A Pilot Study of RISE for Nurse Managers Retreat

NCT07298018 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 2365808
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 16
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility and acceptability of the RISE for Nurse Managers retreat and its impact on occupational and psychological well-being indicators

Conditions

Burnout; Secondary Traumatic Stress; Perceived Stress

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Maslach Burnout Inventory - Human Services Survey

  22-item questionnaire with the following response categories: 0=never, 1=a few times a year or less, 2=once a month or less, 3=a few times a month, 4=once a week, 5=a few times a week, 6=every day. MBI includes 3 dimensions of Burnout: Emotional Exhaustion, Depersonalization, and Personal Accomplishment. There are 9 items included in Emotional Exhaustion and scores can range from 0-54. There are 5 items included in Depersonalization and scores can range from 0-30. There are 8 items included in Personal Accomplishment and scores can range from 0-48. Higher scores on Emotional Exhaustion and Depersonalization and lower scores on Personal Accomplishment are indicative of Burnout

  Baseline, 1-month follow-up, 3-month follow-up, 6-month follow-up

Secondary Outcomes (11)

• Professional Quality of Life Scale

  Baseline, 1- and 3-and 6-month follow-up

• Brief Resilience Scale

  Baseline, 1- and 3-and 6-month follow-up

• Self-Reflection and Insight Scale

  Baseline, 1- and 3-and 6-month follow-up

• Self-Compassion Scale Short Form

  Baseline, 1- and 3-and 6-month follow-up

• General Self-Efficacy Scale

  Baseline, 1- and 3-and 6-month follow-up

Study Arms (1)

Participant group

EXPERIMENTAL

Intervention group will attend the RISE Retreat program, which is a 2.5-day retreat-style psychoeducational group program facilitated by licensed mental health professionals (LMHPs)

Behavioral: Intervention Group

Interventions

Intervention Group BEHAVIORAL

Psychoeducational group program designed to impact occupational and psychological indicators including resilience, insight, self-compassion, empowerment, burnout and secondary trauma

Participant group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• an employed AdventHealth Nurse Manager
• a "moderate" or "high" score in burnout equal to ≥17 in the Emotional Exhaustion Domain and/or ≥7 in the Depersonalization Domain on the MBI

You may not qualify if:

• a direct care RN, Nurse Director, Educator, and Executive
• a "low" score in burnout equal to \<17 in the Emotional Exhaustion domain and/or \<7 in the Depersonalization domain on the MBI

Sponsors & Collaborators

• AdventHealth: lead

Study Sites (1)

AdventHealth

Orlando, Florida, 32804, United States

RECRUITING

Related Publications (14)

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  PMID: 35873252 BACKGROUND

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  BACKGROUND

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  PMID: 21584907 BACKGROUND

• Sawyer AT, Bailey AK, Green JF, Sun J, Robinson PS. Resilience, Insight, Self-Compassion, and Empowerment (RISE): A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Psychoeducational Group Program for Nurses. J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc. 2023 Jul-Aug;29(4):314-327. doi: 10.1177/10783903211033338. Epub 2021 Jul 23.

  PMID: 34293934 BACKGROUND

• Sawyer AT, Tao H, Bailey AK. The Impact of a Psychoeducational Group Program on the Mental Well-Being of Unit-Based Nurse Leaders: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jun 2;20(11):6035. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20116035.

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  BACKGROUND

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  PMID: 18696313 BACKGROUND

• Spreitzer GM. Psychological empowerment in the workplace: Dimensions, measurement, and validation. Academy of Management Journal. 1995; 38(5):1442-1465.

  BACKGROUND

• Stamm, B. H. (2010). Professional Quality of Life: Compassion Satisfaction and Fatigue Version 5 (ProQOL). http://www.proqol.org.

  BACKGROUND

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  PMID: 8827649 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Burnout, Psychological; Compassion Fatigue

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Stress, Psychological; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior; Mental Fatigue; Fatigue; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Occupational Stress

Study Officials

• Amanda T. Sawyer, PhD

  AdventHealth

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Amanda T. Sawyer, PhD

CONTACT

407-200-2901; Amanda.Sawyer@AdventHealth.com

Amy West, RN

CONTACT

Amy.West@AdventHealth.com

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Single group assignment

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 11, 2025
• First Posted: December 22, 2025
• Study Start: February 1, 2026
• Primary Completion (Estimated): October 16, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 16, 2026
• Last Updated: February 19, 2026

Record last verified: 2025-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)