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However, the current studies focusing on mindful self-care among ICU nurses are limited, and the relationship between mindful self-care and professional grief has not been confirmed. This study aims to examine the characteristics and influencing factors of different mindful self-care latent profiles among ICU nurses and investigate the relationship between mindful self-care and professional grief.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The survey was conducted on 355 ICU nurses from nine hospitals in Shandong Province using the General Demographic Questionnaire, Mindful Self-Care Scale, Grief State Scale Nurses, and Short Form of the Self-Compassion Scale. Latent profile analysis was used to determine the profiles of mindful self-care among ICU nurses. Binary logistic regression was employed to explore the influencing factors of different profiles. A\n                      <jats:italic>t<\/jats:italic>\n                      -test was used to compare professional grief differences among distinct mindful self-care profiles.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Mindful self-care among ICU nurses was categorized into the \u201cmindful self-care deficiency profile\u201d (32.5%) and \u201chigh mindfulness care profile\u201d (67.5%). Factors influencing mindful self-care profiles included health status, and self-compassion ability (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt; 0.05). High mindfulness care profile nurses exhibited lower levels of professional grief (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt; 0.001).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study classified ICU nurses' mindful self-care into two latent profiles. ICU nurses with good health status and high self-compassion were more likely to belong to the high-mindfulness-care profile, whose members reported lower professional grief. 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