The daily work of bedside nursing care is stressful, and stressors have increased dramatically since the pandemic. Well documented literature points to compassion fatigue, burnout and secondary trauma causing many nurses to leave the profession. Nurses are not recognizing their value and are losing their ability to make authentic connections with patients and peers.
The (Re) Brilliancy study is to assess whether the 8-hour (Re) Brilliancy workshop centered on Dr. Jean Watson’s Caring Science theory provides an authentic connection by increasing compassion, satisfaction and self-compassion in bedside nurses and nurse leaders. This study investigates whether there will be a decrease in burnout and secondary traumatic stress in this population group.