6th Edition of World Nursing Science Conference 2026

Abstract

Although the Covid -19 Pandemic has eased, the hospital clinical workforce remains challenged with high levels of burnout, stress, and staff turnover (Murthy, 2022). The American Nurses Foundation (ANF) most recent Pulse on the Nation’s Nurses Survey (Survey 4, May 2023,) revealed that 66% of those nurses surveyed, reported feeling stressed.

The Blue Print for Neuro Arts (2021,) specifies in the Executive Summary that the expressive arts are an effective tool to address burnout and stress amongst hospital clinicians. Additionally, the National Organization of Arts in Health (NOAH,) further clarifies the role expressive/neuro arts plays in mitigating clinician burnout, enhancing communication, and promoting resilience (2021).

This pilot research project examines the outcomes of training 60 hospital nurses employed at Marshall Hospital in Placerville, California. The nurses from different hospital departments, participated in a four-hour workshop in which they 1) Explored how the application of creative arts can improve wellness, enhance communication, foster patient connection, and promote resiliency for patients and self, 2) Related experiential narrative arts activities to healing processes, and 3) Applied the Blue Print for Neuro Arts to clinical practice. The results of the pilot study indicated that the workshop outcomes were successful, and the workshop will be made available to the entire frontline nursing staff as well as other hospital clinicians in the future.