Date of Award

Spring 4-7-2025

Document Type

Restricted Access Thesis

Degree Name

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

Department

Nursing

First Advisor

Michelle Ullery

Second Advisor

Katie Martin

Third Advisor

Kathleen Clark

Abstract

Parenting can be a challenging and stressful task. In addition to the stress of raising children, parents also may face financial difficulties, illnesses, poor work-life balance, and lack of leisure time (Brown et al., 2020). Chronic stress can lead to health disorders and negatively affects a parent’s parenting ability (Johnston et al., 2017; Deater-Deckard, 2005). As a healthcare provider, it is imperative to provide parents with tools to help them cope with parenting stress. A through literature review in this paper supports that mindfulness meditation is a effective intervention to reduce stress in parents. Therefore, to answer the clinical question, does a nurse-led mindfulness meditation program reduce stress in parents, a scholarly project with a program development and evaluation design was created and used Martha Rogers’ theory of the Science of the Unitary Human Being as theoretical framework. Rogers’ concepts of resonancy, pattern, and energy fields help to explain how stress affects a parent’s health. The Mindfully Reducing Stress program had several implementation problems arise, but was successfully completed, which will be discussed. A mindfulness meditation content and resource website were also developed to address barriers that prevent parents from participating in other stress reduction programs, such as autonomy, easy to access, and free of cost. The perceived stress scale was used to evaluate pre and post intervention stress levels and an analysis of this data will be discussed. This paper will lastly critically reflect on the project, discuss ACCN Domains and NONPF’s NP Role Core competencies that were met, and discuss implications to nursing practice.

Identifier

SC 11.DNP.2025.Holland.M.

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