HypnoNurse®: hypnosis for nursing and medical staff

The training teaches medical and nursing staff the basics of hypnosis. You learn to use hypnosis to relieve fear and pain, reduce the need for medication and shorten recovery times.

The training teaches hypnosis methods and techniques adapted to the demands of medicine and nursing, both theory and practical use.

Hypnosis can support patients in many areas, such as intensive care, pediatrics, anesthesia, palliative care, emergency medicine and obstetrics.

The training consists of 28 hours of online learning and three days in person. You schedule the online hours flexibly; the days in person are for practice and direct exchange.

Self-hypnosis and stress management are a core part of the training, for the well-being of your patients and your own.

The training includes practical exercises and case studies, so you practice hypnosis in real medical and nursing situations.

Experienced professionals with specific qualifications in hypnotherapy and in medical or nursing practice. They bring extensive practical experience to the training.

Regular evaluations and feedback keep the training effective and adapted to the needs of participants.

Graduates get access to continuing education, networking and professional support to keep developing their skills and their careers.

Plan about 28 hours, because you are expected to complete all online materials before the days in person.

HypnoNurse in English is held on request. Tell us where you are through the contact form, and we plan the training with you.

Yes. OMNI is strongly committed to research. A project carried out by OMNI together with the University of Zurich led to three scientific publications, in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (2023), Cortex (2024) and Scientific Reports (Nature Portfolio, 2024). According to the researchers, it was the first hypnosis project worldwide to study two different depths of hypnosis with such a standardized, multimodal approach of fMRI, EEG and magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The studies showed measurable changes in brain networks during hypnosis, and the fMRI study also found differences between the two depths of hypnosis. Another first was the study of the neurochemical environment with magnetic resonance spectroscopy: in deep hypnosis, the ratio of myo-inositol to total creatine changed significantly in one of the brain regions studied. The studies add new insight into the neurobiological basis of hypnosis. For now, the results apply to the healthy participants with hypnosis experience who were studied.

The study shows that hypnosis is visible and measurable in the brain. Hypnosis causes real, detectable changes in the brain.

The studies show that at least two different states of hypnosis exist: somnambulism and the Esdaile state. This is an important contribution to understanding hypnosis.

Hypnosis was induced with the OMNI hypnosis induction, based on the methods of Dave Elman and Gerald Kein. The OMNI inductions used in the research projects are the same ones you learn in the training. They are standardized and easy to use. From the first day, you learn to hypnotize others reliably and verifiably.

Brain patterns in somnambulism showed parallels to those under propofol anesthesia. The reasons need further research.

In the Esdaile state, participants reported subjective changes in perception, such as body boundaries dissolving, deep mental and physical relaxation, losing their sense of space and time, or inner images. Whether this is linked to the changes measured in the brain cannot yet be said with certainty.

The results broaden our understanding of what happens in the brain during hypnosis. They are one building block. Broader statements need further research.

The study makes visible what happens in the brain during hypnosis. The question often debated in academic circles, whether hypnosis is a state of its own at all, is now settled: the research even found two different hypnotic states. That helps to discuss hypnosis in medicine on a factual basis. Recognition as a form of therapy needs further research.