled with evidence-based stress-reducing interventions does reduce stress experienced during a shift. | Period of 2 months | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Type of intervention/strategy used | To determine if a Crisis Intervention Cart filled with evidence-based stress-reducing interventions does reduce stress experienced during a shift. | Period of 2 months |