NURSING

Research for nursing

Papers a nurse can act on, across critical and emergency care, medical-surgical, mental health, paediatrics and neonatal, maternity, older adults, community and primary care, and oncology and palliative care. Each is read in full rather than from its abstract.

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• RNSystematic Review2022Nursing theories developed to meet children's needs: a scoping review.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PNursing theories for children were mostly practical, narrower frameworks and covered feeding, pain, asthma, diabetes, obesity, epilepsy, autism, intensive care, and family relationships. They map care ideas, not tested patient outcomes.
• RNQualitative2022Palliative care management by caregivers in home care: theoretical validation in a conversation circle.Revista brasileira de enfermagemFamily caregivers and home care professionals said a model of managing end-of-life care at home matched their daily experience. Seven of 46 statements were not fully validated, and one was rejected by both groups.
• RNCohortIncontinence Management and Pressure Injury Rates in US Acute Care Hospitals: Analysis of Data From the 2018-2019 International Pressure Injury Prevalence™ (IPUP) Survey.Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing : official publication of The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses SocietyHospitalized patients with urinary, fecal, or dual incontinence had high rates of hospital-acquired pressure injuries, especially severe injuries. Nurses should include continence and moisture status in pressure injury risk assessment, not just skin checks.
• RNSurveyA Cross-Sectional Survey Reporting on the Value of Patient-Centered Ostomy Programs: A Smooth Transition After Ostomy Surgery.Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing : official publication of The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses SocietyNew ostomy patients who had repeated contacts with an industry-sponsored support program were more likely to discuss stoma care, leakage, skin irritation, product use, and suppliers than patients with a single contact. The survey cannot show the program prevented readmissions.
• RNOtherPressure Injury Prevention and Management: A Gap Analysis Using Key Stakeholder Engagement.Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing : official publication of The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses SocietyA hospital audit found that only 48% of pressure injury prevention practices met evidence standards. Key gaps included lack of quality equipment, poor electronic decision support, and inadequate tools for staging injuries. Staff priorities differed, with managers favoring better data reporting.
• RNSurvey2023Caregivers' Concerns About Assisted Living Residents' Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study.Journal of family nursingCaregivers of assisted living residents reported much higher concern about residents' depressed mood, loneliness and anxiety after visitor restrictions began. Families who felt informed and involved, or whose residents had counseling access, reported less worry.
• RNQualitative2023Physical and socioeconomic burden of caregiving on family caregivers of children with cancer at a tertiary Hospital in Ghana.Nursing openFifteen family caregivers of children with cancer in Ghana reported back pain, fatigue, poor appetite, sleep loss, social isolation, debt, job loss, and strain on siblings. These are their experiences, not proof that any support works.
• RNSurvey2023Development and validation of a questionnaire to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, behaviour and care preference of family members of Chinese older adults related to palliative care.Nursing openA 42-item questionnaire for Chinese family members of older adults was validated for measuring knowledge, attitudes, behaviour and palliative-care preferences. It can help nurses identify what families understand and want before end-of-life care discussions.
• RNOther2023The U-shaped association between hospitalization time and fall incidence in inpatients using publicly available data: A cross-sectional study in Japan.Nursing openIn 8,598 hospital inpatients, falls were least frequent during stays of 6 to 12 days. They were more common in stays of 5 days or less and rose again after 8 days. This is an association, not proof that hospitalization time causes falls.
• RNSurvey2023Exploring mutual support awareness in Japanese communities: A pilot study.Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)In one aging Japanese community, 68.4% of residents said mutual support existed. It was more common among people under 70, those who could ask neighbors for shopping help, and those with closer neighbor contact.
• RNQualitative2022Medical-Legal Partnerships Facilitate Patient-Provider Cost of Care Conversations: A Multisite Qualitative Study in the U.S.Clinical nursing researchClinicians were described as lacking time, knowledge, and training to have patient-provider cost conversations and address health-harming legal needs at 10 medical-legal partnership sites. Teamwork, co-located lawyers, and ongoing training were reported to help staff identify needs and make referrals.
• RNCohort2022Description and Utilization of Telewound Monitoring Services in Primary Care Patients with Acute Wounds in Singapore: A Retrospective Study.Advances in skin & wound carePatients with acute wounds who self-managed dressings and sent photos to nurses healed in an average of 11.7 days, comparable to face-to-face care. Older patients and those with slower healing required more in-person visits, suggesting age and complexity predict remote service success.
• RNOther2022Examining the relationship between clinician communication and patient participatory behaviors in cardiology encounters.Patient education and counselingCardiology visits where clinicians repeated back what patients said and acknowledged feelings had more patient questions, disagreements, and voiced worries. Each extra reflection averaged 0.3 more participation behaviors; one empathy statement averaged 3.7 more.
• OTRNOther2022Acceptability of videoconferencing to preserve the contact between cognitively impaired long-term care residents and their family caregivers: A mixed-methods study.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)Family caregivers and residents with cognitive impairment generally accepted weekly tablet videocalls during visit restrictions, finding them helpful for seeing familiar faces. Do not treat this as proof it improves clinical outcomes. Face-to-face contact was still preferred.
• RNOther2022Diabetes Care Network: A Novel Model to Disseminate Team-Based Diabetes Specialty Care in a Rural Population.The science of diabetes self-management and careA remote team-based diabetes care model was associated with lower A1C in rural Veterans. There was no concurrent control group, so it does not prove the model caused the change.
• RNPilot2022Tablet-based cognitive behavioral intervention to improve arthritis associated fatigue: A pilot study.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)The multi-component Tab-CBI (tablet-based videoconferenced education, goal setting, weekly tasks and walking) did not clearly reduce fatigue or improve self-efficacy compared with phone calls, though the program group had more daily steps in a small pilot.
• RNSurvey2022Associations Among Postpartum Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Stressors.Journal of midwifery & women's healthNearly all postpartum persons who gave birth during the early pandemic reported at least one birth-related PTSD symptom. Pandemic exposure was linked to reliving symptoms, worry to unexpected birth memories, and quarantine was not linked.
• RNCohort2022Risk of Death in Nursing Home Residents After COVID-19 Vaccination.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationNursing home residents vaccinated in 2021 had a lower 30-day death risk than residents in 2019. Because the comparison was before the pandemic, this cannot show the vaccine caused the lower risk.
• RNNarrative Review2022Variable Selection for Assessing Risk Factors for Weight and Body fat Gain During the First Year After Kidney Transplantation.Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.)Weight and body fat gain after kidney transplant may be linked to baseline BMI, genes and lower physical activity. Many other factors were controversial or weakly supported. Monitor weight and body fat, but this is not a validated risk score.
• RNQualitative2023Reasons for Discordance Between Life-Sustaining Treatment Preferences and Medical Orders in Nursing Facilities Without POLST.The American journal of hospice & palliative careIn nursing facilities without POLST forms, residents and surrogates linked mismatched end-of-life orders to not knowing options, never being asked, preferences not recorded, and family pressure. Many wanted orders updated after discussing preferences.
• RNSurvey2023A quantitative, multicentre, longitudinal study of patient experiences after gynaecological day surgery.Nursing openWomen after gynaecological day surgery rated recovery lower at four weeks than the day after surgery, but reported positive care experiences. Nurses should expect lower recovery ratings later and review discharge information.
• RNQualitative2023Participants teach nurses how to facilitate forgiveness through lived experiences with media: A qualitative study.Nursing openParticipants described books, songs, plays, films and religious passages that helped them acknowledge hurt, choose forgiveness, understand others or forgive themselves. Nurses could use these lists to explore options with patients, but the study did not test whether media improve forgiveness or health.
• RNQualitative2023Relatives experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study set in Spanish locked-down nursing homes.Japan journal of nursing science : JJNSFamilies of nursing home residents with dementia said lockdown broke close ties with reference nurses as staff changed and workload rose. Nurses used video calls to sustain contact, but families wanted physical touch and feared their relative might die alone.
• RNOther2023An intervention study of a combined intervention of positioning and hand massage in patients undergoing radiofrequency catheter ablation.Nursing openHead elevation plus hand massage after radiofrequency catheter ablation showed mixed results: the treated group did not show a clear change in total back pain or discomfort, but it had less pain and discomfort than the control group.
• RNRCT2022Body dissatisfaction, drug use, and associated factors among adolescents in three Brazilian cities.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemMost Brazilian adolescents were dissatisfied with their bodies, mostly wanting to be thinner. Girls and higher-income students were more likely to feel overweight. Marijuana users were more likely to feel underweight. Alcohol and smoking showed no significant link to dissatisfaction in the final model.
• RNCohort2022Factors for the change in frailty status during the COVID-19 pandemic: A prospective cohort study over six- and 12-month periods in Japan.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)In community-dwelling older adults, reporting difficulty chewing tough foods or weaker legs was associated with worsening frailty at six months; weaker legs remained associated at twelve months.
• RNOther2022Caregiving experiences of older family caregivers of persons with heart failure: A mixed methods study.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)Older family caregivers of people with heart failure described worry, sleep loss, and reduced activity, yet most embraced the role and managed distress through family support and shared activities. They also reported low burden and high quality of life.
• SLPRNSystematic Review2022Decision Aid Interventions for Family Caregivers of Persons With Advanced Dementia in Decision-Making About Feeding Options: A Scoping Review.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationDecision aids for families choosing feeding options in advanced dementia improved caregiver knowledge and reduced decisional conflict. They did not clearly change tube feeding preferences or actual tube feeding use.
• RNRCT2022Effects of online antenatal education on worries about labour, fear of childbirth, preparedness for labour and fear of covid-19 during the covid-19 pandemic: A single-blind randomised controlled study.MidwiferyAmong 23 first-time pregnant women assigned to online antenatal education and 21 controls, the combined childbirth, coping, breathing/relaxation and COVID-19 education was followed by less labour worry, less fear of birth, less COVID-19 fear and greater labour preparedness.
• RNQualitative2023Vaccination hesitancy: To be vaccinated, or not to be vaccinated, that is the question in the era of COVID-19.Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)Italian vaccine-hesitant adults described a perceived lack of control as the main barrier to vaccination. Anxiety about side effects and family influence were prominent. Participants who vaccinated despite hesitation did so primarily to remove social restrictions rather than due to changed beliefs.
• RNQualitative2023Children's understanding and consent to heart surgery: Multidisciplinary teamwork and moral experiences.Journal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and communityIn paediatric heart surgery teams, nurses and other staff described informing children, using play and models, and sharing small choices to build trust and cooperation. They saw forced holding as a last resort.
• RNRCT2023Does immediate skin-to-skin contact at caesarean sections promote uterine contraction and recovery of the maternal blood haemoglobin levels? A randomized clinical trial.Nursing openAfter scheduled caesareans, immediate skin-to-skin contact was associated with stronger uterine contraction and less haemoglobin drop than usual care. The trial was small, unblinded, and excluded urgent cases.
• RNQualitative2023Spring-infusors: How a simple and small solution can create king-sized complexity.Nursing openFamilies preferred spring-infusors for mobility and silence, but inconsistent nurse knowledge, supply shortages, and safety rumours hindered use. Centralized device management and staff training are required to overcome these barriers.
• RNPilot2023Piloting Smart Home Sensors to Detect Overnight Respiratory and Withdrawal Symptoms in Adults Prescribed Opioids.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management NursesIn four adults on methadone, room motion sensors matched sleep and wake states in 89.4% of 30-second sleep periods, but missed 116 of 118 apnea episodes and could not track leg movements.
• RNSurvey2023Parents of children with congenital heart defects during the COVID-19 pandemic: An examination of mental health variables, risk factors, and protective factors.Heart & lung : the journal of critical careParents of young children with congenital heart disease reported high anxiety and stress during the pandemic. Low resilience and less support were linked to higher anxiety, depression, and stress. Worry about their child catching COVID-19 in care settings was linked to anxiety and depression.
• RNCase Series2023Nurse practitioner model of care for the initiation of pre-exposure prophylaxis: A case series study.Nursing openMen starting PrEP with a nurse-led model all stayed HIV-negative, but adherence logs were incomplete and some reported missed doses. The model was implemented, not tested against usual care.
• RNSurvey2023The Understanding of Maternal Smoking among Women who were Smoking or had Quit Smoking during Pregnancy.The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieresPregnant and postnatal women with higher understanding of maternal smoking were more likely to have quit. Many had low to moderate understanding, gaps about specific harms, and misbeliefs about cutting down or quitting.
• RNCohort2023Diet variety sup the relationship between appetite and micronutrient intake in patients with heart failure.European journal of cardiovascular nursingPoor appetite drives micronutrient gaps in heart failure mainly by shrinking diet variety. Higher appetite scores linked to eating from more food groups, which lowered the count of insufficient nutrients. Assessing both appetite and variety may identify patients needing dietary support.
• RNOther2023Effect of a fall prevention strategy for the older patients: A quasi-experimental study.Nursing openOlder inpatients who helped assess fall risks and choose prevention steps had no falls during hospital stay, while three falls occurred in routine care. They also scored higher on fall prevention knowledge, attitude, practice, and confidence.
• RNQualitative2023Critically Ill Patients: Family Experiences of Interfacility Transfers From Rural to Urban Centers and Impact on Family Relationships.Journal of family nursingFamily members of rural patients transferred to urban critical care units found the hours without contact during ambulance transport most stressful. Families said being welcomed and receiving up-to-date information helped them cope with fear and isolation.
• RNSurvey2022Factors associated with risk related to the use of psychoactive substances by men deprived of their liberty.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemMany men in a Brazilian prison had moderate-risk use of tobacco and marijuana. Earlier first arrest, living alone and one-parent upbringing were linked to higher substance-use risk.
• RNQualitative2022Experiences of Older Family Care Partners of Persons With Heart Failure 1 Year After the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study.Journal of gerontological nursingOlder family caregivers of people with heart failure described less exercise, social isolation, and reduced access to care during COVID-19, which worsened mood and caregiving burden. They coped by using phone or video calls, following precautions, and getting vaccinated.
• RNOther2021Symptoms of Acute Myocardial Infarction as Described in Calls to Tele-Nurses and in Questionnaires: A Mixed-Methods Study.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingIn calls to Swedish tele-nurses, chest pain was the most common MI symptom, but fear and tiredness were described less often than in later questionnaires. Some callers used vague terms, so open questions may capture symptoms that do not fit the template.
• RNCohort2023The relationship between vitamin D deficiency and mortality in older adults before and during COVID-19 pandemic.Heart & lung : the journal of critical careIn older adults, severe vitamin D deficiency was linked to higher death risk, but this association appeared only during the pandemic period and not before. The study cannot prove vitamin D deficiency causes death, as it was observational and did not track who died of COVID-19.
• RNQualitative2023Paradoxical perception of humanistic care in the intensive care unit: A qualitative study.Nursing openICU nurses and families described mutual misunderstanding: families wanted bedside presence and information, but nurses often saw them as disruptive and ignored them. Nurses reported caring stagnation from workload, yet felt satisfaction when patients improved.
• RNOther2023Maternity care during a pandemic: Can a hybrid telehealth model comprising group interdisciplinary education support maternal psychological health?Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of MidwivesAmong 69 first-time mothers, adding small online group education to telehealth maternity care was associated with lower depression scores over time. Stress and anxiety did not differ from standard care.
• RNCohort2023Association of Patient-Centered Elements of Care and Palliative Care Among Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer.The American journal of hospice & palliative carePalliative care was linked to more pain and antidepressant prescriptions, advance care planning, and hospice, but less home health care. Starting palliative care as an outpatient was linked to more pain medication and hospice.
• RNSurvey2023Implementing advanced practice nursing in France: A country-wide survey 2 years after its introduction.Nursing openTwo years after France introduced advanced practice nursing, 70% of surveyed graduates worked in these roles, but many faced barriers like lack of positions, administrative blocks on prescribing, and insufficient income in primary care.
• RNPilot2023Pain Interference in End Stage Kidney Disease is Associated with Changes in Gut Microbiome Features Before and After Kidney Transplantation.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management NursesPain that interfered with daily life was linked to different gut bacteria in kidney transplant adults. Those with pain had 5-fold lower Akkermansia after transplant. This is a link, not proof that a treatment works.
• RNQualitative2022Postnatal depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic: The needs and experiences of New Zealand mothers and health care providers.MidwiferyMothers described feeling isolated and financially stressed, with postnatal appointments focusing almost entirely on the baby. They reported a lack of practical support and difficulty accessing mental health care, while providers noted gaps in training and service capacity.