A utilização do mindfulness para promover a pausa no trabalho: ações realizadas pelos “cuidadores que cuidam de cuidadores”

Abstract

To report the experience of the "Caregivers who care for caregivers" project team about the creation of a space for reflection on working conditions, highlighting the importance of the work break, and related to the implementation of mindfulness techniques, to provide this moment with nurse managers of a university hospital in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. This is a descriptive study, of the experience report type. The setting of the study was a university hospital in Minas Gerais. The participants were 12 nurse managers from the Nursing Division. A workshop on work break, mindfulness techniques and an evaluation were developed in ten meetings in a digital platform, once a week, lasting 30 minutes, during the workday. The participants evaluated that mindfulness has health benefits, but that it requires time and discipline to exercise more often in order to effectively allow moments of pause at work. Despite the short time, the actions taken have encouraged nurse managers to self-care and rethink their personal and work lives, bringing a positioning for the here and now, in order to create healthier work environments.