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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• RNCohort2024Associations among frailty status, hypertension, and fall risk in community-dwelling older adults.International journal of nursing sciencesCommunity-dwelling older adults with both hypertension and frailty had a much higher risk of falling than those with neither. The risk rose sharply as frailty progressed from pre-frail to frail in people with hypertension.
• RNCase Report2024Prolonged Jaundice in a Premature Breastfed Infant With Gilbert's Syndrome.Journal of human lactation : official journal of International Lactation Consultant AssociationProlonged jaundice in a late preterm breastfed infant was confirmed as Gilbert's syndrome after genetic testing. Visible jaundice resolved by 4 months, and at 6 months the infant was breastfeeding without formula.
• RNSurvey2024Sources and perceived credibility of child nutrition information in relation to maternal health literacy.Patient education and counselingMothers with limited health literacy reported getting child nutrition information more from family, dietitians, health care providers and government programs, less from Facebook, and rated providers less credible than mothers with adequate health literacy.
• RNOther2024Comparison of the performance of four screening tools for sarcopenia in patients with chronic liver disease.International journal of nursing sciencesIn 366 hospitalized patients with chronic liver disease, the Ishii score worked best among four screening tools: it caught 85.94% of sarcopenia cases and was correct in 78.15% of patients without sarcopenia. Use it to screen, not diagnose.
• RNSystematic Review2024Effects of non-pharmacological interventions on pain in wound patients during dressing change: A systematic review.Nursing openDuring dressing changes, VR, visual distraction, guided imagery, religious or spiritual care and foot reflexology may reduce pain in some trials. Hypnosis and jaw relaxation did not reduce pain. Evidence was weak.
• RNQualitative2024Perspectives on Emergency Preparedness Among Indigenous Pacific People in Hawaii: A Qualitative Study.Journal of community health nursingIndigenous Pacific caregivers in Hawaii worried about tsunamis and hurricanes, but few had detailed evacuation or communication plans. They said money, transport, housing and language made preparedness hard, and wanted clinic advice, apps and community storytelling.
• RNMeta-Analysis2024An Improved Definition and SAFE Rule for Predicting Difficult Intravascular Access (DIVA) in Hospitalized Adults.Journal of infusion nursing : the official publication of the Infusion Nurses SocietyBefore placing a peripheral IV, check whether veins are visible and palpable, ask about difficult access or IV drug abuse, and assess BMI. These factors were linked to difficult access.
• RNSurvey2024Perceived social support among percutaneous coronary intervention patients over a long-term follow-up period.Nursing openPost-PCI patients reported high social support, but all three types were significantly lower at 6 years than 4 months. Information about ongoing care and rehabilitation was the weakest area, especially over time.
• RNSystematic Review2024Air quality self-management in asthmatic patients with COPD: An integrative review for developing nursing interventions to prevent exacerbations.International journal of nursing sciencesVigilance, monitoring, education and policy emerged as possible air-quality self-management approaches for asthma and COPD. Evidence came from five heterogeneous studies, so these are candidate nursing interventions, not proven treatments.
• RNSystematic Review2024Symptoms and symptom clusters in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and commonly used instruments: An integrated review.International journal of nursing sciencesHCC patients commonly report clusters of fatigue, pain, appetite loss, sleep disturbance, distress, and liver-related symptoms. Nurses should use symptom tools that capture these clusters, not only general cancer symptom lists.
• RNCohort2024Pressure injury prevalence in critical care settings: An observational pre-post intervention study.Nursing openIn three Saudi critical care units, pressure injury prevalence was 60.9% before and 28.7% after nurse education with presentations, case discussions, resources, repeated visits and unit support. Older age and longer ICU stay were linked to higher pressure injury risk.
• RNQualitative2024Communication between parents diagnosed with cancer and their children: study with data triangulation.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PParents with cancer mostly described telling children aged 3 to 12 about their diagnosis as painful and stressful, with some also feeling safe and supported. Most disclosed within a week.
• RNQualitative2024A Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research-based process to develop theoretically-informed human papillomavirus vaccination educational materials for young adults.Patient education and counselingYoung adults wanted HPV vaccine education delivered through social media, apps, texts, and short print materials. They needed clearer eligibility, side-effect, cost, and inclusive content to make the materials usable.
• PTOTRNNarrative Review2024Various Therapies for Lymphedema and Chronic Venous Insufficiency, Including a Multimodal At-Home Nonpneumatic Compression Treatment.Advances in skin & wound careNo single treatment cures chronic edema. Exercise, compression, skin care and self-management remain foundational. A portable nonpneumatic compression device may improve adherence, but evidence is limited.
• RNQualitative2024Training to use smart tablets to access reliable online health information in older adults' post-pandemic: A focused pilot intervention study.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)Older adults new to smart tablets valued easier access to health information but needed short, one-on-one training, reliable websites, and support for anxiety, passwords, and judging online sources.
• RNOther2024Clinical validation of the terminological subset for people with chronic kidney disease undergoing conservative treatment.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PFor adults with chronic kidney disease on conservative treatment, a nursing language subset matched real patient cases: nurses almost always agreed on 110 nursing problems/outcomes and 195 nursing actions. It guides assessment and documentation, but does not show better patient outcomes.
• RNOther2024Patient safety culture assessment before and after safety huddle implementation.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PStaff reported better patient safety perceptions and fewer adverse events after five months of daily huddles. Verbal prescription read-backs improved significantly, but cross-unit teamwork scores slightly declined. Doctors attended few huddles, so the effect of this specific intervention remains uncertain.
• RNOther2024Prenatal care associated with neonatal outcomes in maternity hospitals: a hospital-based cross-sectional study.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PAmong 440 mothers after birth, having six or fewer prenatal visits was associated with prematurity and low birth weight. High pregnancy risk and birth outside the home municipality were also associated with low birth weight and newborn breathing support.
• RNQualitative2024"Somebody That can Meet you on Your Level:" Cancer Survivors' Perspectives on the Role of Indigenous Patient Navigators in Cancer Care.The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieresFirst Nations and Métis cancer survivors said Indigenous patient navigators could help by translating medical terms, coordinating travel and appointments, advocating, and linking them to family, community, traditional care, and Indigenous health supports.
• RNQualitative2024Enhancing foot care education and support strategies in adults with type 2 diabetes.Journal of the American Association of Nurse PractitionersAdults with type 2 diabetes said seeing foot complications in people they knew motivated daily checks, while shame, embarrassment, body size, pain, footwear habits, and family criticism made foot care harder.
• RNRCT2024A qualitative exploration of 40 Hz sound and music for older adults with mild cognitive impairment.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)Self-selected music felt emotionally supportive and memory-triggering to older adults with mild cognitive impairment. Standalone 40 Hz sound caused irritation or ringing in many, while blending it with familiar music made it easier to tolerate. No cognitive benefit was tested.
• PTRNSystematic Review2024Practice of immersion in hot water to relieve pain in neonatology: an integrative review.Revista brasileira de enfermagem90% of included articles reported lower acute pain scores after newborn hot water immersion at 36 to 39°C, but one study found no pain-score improvement. Evidence is weak, designs vary, and swaddled baths combine immersion with restraint.
• RNOther2024Associations of Intimate Partner Violence and Drug Use on Viral Suppression Among Women Living With HIV in South Florida: A Secondary Analysis.The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANACHaving both recent intimate partner violence and drug use did not show a clear difference in HIV viral load above 200 copies/mL among 194 women living with HIV who reported heavy drinking. Rates were highest in women with both, but no clear link was found.
• RNSystematic Review2024An Integrative Review of the State of POLST Science: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go?Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationPortable medical orders called POLST were associated with treatment matching documented orders and more preference documentation, but the evidence came only from observational studies, so it cannot prove they improve patient outcomes.
• RNQualitative2024Puerperal women's social interactions related to their sexual health after childbirth.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PPostpartum women described sexual health as self-care, mental well-being, infection prevention and respectful partnership, not just sex. Fear, body image change, partner pressure and caregiving overload pushed them to neglect their own needs.
• RNSystematic Review2024Clinical decision support systems for diabetic foot ulcers: a scoping review.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PComputerized decision support for diabetic foot is widely studied, but this review found little evidence it improves patient outcomes. It mainly maps screening, prediction, diagnosis and treatment tools.
• RNSurvey2024Factors related to health literacy among Brazilian adolescents: cross-sectional study.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PBrazilian adolescents attending higher education and using medication had higher health literacy scores; males had lower scores. These are survey associations, not evidence that any intervention improves literacy.
• RNOther2024Discriminatory and valuing communication behaviors in cardiology encounters.Patient education and counselingAfter accounting for patient age, sex and first appointment, no significant race differences were found in cardiologists' tailoring, interruptions, stereotyping or rushed communication. Raw counts showed small trends, and the team built a patient-informed codebook.
• RNOther2024Inter-device agreement of sacral subepidermal oedema measurement in healthy adults during prolonged 60° head of bed elevation.Nursing openTwo subepidermal moisture scanners agreed on pressure injury risk in healthy adults during prolonged head-of-bed elevation, despite statistical differences at some timepoints. Both devices consistently classified participants as low risk. Nurses can use either device to guide prevention strategies.
• PTOTRNOther2024Inactivity May Identify Older Intensive Care Unit Survivors at Risk for Post-Intensive Care Syndrome.American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care NursesVery low wrist-measured activity in older ICU survivors was seen with worse attention, strength, dexterity, and more depression or anxiety. The study was small and exploratory, and it cannot show that activity causes these problems.
• PTOTRNMeta-Analysis2024A Meta-Analysis of Fall Risk in Older Adults With Alzheimer's Disease.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationAcross studies, 44.27% of older adults with Alzheimer's disease fell at least once a year, and 42.08% of those fallers fell again. Use this high fall risk to guide tailored fall-risk assessment and prevention planning.
• RNSurvey2024Relationship Between Acculturation and Mental Health in Korean American Family Caregivers of Community-Dwelling Persons Living with Dementia.Clinical nursing researchIn 32 Korean American dementia caregivers, neither Korean nor American cultural orientation was linked to distress in the main analysis. After accounting for self-efficacy, stronger Korean orientation was linked to more depressive symptoms.
• RNSurvey2024Prevalence and underreporting of immunization errors in childhood vaccination: results of a household survey.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PVaccination records for 453 children contained 55 immunization errors affecting 44 children; all were underreported. Delayed schedules were linked to 7.5 times the chance of errors, so check intervals and ages.
• RNOther2024Effects of love glove application on vital signs for COVID-19 patients in the intensive care unit.Nursing openApplying warm-water-filled gloves to ICU patients' hands significantly lowered blood pressure and raised oxygen saturation. However, respiratory rate also increased significantly. Pulse and temperature showed no significant change. The study lacked a control group, so these shifts cannot be confidently attributed to the intervention.
• RNOther2024Development and validation of the Convalescence Symptom Assessment Scale for EsophageCtomy patients.Nursing openA 28-item patient-reported symptom scale for oesophagectomy recovery was completed quickly and tracked symptom severity similarly to an established measure. Scores stayed stable when patients repeated it after retesting.
• RNCohort2024Antibiotic Prescribing Patterns for Urinary Tract Infections and Pneumonia by Prescriber Type and Specialty in Nursing Home Care, 2016-2018.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationNursing home specialists prescribed fewer fluoroquinolones for UTIs but more for pneumonia than non-specialists. Fluoroquinolone use dropped over time for all prescribers. Physicians generally used shorter treatment durations than advanced practice practitioners.
• RNOther2024Technological prospecting of patents related to monitoring accidents due to falls in hospitals.Revista brasileira de enfermagemHospital fall monitoring patents were mainly from the United States, China, Japan and Korea, mostly environmental devices aimed at prevention, and the most cited were wearable devices. This is a patent map, not evidence that any device prevents patient falls.
• RNOther2024Artificial intelligence to predict bed bath time in Intensive Care Units.Revista brasileira de enfermagemBest AI model predicted ICU bed bath time with average error 1.9 minutes in 50 patients from one unit, but it should not replace nurse judgment.
• RNSurvey2024Increased experiences of loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic, emotional distress and changes in perceived physical and mental health: A structural equation model.Nursing open47% of adults said the pandemic made life lonelier. Loneliness was linked to worse perceived mental health more than physical health, partly through emotional distress. This is association, not proof of cause.
• RNCohort2024Cardiovascular Disease Incidence and Cardiovascular Health Among Diverse Women With Breast and Gynecologic Cancers.Oncology nursing forumBlack women with breast or gynecologic cancer did not have higher heart disease risk than White women in this small study. Most survivors had nonideal heart health regardless of race. Nurses should focus on teaching risk reduction to all cancer survivors.
• RNQualitative2024Quality of life in assisted living facilities for seniors: A descriptive exploratory study.Nursing openSeniors in assisted living tied quality of life to their own suite, family visits, staff relationships, food choices, privacy, and time to adjust. Poor neighbourhood access and staff shortages were frequent complaints.
• RNOther2024How the Timing of Annual COVID-19 Vaccination of Nursing Home Residents and Staff Affects Its Value.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationAnnual vaccination campaigns in a nursing home model averted the most cases when started at least two months before the winter peak. September or October start dates were most robust. Waiting for first cases lost prevention opportunities.
• RNOther2024Identifying avoidable causes of perinatal deaths in a district hospital in Lesotho.CurationisIn 142 perinatal death records, most deaths were stillbirths, and most had at least two or three avoidable problems. Nurses should monitor foetal movement, labour progress, escalation, and equipment readiness.
• RNCohort2024Prevalence, factors and early outcomes of frailty among hospitalized older patients with valvular heart disease: A prospective observational cohort study.Nursing openFrailty was found in 78 of 207 older hospitalized patients with valve disease, and frail patients had longer stays, higher costs and more 30-day adverse events. Poor chewing, low exercise, multimorbidity and NYHA III/IV were associated with frailty.
• RNMeta-Analysis2024Pulse oximetry test for screening congenital heart diseases: a systematic review.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PPulse oximetry screening for congenital heart disease has high specificity but moderate sensitivity overall. Sensitivity improves to 67% when testing occurs between 24 and 48 hours of life, but drops to 29% in premature newborns, limiting its effectiveness in that group.
• RNCohort2024Impact of Cumulative 6 mg/kg Antithymocyte Globulin on Early Posttransplant Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Delayed Graft Function.Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.)Kidney transplant recipients with delayed graft function who got a protocol using 6 mg/kg antithymocyte globulin, fixed-dose mycophenolate, and early biopsy had fewer biopsy-proven acute rejections at 6 months. The bundle also added monitoring, so the dose alone is not proven.
• RNRCT2024The effect of increasing duration of family members' presence on sleep status in patients with acute coronary syndrome in cardiac care unit: A randomized controlled trial.Nursing openLonger family presence at the bedside was linked to better sleep quality and quantity in patients with acute coronary syndrome in a cardiac care unit. The extra hour was added to usual care, so it cannot be credited alone.
• RNSurvey2024Initial Psychometric Testing of a Pain Quality Pictogram Tool Among Hmong Limited English Proficient and Bilingual Community Members and Healthcare Practitioners.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management NursesEight of 15 Hmong pain pictograms were matched almost perfectly, but six were less reliable or unclear. Nurses should not rely on those pictures for soreness, numbness, tingling, aching, internal burning, or leg cramps until the tool is revised.
• RNCohort2024Association Between Psychosocial Acuity and Glycemic Control in a Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes Clinic.The science of diabetes self-management and careIn young people with diabetes, medium, high, and critical psychosocial concern were associated with A1C increases of 0.17, 0.30, and 0.48 compared with no/low concern.
• RNRCT2024Continuous Glucose Monitoring-Guided Insulin Administration in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationReal-time continuous glucose monitoring with remote monitoring and alarms did not improve time with glucose in target range compared with standard fingerstick testing in long-term care residents on insulin. It did detect more low and high glucose events than fingersticks.