BMC Nursing
July 15, 2025
Budur Ateeq A Alharbi, Niall McKenna
19 citations
A systematic review of eight studies found that mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) reduce emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and stress-related symptoms among ICU nurses. Longer and more structured programs, such as 8-week MBSR courses, provided more sustained benefits than shorter interventions. The effectiveness of MBIs was moderated by factors including age, years of ICU experience, organizational support, and delivery format. All included studies were of medium to high methodological quality. The evidence supports integrating MBIs into hospital wellness initiatives to improve nurse wellbeing, resilience, and retention in high-stress care environments.
BMC Nursing
May 20, 2025
Rudo Ramalisa-Buḓeli, Emmerentia du Plessis, Suegnét Scholtz
2 citations
Mental health nurses who practice mindfulness become more attentive and develop deeper self-understanding, which then benefits their patients. This qualitative study of 11 nurses in South African psychiatric hospitals identified three interconnected categories: foundations for fostering attentiveness through mindfulness, mindfulness practices themselves, and the outcomes of those practices. The findings suggest that attentiveness cultivated through mindfulness serves both as an expression of care and a way to strengthen human connection in nurse-patient relationships.
BMC Nursing
March 14, 2025
Lina Klysing, Ingrid Larsson, Katrin Häggström Westberg
2 citations
Patients with treatment-resistant depression treated with nasal esketamine value competent, engaged nurses and a supportive, personalized care environment. Twenty patients who had received at least eight treatments were interviewed. Thematic analysis, based on a person-centred nursing framework, identified 11 subthemes. Key aspects included continuity of staff, flexibility, private space, and respect for the patient. These factors fostered security and contributed to desired treatment outcomes. The findings highlight that a person-centred approach can increase patient well-being and quality of care during esketamine treatment.
BMC Nursing
June 8, 2026
Poria Moradi, Alireza Abdi, Ameneh Amiri Kolehjoubi
Children's near-death experiences (NDEs), as reported by pediatric oncology and intensive care nurses, involve soothing perceptions, encounters with individuals, and emotional reactions. Nurses described children feeling enveloped in light, having a secure companion, seeing an unknown observer, receiving an invitation to play, seeking security, and experiencing anxiety. These findings suggest pediatric NDEs are multidimensional phenomena encompassing peace, perceived interactions, and emotional responses, highlighting the need for empathetic nursing care that acknowledges the psychological and spiritual dimensions of children's end-of-life experiences.
BMC Nursing
July 29, 2025
Xiaolei Chen, Aiyan Du, Mei Yu et al.
A mindfulness-based support program for intensive care unit (ICU) nurses who experienced adverse events reduced adverse event incidence by 34% and improved sleep quality and second victim-related distress. Nurses who received the program had better Pittsburgh sleep quality index scores (decreasing from 12.94 to 9.32) compared to a control group receiving routine support (12.76 to 10.72), and lower scores on the second victim experience and support tool (76.18 vs. 91.52). The program effectively alleviates psychological distress and improves support for ICU nurses affected by adverse events.
BMC Nursing
September 3, 2024
Hongman Li, Ying Xiong, Zengjie Ye
Health as expanding consciousness (HEC) theory holds that health and disease are interconnected parts of a process that expands consciousness. Using Rodgers' evolutionary concept analysis, 70 studies from 1986 to 2023 were analyzed. Key attributes of HEC include movement, time, space, energy, rhythm, and a paradigm of health. Antecedents are disease, chaos, binding, centering, and choice point. Consequences include self-transcendence, unbinding, decentering, expanded consciousness, real freedom, pattern recognition, absolute consciousness, and death. The analysis identifies substitute terms, related concepts, and empirical references, offering insights for nursing practice, education, research, and management.
BMC Nursing
December 9, 2025
Ashley Fenton, Rika Win, Maureen Ndzi et al.
An integrative review of 15 studies found that mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) for nursing students are consistently associated with short-term reductions in stress, anxiety, and depression, and improvements in emotional regulation, self-care, and spirituality. Common strategies included meditation, breathing exercises, guided imagery, and structured training. The evidence is insufficient to confirm long-term impact on professional burnout, and findings should be interpreted cautiously given variability in study design and outcome measures. The authors propose that MBIs show promise for supporting nursing student well-being and resilience.
BMC Nursing
November 6, 2025
Sayedeh Farkhondeh Safavi, Hakimeh Vahedparast, Batool Amiri et al.
A randomized controlled trial with 66 female informal caregivers of cancer patients in Iran found that eight sessions of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) training, each lasting 120 minutes, reduced anxiety and improved sleep quality compared to a control group receiving no intervention. Mean anxiety scores decreased from 105.94 to 80.39, and mean sleep quality scores improved from 11.26 to 9.94 at one-month follow-up. The authors note the findings apply only to women and caution that limitations include a passive control group, small sample size, convenience sampling, and partial blinding.