Innovative and Unconventional Ways to Prevent Burnout

This presentation will explore innovative and unconventional strategies to prevent nurse burnout by focusing on creative solutions for resilience and job satisfaction. Key strategies include integrating mindfulness and meditation into daily routines, offering flexible scheduling and job-sharing, building peer support networks, and incorporating creative expression workshops and health activities like Yoga and Pilates. By adopting innovative approaches, healthcare organizations can foster supportive environments that reduce burnout, improve nurse well-being, boost job satisfaction, and enhance patient care outcomes.

• Define burnout as a syndrome by recognizing the ICD-11 criteria
• Explain three primary factors that contribute to nursing burnout
• Implement five innovative activities to reduce burnout
• Compose two or more health promoting initiatives to foster self-care and well-being