Are Personal Smartphones Hurting Work-Life Balance for Nurse Managers?

Methodist Health System

Status: Completed

Conditions: Burnout

Treatments: Other: Study will conducted over a six-month period using a quasi-experimental Pre-test/Post-test design using Stamm's (2009) ProQOL Scale.

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06343584

023.NUR.2021.M

Details and patient eligibility

About

For leadership positions with only a handful of staff under their direct chain of command, this may not be all-consuming and detrimental to work-life balance. But for NMs with upwards of 100 direct reports, this can make for a never-ending stream of contact points. This study will implement several communication and behavioral strategies to determine how using provided smartphone tools impact work-life balance and professional burnout.

Full description

The study will be conducted over a six-month period using a quasi-experimental Pre-test/Post-test design using Stamm's (2009) ProQOL Scale. This study is being done as a pilot study with a small sample size. NMs will be recruited as volunteers for participation in the study with an anticipated six-month time commitment. Upon receipt of informed consent, participants will be divided into two groups. Group 1 will receive a list of suggested tools used to decrease the amount of smartphone interruptions after business hours (Appendix B) and Group 2 will receive a work-issued smartphone with instructions for use (Appendix C). Both groups will use a pre-post test format designed to compare the outcomes between the two groups. Post-study analysis will compare pre- and post-tests within each group and will compare Group 1 and Group 2 post-intervention outcomes.

Enrollment: 6 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participant must hold the title of Nurse Manager or Interim Nurse Manager at Methodist Mansfield Medical Center
• Participant must have greater than 50 direct reports

Exclusion criteria

• Participant expects to separate employment with Methodist Health System prior to the conclusion of the study
• Participant does not use their personal smartphone to communicate with direct reports

Trial design

6 participants in 2 patient groups

Group 1

Description:

Must hold the title of Nurse Manager or Interim Nurse Manager at Methodist Mansfield Medical Center. Upon receipt of informed consent, participants will be divided into two groups. Group 1 will receive a list of suggested tools used to decrease the amount of smartphone interruptions after business hours

Treatment:

Other: Study will conducted over a six-month period using a quasi-experimental Pre-test/Post-test design using Stamm's (2009) ProQOL Scale.

Group 2

Description:

Must hold the title of Nurse Manager or Interim Nurse Manager at Methodist Mansfield Medical Center. Upon receipt of informed consent, participants will be divided into two groups. Group 2 will receive a work-issued smartphone with instructions for use (Appendix C).

Treatment:

Other: Study will conducted over a six-month period using a quasi-experimental Pre-test/Post-test design using Stamm's (2009) ProQOL Scale.