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
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.