Mindfulness meditation and its impact on nurses' professional quality of life in psychiatric wards.
Applied nursing research : ANR April 1, 2026 Elham Memar Haghighi Chianeh, Mohammad Ali Khoshnevis, Masoud Sirati Nir et al.
A randomized clinical trial with 49 psychiatric ward nurses in Tehran, Iran, found that an eight-session mindfulness meditation training program, delivered over four weeks, improved professional quality of life compared to standard in-service education. The intervention led to significant increases in compassion satisfaction and significant reductions in both burnout and secondary traumatic stress. The authors suggest that mindfulness meditation is an effective, easy-to-implement, and side-effect-free approach for enhancing the well-being of nurses in high-stress psychiatric settings.