Background: Nurses, who are playing an important role during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, are exposed to a range of psychosocial stressors due to unforeseen risks. Objectives: The objective of this study is to determine the experiences and psychosocial problems of nurses caring for patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in Turkey. Settings: The data were collected between 9 May and 12 May 2020, in Istanbul, Turkey. Participants: The study sample consisted of 10 nurses, who cared for patients diagnosed with COVID-19. Methods: The research employed the descriptive phenomenological approach. The interviews were conducted face-to-face via the internet and were analysed with Colaizzi’s seven-step method. Results: The experiences and psychosocial problems among nurses caring for patients diagnosed with COVID-19 were categorised under three themes, which were further divided into subcategories. The theme of the effects of the outbreak was divided into working conditions, psychological effects and social effects; the theme of short-term coping strategies was divided into normalisation, refusal to dwell on experiences, avoidance, expression of emotions and distraction; and the theme of necessities was divided into psychosocial support and resource management. Conclusion: The nurses caring for patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in Turkey were adversely affected, both psychologically and socially, by the pandemic; they used short-term coping strategies, and they needed psychosocial support and resource management. They also faced stigmatising attitudes and experiencing burnout and were at risk for secondary traumas due to witnessing disease and death.

Purpose of Review: This review introduces Sedatic Hunger as a distinct and underexplored form of hunger. Unlike physiological or hedonic hunger, Sedatic Hunger refers to a neutral, function-oriented motivation to eat—driven by biological need without the pursuit of taste, pleasure, or emotional satisfaction. The purpose of this review is to conceptualize Sedatic Hunger, differentiate it from other hunger types, and highlight its clinical and societal relevance. Recent Findings: Emerging clinical observations suggest that individuals with depression, restrictive dietary habits, or those under chronic stress may experience Sedatic Hunger. These individuals consume food purely for energy, with limited sensory or emotional engagement. The article outlines preliminary efforts to develop the Sedatic Hunger Scale (SHS) to assess this construct, aiming to quantify how biological, psychological, and cultural factors intersect in this form of eating behavior. Summary: Sedatic Hunger expands our understanding of human motivations for eating by focusing on biologically driven but emotionally neutral food intake. Its recognition may improve approaches in mental health, dietary counseling, and nutrition science. Future research directions include identifying biological markers, evaluating the effects of sensory deprivation, and exploring cross-cultural differences in the manifestation of Sedatic Hunger.

Purpose: To examine the effects of forgiveness and resilience on anxiety, depression, and stress in nursing students. Design: Cross-sectional correlational study. Methods: The convinient sample of the study consisted of 383 nursing students. Results: Significant predictors of nursing students’ anxiety levels were experiencing an event where they could not forgive themselves or others and resilience. Significant predictors of nursing students’ depression levels were gender, income level, experiencing an event where they could not forgive themselves or others, resilience, and self-forgiveness. Significant predictors of nursing students’ stress levels were experiencing an event where they could not forgive themselves or others, resilience, and forgiveness of others. Conclusion: An increase in the level of self-forgiveness in nursing students reduced depression symptoms, and an increase in the level of forgiveness of others decreased stress symptoms. An increase in the level of resilience reduced symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress. Female gender and a middle level of income reduced symptoms of depression. Interventions that increase forgiveness and resilience should be integrated into the curriculum to reduce nursing students’ psychological symptoms in the context of holistic nursing.