REVIEW article
Front. Med.
Sec. Healthcare Professions Education
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1577153
This article is part of the Research TopicFuture Prospects of Learning in the Clinical Environment: Exploring the Technological RevolutionView all 13 articles
NurseVerse:Nursing in the Metaverse era
Provisionally accepted
- 1General Practice Ward/International Medical Center Ward,General Practice Medical Center,West China Hospital,Sichuan University,Chengdu, Sichuan,China, West China School of Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- 2West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
- 3General Practice Ward/International Medical Center Ward,General Practice Medical Center,West China Hospital,Sichuan University,Chengdu, Sichuan,China, West China School of Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
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Although the metaverse is still in its early exploratory stage in the field of nursing,it is gradually demonstrating its potential in digital health and telemedicine care,transforming the traditional nurse-patient interaction model through digital tools and the internet.The "metaverse" represents the merging of two worlds into an immersive,online,virtual,connected environment in which participants actively engage with 3D content and interact using digital avatars.The metaverse entails many possibilities and challenges in attempts to introduce new methods of nursing.This technology has many applications,particularly with respect to assisting in surgery,enhancing chronic disease management,reshaping nursing education,promoting telemedicine,and facilitating psychological interventions.While obstacles may be encountered in various areas,such as trust and security,technology,legislation and regulation,the use of nonfungible tokens as a secure assetfor patient data is a potential solution to these issues.
Keywords: Metaverse, virtual reality, augmented reality, remote nursing, Nursing education, artificial intelligence
Received: 15 Feb 2025; Accepted: 22 May 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Li, zhou and xue. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: miao xue, General Practice Ward/International Medical Center Ward,General Practice Medical Center,West China Hospital,Sichuan University,Chengdu, Sichuan,China, West China School of Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
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