The Pause Between Patients: Mindfulness and Resiliency Practices for New Graduate Nurses

In this episode, New To Nursing welcomes four 4th-year UBC Okanagan nursing students (Esther, Luna, Bernice, Claudia) where they explore mindfulness and strategies for building resilience during the transition to practice as new graduate nursesThey unpack common challenges such as stress, compassion fatigue, emotional burnout, and moral distress. They also discuss practical mindfulness activities/strategies to help ground you before, during, and after a shift. This episode pairs well with the New Graduate Nurse Transition Program's (NGNTP) education session, Nurturing Resiliency: Responding to Compassion Fatigue and Burnout that is on the Interior Health (IH) New Grad Community Compass Page - (IH employees only).Responding to Compassion Fatigue and BurnoutResources: To find the summary poster of this episode, please refer to 👉 Summary PosterFill out the evaluation survey created by the students 👉 hereFor the full transcript of this episode 👉 click hereFor more information about the IH New Graduate Transition Program, refer to 👉  Interior Health's NGNTP or e-mail [email protected]  References: Loyd, L. A., Stamler, L. L., & Culross, B. (2023). Early career nurses and moral distress: An integrative review. Nurse Education in Practice, 73, 103844. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2023.103844 Neff, K. (2024, February 20). Exercise 4: Supportive touch. Self-Compassion Institute with Dr. Kristin Neff. https://self-compassion.org/exercises/exercise-4-supportive-touch/ Provincial Health Services Authority. (2025). Moral distress A strategy-building guide. https://www.phsa.ca/our-services-site/Documents/Moral%20Distress_A%20strategy%20building%20guide.pdf TEDx Talks. (2017). 30 seconds to mindfulness | Phil Boissiere | TEDxNaperville [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad7HqXEc2Sc  World Health Organization. (2023). Stress. World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/stress