Abstract

Nurses have an important role in healthcare, but they experience considerable issues related to stress, burnout, and well-being, which are exacerbated by commuting stress and gender disparities. This literature review investigates the link between mindful self-care, compassion, and commuting stress in nurses, with a particular emphasis on gender-specific stress experiences and coping techniques. According to research, thoughtful self-care and self-compassion promote emotional resilience, minimize burnout, and increase work satisfaction. However, institutional impediments, workload limits, and workplace culture often prevent nurses from maintaining regular self-care habits. Additionally, commuting stress has been discovered as a significant contributor to tiredness, mental anxiety, and job discontentment. Long as well as unpredictable commutes adversely impact nurses’ physical and psychological well-being, restricting their time for self-care and recuperation. Gender variations further hinder this problem, with female nurses submitting higher psychological fatigue and work-life disagreement, whereas male nurses are inclined to externalize anxiety and employ problem-focused coping approaches. Future research should concentrate on long-term research studies on self-care efficiency, gender-sensitive stress administration initiatives, and the important part of organizational policies in minimizing commuting anxiety. Applying flexible work timetables, wellness applications, and intended self-care programs can help improve nurse well-being and retention, eventually resulting in more effective patient care and healthcare system sustainability. Keywords: Nurse well-being, mindful self-care, burnout prevention, gender differences, commuting stress