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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• RNCohort2025Prevalence of faecal incontinence in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: Severity and its relationship with quality of life.Journal of advanced nursingMost patients with inflammatory bowel disease reported faecal incontinence, but only 14 of 96 were asked about it during their last clinic visit. Severity correlated with lower quality of life, not with disease activity.
• RNQualitative2025Nursing roles in disaster zones: Experiences and lessons from Turkey's 2023 earthquakes.International nursing reviewNurses in a disaster relief team described initial detachment evolving into camaraderie through shared caregiving. Key challenges included language barriers, weather conditions, and differing clinical protocols. Post-mission, they highlighted the need for better nurse-to-physician ratios, compatible medical records software, and structured psychological closure.
• RNQualitative2025Self-care behaviours of first-generation Chinese immigrants living with cardiovascular disease: A qualitative study.Journal of advanced nursingMany first-generation Chinese immigrants with heart disease tried to eat better, walk, take tablets, and watch symptoms, but many kept old habits, used Chinese medicines or supplements, and some waited to seek care after chest pain. Nurses need plain Chinese-language education for patients and families.
• RNQualitative2025Anti-Black Medical Gaslighting in Healthcare: Experiences of Black Women in Canada.The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieresBlack pregnant and postpartum women in Canada said nurses and providers dismissed concerns, doubted pain, and made them prove illness. They said being believed, not standard medical wording, was needed to turn off gaslighting.
• RNOther2025Parents' Trigger Tool for Children with Medical Complexity - PAT-CMC: Development of a recognition tool for clinical deterioration at home.Journal of advanced nursingA home recognition tool for medically complex children was built from parent and provider ratings. It lists 23 warning signs in seven groups. Content was validated, but no evidence yet that using it improves child outcomes.
• RNCohort2025Health-related quality of life predictors for patients with stroke: A prospective longitudinal study of matched pairs of patients with stroke and family caregivers.Journal of clinical nursingPatients' quality-of-life scores fell from admission to discharge in 158 stroke rehabilitation pairs. Higher caregiver preparedness and sense of competence were linked to positive changes in patient quality of life, but this was an association, not a tested treatment.
• RNSurvey2024Patient Perspectives on the Use of Aging Metrics for Kidney Transplant Decision-Making.Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.)Kidney transplant candidates opposed denying listing solely on age (seventy-five-point six percent), frailty (46.5%), or cognitive impairment (45.9%). Most wanted centers to help improve health before waitlisting.
• RNOther2024Not All Frailty Assessments Are Created Equal: Comparability of Electronic Health Data-Based Frailty Assessments in Assessing Older People in Residential Care.Biological research for nursingIn 813 aged-care residents, electronic frailty scores and nurse-rated Clinical Frailty Scale did not line up. The two electronic tools tracked each other, but the tools did not clearly match the care funding class.
• RNCohort2024Baseline Sociodemographic Characteristics and Mental Health Status of Primary Caregivers and Children Attending Schools on the Navajo Nation During COVID-19.The Journal of school healthNavajo caregivers and children had high mental health risk at school reopening: one-quarter caregiver depression risk, nearly 40% anxiety risk, and 15.7% child distress risk. Caregivers also reported cultural identity, hope, self-esteem, and child resilience.
• RNQualitative2024Exploring Social Interactions in the Context of Justice System Involvement: Perspectives of Patients and Psychiatric Nurses.Clinical nursing researchNurses and patients described the tension of providing care while enforcing legal confinement. Trust was hard to build but possible through honest communication and active listening. Patients reported boredom and confusion about legal steps as major stressors, not just their symptoms.
• OTRNSystematic Review2025Resilience in family caregivers of Asian older people with dementia: An integrative review.Journal of advanced nursingDementia caregivers' burden was associated with more severe dementia, role strain, stigma, family stress, being female, low income and low education. Positive caregiving aspects, family support and religiosity were associated with better adaptation.
• RNQualitative2025A longitudinal study of breastfeeding relationships at home during the COVID-19 pandemic: A grounded theory method.Journal of advanced nursingMothers described breastfeeding at home as bonding and emotional well-being, but also shaped by pumping, bottles, pacifiers, schedules, sleep training and phone use.
• RNSystematic Review2025A scoping review of the qualitative literature reporting experiences of living with a stoma for inflammatory bowel disease.Journal of advanced nursingAdjustment to a stoma for IBD takes far longer than the typical three-month expectation, often up to nine months for physical control and years for emotional acceptance. Patients need honest pre-operative preparation, realistic expectations, and ongoing specialist support to manage stigma and body image.
• RNSurvey2025Factors affecting caregiver burden among parents of children with cancer: A path analysis.Journal of clinical nursingParents of children with cancer reported high burden. Their burden tracked with seeing the illness as threatening and catastrophizing about pain, not with social support. Resilience's link to burden ran through illness perception and pain catastrophizing.
• RNCohort2025Peri-mortem arrhythmias in the non-cardiac intensive care unit.Nursing in critical careIn dying ICU patients monitored at the end of life, 56% had a sustained arrhythmia lasting at least 30 seconds in the final hour. Several rhythm types were seen, but the study cannot show they caused death.
• RNQualitative2025Desiring support on a winding road with challenging intersections: Social and professional support for sexual minority forced migrant men.Journal of advanced nursingSexual minority migrant men in Sweden said health services were hard to reach because of language, cost, unfamiliar systems and fear about disclosure. They wanted friendly, affirming clinicians and interpreter choices that protected privacy.
• RNCohort2025Retrospective Analysis of the Integration of Palliative Care Into the Care of Stroke Patients Admitted to a Regional Stroke Center.The American journal of hospice & palliative careOnly 28.8% of stroke patients who died received a palliative care consult, and the median time to consult was 6 days. RNs may see this as a signal to check consult status in coma-range or transferred stroke patients.
• RNQualitative2025How do Patients With Advanced Cancer and Family Caregivers Accommodate One Another in Decision-Making? Findings From a Qualitative Study in Specialist Palliative Care.The American journal of hospice & palliative carePatients and caregivers often hid their true preferences to avoid conflict. Those with strong prior bonds accommodated each other easily, while past conflict made this hard. Trust allowed some patients to hand over decision-making control entirely.
• RNSurvey2024COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake, Infection Rates, and Seropositivity Among Youth Experiencing Homelessness in the United States.Nursing researchAmong 265 homeless youth, 67.9% had COVID-19 antibodies and 41.9% were vaccinated, but only 12% reported symptoms and 80% never tested positive. Nurses should use testing, not self-report, to find infection.
• RNOther2024Chronic Pain Resilience Across Clinical Populations: A Concept Analysis.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management NursesChronic pain resilience is the ability to adapt to pain by balancing positive and negative mental and social factors. It includes seeking support, staying active, buffering distress, and self-empowerment, but was not tested as a treatment.
• RNCohort2024Effectiveness of Short-Acting Opioid Escalation vs Initiation of a Long-Acting Opioid in Nursing Home Residents.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationFor nursing home residents with persistent pain, escalating a short-acting opioid dose worked just as well as adding or switching to a long-acting opioid. Neither approach eliminated pain or improved mood, and both left many residents still reporting significant symptoms.
• RNQualitative2024"Things That You Thought Mattered, None of That Matters": A Qualitative Exploration of Family Caregiver Values following Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingFamily caregivers of LVAD patients said values like health, family, faith, and hobbies guided care choices and coping. Implantation often reshaped priorities, and some avoided discussing values in clinic.
• RNSystematic Review2025A Scoping Review to Contribute to Knowledge About Culturally Adapting Interventions for Latino Family Caregivers of Persons Living With Dementia.Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing SocietyFor Latino family caregivers, adapting interventions means more than translating into Spanish. Programs used family-centered values, personal connection, trusted community partners, bilingual staff, and dementia education, with reported better engagement and caregiver outcomes.
• RNRCT2025Patient Perceptions of Specialist Palliative Care Intervention in Surgical Oncology Care.The American journal of hospice & palliative carePatients undergoing abdominal cancer surgery often failed to recognize palliative care specialists, confusing them with other providers or associating the term with end-of-life care. For those who did recall interactions, the value lay in supportive presence and symptom management rather than distinct procedural interventions.
• RNOther2025The frequency of sepsis-associated delirium in intensive care unit and its effect on nurse workload.Journal of clinical nursingICU patients with sepsis-associated delirium had 1.8 hours more average nurse care time than patients without it. Delirium alone had 1.1 hours more care time and sepsis alone had 1.3 hours more, but this is association, not cause.
• RNQualitative2025Failed implementation of a nursing intervention to support family caregivers: An evaluation study using Normalization Process Theory.Journal of advanced nursingNurses valued the family caregiver needs tool in end-of-life care after using it, but many did not see it as different from usual care; staff shortages, late referrals and trial recruitment duties blocked routine use.
• RNNarrative Review2025Additional doses of prophylactic antibiotics post-arthroplasty: Are there any benefits?Journal of perioperative practiceFor most patients after hip or knee replacement, extra antibiotic doses after surgery did not show benefit. Adding vancomycin to cefazolin increased acute kidney injury from 8% to 13%.
• RNRCT2025Implementation of an external female urinary catheter strategy on prevention of skin breakdown in acute care: A quality improvement study.Journal of clinical nursingIn 381 incontinent women using external female urinary catheter A or B, new or worsening skin breakdown occurred in 4.9%. Without a non-catheter control, this is an observed rate, not proof of prevention.
• RNQualitative2025Dangerous Variation or Patient-Centered Care? Palliative Care and Pain Providers' Comfort, Experiences, and Approaches when Treating Cancer Pain With Coexisting Aberrant Behaviors.The American journal of hospice & palliative carePalliative and pain specialists caring for cancer patients with aberrant drug behaviors report high distress, limited training, and lack of addiction support. They use risk mitigation strategies like drug contracts to structure care, not to ensure safety, and feel unsupported in balancing compassion with prescribing rules.
• RNRCT2025A Randomized Pilot Trial of the Donor Conception Tool to Empower Parental Telling and Talking (TELL Tool) with Their Children About Their Genetic Origins.Journal of pediatric health care : official publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & PractitionersParents using the TELL Tool reported telling their donor-conceived children more often than parents using the parenting eBook, but the study was too small to show this clearly. They also felt more confident and less anxious about telling.
• RNRCT2025The effect of virtual reality versus standard-of-care treatment on pain perception during paediatric vaccination: A randomised controlled trial.Journal of clinical nursingChildren aged 3 to 14 years reported less pain and less fear during vaccination when assigned to immersive virtual reality instead of standard care. More said no pain, fewer said worst pain.
• PTRNQualitative2025Exploring women's bladder self-care practices: A qualitative secondary analysis.Journal of advanced nursingWomen described limiting fluids, doing pelvic floor exercises, avoiding public toilets, using pads, and self-treating UTIs to manage bladder health. Some practices were reported as helpful, others as ineffective, so ask patients what they are doing before advising.
• RNOther2025Applying machine learning to construct an association model for lung cancer and environmental hormone high-risk factors and nursing assessment reconstruction.Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of NursingA database model reported abnormal blood and urine cadmium as associated with higher lung cancer likelihood. The paper proposes nurses add questions about hot pot, seafood, instant noodles, grilled foods, secondhand smoke, incense, and cooking during lung cancer assessments.
• RNQualitative2024Sticking to the script: Breast cancer patients' decision making regarding oral endocrine therapy.Patient education and counselingWomen who skipped or stopped endocrine therapy cited distrust of the medical industry or unmanageable side effects, while those who continued relied on strong physician recommendation. Patients who stopped often hid it from their doctors to avoid disappointing them.
• PTRNCohort2024John Henryism-racial stressors among older black men with low back pain.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)For older Black men with chronic low back pain, neither high-effort coping nor pain catastrophizing had a clear link to measured back performance. Higher high-effort coping was linked to lower self-reported pain, while higher catastrophizing was linked to higher pain.
• RNPilot2024Factors related to cognitive performance among black caregivers of persons living with a chronic illness: An exploratory study.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)Among 56 Black caregivers, women and college-educated participants scored higher on cognitive tests. Caregivers with normal cognition reported feeling less personal gain from caregiving and more race-related stress. Small sample size and cross-sectional design limit conclusions.
• RNQualitative2024"Treat Me Like a Person": Unveiling Healthcare Narratives of Muslim Women who Wear Islamic Head Coverings Through a Poststructural Narrative Study.The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieresEight Muslim women in Canada described healthcare encounters in which their visible head covering was met with assumptions, rushed care, or discrimination, but also feeling heard when providers respected modesty and privacy requests. Preferences varied widely.
• RNOther2024Musical Activity Engagement, Depressive Symptoms, Physical Activity, and Cognitive Function in People With Type 2 Diabetes.Nursing researchIn adults with type 2 diabetes who reported cognitive problems, more musical activity was linked to more physical activity, which was linked to better self-perceived thinking and memory. No links were found to objective cognitive test scores.
• SLPRNOther2024Environmental Scan of Online Government Complementary Feeding Resources in the United States.MCN. The American journal of maternal child nursingFederal online complementary feeding resources often matched US dietary guidelines on starting solids around 6 months, but many were outdated and disagreed about allergenic foods and texture progression.
• RNRCT2025Does Family Functioning Matter? Understanding the Relationship Between Family Interactions and Depressive Symptoms for Caregivers of Cancer Patients.The American journal of hospice & palliative careCaregivers of cancer patients with better family interactions had fewer depressive symptoms. For every 10-point improvement in family interaction quality, depression scores dropped by 1.6 points. This was an association, not proof that improving family dynamics reduces depression.
• RNSystematic Review2025Nurse-led remote digital support for adults with chronic conditions: A systematic synthesis without meta-analysis.Journal of clinical nursingNurse-led digital support improved patient satisfaction and self-management, but had limited impact on hard clinical outcomes like blood pressure or hospital admissions. Mobile apps and frequent nurse contact appeared most effective, though study quality was often low.
• RNSurvey2025Determination of the relationship between parents' health literacy and fever management of their children: A cross-sectional study.Journal of advanced nursingParents with higher health literacy reported more fever management practices, but 10.7% had insufficient and 40.9% problematic-limited literacy. Nurses can check understanding and discuss safe fever care.
• RNSystematic Review2025Medication administration in aged care facilities: A mixed-methods systematic review.Journal of advanced nursingPharmacist-led education for staff reduced medication administration errors. However, practices like crushing tablets without asking residents or hiding medication in food were common and linked to harm. Staff time pressure and interruptions drove these errors and omissions.
• RNQualitative2025'I tried to get into their shoes and their culture'. Care worker experiences in cultural end-of-life care: Interpretative phenomenological analysis.Journal of clinical nursingCare workers providing end-of-life care to culturally diverse clients described feeling unprepared and unsupported. They improvised communication by learning languages or using family members as translators, and often formed deep, blurred relationships with clients, leading to significant emotional burden and loneliness.
• RNCohort2025Infant feeding and criticality in children.Nursing in critical careCritically ill infants exclusively breastfed in the first month did not have less severe illness, less respiratory distress, or a confirmed faster recovery; median recovery times were 1.5 and 2.6 days.
• RNCohort2025Activity, triage levels and impact of the pandemic on hospital emergency departments: A multicentre cross-sectional study.Journal of advanced nursing42.6% of 2,332,654 included adult emergency department patients were triaged level 4 and 10.6% level 5; low-acuity demand did not change during the pandemic, while severe levels rose.
• RNQualitative2025Parental emotional, social and transitional health in the first 6 months after childhood critical illness: A longitudinal qualitative study.Journal of advanced nursingAfter a child's PICU discharge, parents described worry, delayed self-care and added home medical tasks. Most felt life returned to normal by 6 months, but families with ongoing treatment continued to need emotional and practical support.
• RNSystematic Review2025Becoming whole again-Caring for the self in chronic illness-A narrative review of qualitative empirical studies.Journal of clinical nursingPeople with chronic illness describe a journey from feeling threatened and stalemated to finding wholeness. Key turning points involve peer support, searching for meaning, and adapting identity. Clinicians should listen to these narratives rather than focusing solely on disease management tasks.
• RNQualitative2024Broken yet Brave: Arabic Women's Experience of a Breast Cancer Diagnosis.Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing SocietyArabic women with breast cancer described hiding their grief to protect their families and feeling powerless in treatment decisions, which were often made by husbands or doctors. For many, faith was a primary source of comfort and resilience.
• RNCohort2024The Nurses' Role in the Cardiac Rehabilitation Team: Data From the Perfect-CR Study.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingIn Swedish cardiac rehabilitation, blood pressure and cholesterol target attainment was associated with nurses adjusting medicines using treatment algorithms and teams holding regular rounds with a medical director.