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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• RNQualitative2024Experience Among Postnatal Nurses With Two or Three Children Returning to Work Within 3 Months in China: A Qualitative Study.Nursing openNurses returning to work within 3 months of having a second or third child described four main struggles: physical decline like fatigue and urinary incontinence, psychological maladjustment, breastfeeding conflicts, and a lack of clear career planning.
• RNQualitative2024Exploring Public Perceptions of Telenursing: A Q Methodology Study.Nursing openPublic views of telenursing split into five types, from full support to full skepticism. Many valued convenience and access but worried about missed subtle changes, emergencies, physical care, trust and privacy.
• RNSurvey2025Patients' Ability to Self-Manage Their Surgical Wound to Prevent Wound Complications: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of advanced nursingAfter surgery, 15.1% of discharged patients reported no wound-care information, and only 42.0% were invited into wound-care decisions. Nurses can verify what wound-care teaching was given before discharge.
• RNPilot2025Dyadic Comparison of Pain and Stress in Alzheimer's Disease and Caregivers.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management NursesIn five pairs of people with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers, caregivers tended to report more pain and stress than patients, and patient pain moved with caregiver burden. These small links do not show what causes what.
• RNOther2025Applying natural language processing to understand symptoms among older adult home healthcare patients with urinary incontinence.Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of NursingOnly 29% of home healthcare episodes for older adults with urinary incontinence had symptoms documented in notes. Anxiety was most common, urinary symptoms rare. Episodes for Black, Asian/Pacific Islander, and Hispanic patients were less likely to have any symptoms documented than White patients.
• RNSystematic Review2025Cultural Influences, Experiences and Interventions Targeting Self-Management Behaviours for Prediabetes or Type 2 Diabetes in First-Generation Immigrants: A Scoping Review.Journal of advanced nursingAdult first-generation immigrants with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes reported language barriers, limited health literacy, cost, family roles and cultural beliefs shaping self-management. Culturally tailored education, interpreters, family and peer support, and flexible scheduling were described as supports.
• RNSurvey2024Mediating Effect of Illness Perception on the Relationship Between Perceived Family Function and Sleep Quality Among Patients With Atrial Fibrillation.Nursing openIn 191 hospitalised patients with atrial fibrillation, better family function was linked to better sleep, and more negative illness perception was linked to poorer sleep. Higher AF symptom severity was also linked to worse sleep. These links cannot show cause.
• RNPilot2024Evaluation of a Cohort-Based Healthy Aging With HIV Wellness Pilot Intervention: "People Aging and Thriving With HIV" in Colorado.The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANACIn older adults with HIV, weekly steps did not show improvement in this wellness pilot, and depression, physical function, quality of life, and social isolation also did not show improvement. Participants liked it, but the study does not show it works.
• RNQualitative2024Social Technology in the Prevention of Adolescent Violence: documentary production.Revista brasileira de enfermagemAdolescents in a Brazilian soccer program condemned gender violence but normalized physical violence among boys. They co-created a documentary to disseminate prevention messages via social media, emphasizing peer-led engagement and visual storytelling over traditional clinical advice.
• PTOTRNPilot2024A Pilot Home-Telehealth Program to Enhance Functional Ability, Physical Performance, and Physical Activity in Older Adult Veterans Post-Hospital Discharge.Research in gerontological nursingA 6-month home telehealth program with a physical activity trainer nearly doubled daily steps in older veterans post-discharge. Functional ability and physical performance showed modest, non-significant improvements. High dropout rates and small sample size limit conclusions on efficacy.
• RNSystematic Review2024Assessment of knowledge in oncology about care for transgender people: a scoping review.Revista brasileira de enfermagemMost studies on oncology care for transgender people focus on general LGBTQIAPN+ populations, leaving a significant gap in validated tools and specific evidence for transgender patients.
• PTRNSystematic Review2024Cultural Tailoring and Implementation Science for Cardiometabolic Interventions in Asian Americans: A Systematic Review.Nursing openOnly three of nine studies in Asian American adults found significant weight, blood pressure, or A1C changes, although nine reported improvements in knowledge, self-efficacy, or behavior. Interventions varied widely, so no single culturally tailored approach is proven.
• RNRCT2025Nurse-Led Mobile Phone Intervention to Promote Self-Management in Type 2 Diabetes in Ghana: A Randomized Controlled Trial.The science of diabetes self-management and careNurse-led phone calls plus usual care did not improve blood sugar or self-management more than usual care alone. Both groups improved, but the extra calls added no significant benefit over standard clinic visits.
• RNRCT2025The Impact of Hospice Care on the Prognosis, Quality of Life, and Emotional Well-being of Patients With Chronic Heart Failure.Journal of hospice and palliative nursing : JHPN : the official journal of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses AssociationFor chronic heart failure, adding pain, comfort, sleep, psychological, spiritual and end-of-life education to standard care improved cardiac function, reduced anxiety and pain, and raised quality of life; daily living improved similarly in both groups.
• PTOTSLPRNQualitative2025"Hello… I'm Here!" A Co-Productive Qualitative Study Involving Older People With Vision Impairment and Their Experiences of Acute Hospital Care.Journal of advanced nursingSeven older adults with vision impairment described acute hospital care as traumatic and disabling. They felt invisible when staff failed to introduce themselves, left call bells out of reach, and ignored guide dogs. Small environmental adjustments like contrasting cup colours and verbal orientation improved their sense of safety.
• RNSystematic Review2025A Scoping Review of Observational Research on Cannabis Use for Symptom Management in HIV and Cancer: Implications for Cannabis Nursing.Journal of clinical nursingCannabis use for HIV and cancer symptoms showed mixed observational associations. Some patients reported benefit, but pain results were inconsistent, cancer quality of life sometimes lower, and product details were often missing.
• RNSystematic Review2025Clinicians' and Patients' Experiences and Perceptions on the Prevention and Management of Surgical Site Infections: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review.Journal of clinical nursingClinicians and surgical patients described outdated wound-care guidelines, knowledge gaps, poor communication, weak infection feedback, and distressing post-surgery infections as key issues in preventing and managing surgical site infections.
• RNOther2024The Readability, Understandability, and Suitability of Online Resources for Ostomy Care.Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing : official publication of The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses SocietyMost patient ostomy care websites were written at a high-school reading level. More content made the text harder to read, even though the sites were often understandable and suitable. Check reading level before recommending them.
• PTOTRNOther2024Purposes and characteristics of virtual reality technologies for the elderly in the community: a scoping review.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemCommunity older adults used VR for balance, gait, strength, cognition, mood, and leisure. Devices included screens, Kinect, goggles, and sensors; only four studies reported dizziness, nausea or anxiety, so safety reporting was incomplete.
• RNQualitative2024Transsexual men's experiences of childbirth and postpartum in the light of transcultural care.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemTrans men who gave birth described fear, obstetric and transphobic violence, and distress during care. Nurses can use the person's gender in records and exams, seek consent, and offer pain relief and breastfeeding education.
• RNSurvey2024Quality of home visits by community health workers in primary care and associated factors.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemJust 51.9% of home visits by community health workers met the study's full set of quality actions. Teams that defined catchment areas, monitored health indicators, assessed user satisfaction, and used risk criteria were more likely to have adequate visits.
• RNOther2024Temporal trends in neonatal mortality in Pernambuco.Revista brasileira de enfermagemPernambuco's neonatal mortality rate fell between 2000 and 2020, with an average annual reduction of 2.9%, but trends varied by health region. This is population surveillance, not evidence that any care change worked.
• RNOther2024Association between chronic health conditions and severe acute respiratory syndrome in pregnant women: an exploratory study.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PIn 1,152 pregnant women hospitalized with SARS, diabetes, neurological disease, and substance use appeared more often with COVID-19 than influenza. Mortality was 7%, and confirmation took 42.6 days.
• RNSurvey2024Development and Testing of the Comprehensive Prenatal Care Index: Relationship With Preterm Birth and Small for Gestational Age Across Racial and Ethnic Groups.Journal of midwifery & women's healthComprehensive prenatal care quality, including counseling and screening content, was associated with lower odds of preterm birth across racial and ethnic groups. It did not consistently predict small for gestational age. Visit count alone did not capture care quality.
• RNNarrative Review2024Challenges for Antepartum Care of the Individual with Perinatal Substance Use: An Empirical Integrative Review of Novel Approaches to Improve Care.Journal of midwifery & women's healthCare models that combine antepartum visits, substance use treatment, behavioral health, peer support, and repeated screening were associated with better engagement and some maternal-infant outcomes in 10 included studies.
• RNSystematic Review2024Parental care experience of children with type 1 diabetes: a qualitative meta-synthesis.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PParents of children with type 1 diabetes described exhaustion, fear, guilt, financial strain and school worries. They wanted practical nurse guidance on food, insulin and daily problems, and help sharing caregiving at home.
• RNSurvey2024Assessing Visitor Expectations of AI Nursing Robots in Hospital Settings: Cross-Sectional Study Using the Kano Model.JMIR nursing457 hospital visitors prioritized AI nursing robots for disease monitoring, companion care, logistics, and education, while rating infection and excretion care less important. 68.5% accepted robots for nursing services, but privacy and safety concerns were raised.
• RNCase Report2024Negative pressure therapy in pediatric patient with surgical site infection: experience report.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PIn a child with an infected abdominal surgical wound, surgery, cleaning, dressings, skin barriers and negative pressure therapy were followed by reduced wound size and wound assessment scores. This single case cannot prove any component worked.
• RNQualitative2025A Template Thematic Analysis of Self-Concept and Self-Compassion in People Living With Endometriosis: Analysis of Qualitative Survey Responses.Journal of advanced nursingAmong 157 people, written responses more often described self-judgement, self-isolation and being consumed by symptoms than self-kindness, shared humanity or acceptance. This describes self-concept, not evidence that compassion-focused therapy works.
• RNQualitative2025Using Collective Intelligence to Develop Design Requirements for a Complex Intervention for Advance Care Planning in the Community.Journal of clinical nursingCommunity dwellers, families and professionals named 109 barriers to advance care planning in Ireland, including fear, low awareness, unclear processes, family conflict and lack of time or tools. These are design requirements, not tested care changes.
• RNOther2024Spirituality and religiosity in children, adolescents and their families in a vulnerable context: a scoping review.Revista brasileira de enfermagemIncluded studies described spirituality and religiosity as sources of resilience, comfort and coping for children, adolescents and families in vulnerable settings. This maps associations, not tested care outcomes.
• RNSystematic Review2024Transition to family parenting in the face of the first child: a scoping review.Revista brasileira de enfermagemTransition to first-time parenthood is characterized by a mix of facilitating conditions like social support and hindering factors like uncertainty, leading to decreased marital satisfaction and increased conflict. Nurses can use these insights to provide targeted family-centered care.
• RNOther2024The " Nasci Bem " app for health professionals and families of newborns: construction, validation and evaluation.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemMaternity staff and families rated a free Android app about newborn humanized care as understandable, relevant and highly usable. It was not tested for patient outcomes, so it is an educational tool, not proof of improved care.
• RNOther2024Nursing care for cytoreduction and hyperthermic intraoperative chemotherapy in an Intensive Care Unit: a scoping review.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PICU nursing after cytoreduction and HIPEC has 72 mapped care procedures, including fluids, drains, pain, glucose, temperature, nutrition, mobilization, infection and chemotherapy safety. Most sources were narrative reviews, not patient outcome trials.
• PTOTRNCohort2024Emotional Distress in Younger (<55 Years) and Older (≥55) Patients After a First-Time Myocardial Infarction and Its Prospective Associations With Working Status and Secondary Preventive Goals Among the Younger Cohort: Insights From the Swedish SWEDEHEART Registry Study.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingYounger patients after a first MI reported emotional distress more often than older patients. Among younger patients, early emotional distress was linked to less work and poorer achievement of smoking and physical activity goals later, but not cholesterol or blood pressure goals.
• RNOther2024Prevalence of prescription and effectiveness of analgesia for treating vaginal delivery pain.Revista brasileira de enfermagemSevere labor pain fell after non-drug methods, and massage was linked to relief. Drug analgesia was prescribed to only 18.10% of patients and was often delayed, while analgesia requests were sometimes refused.
• RNQualitative2024Transitions experienced by people living with limitations resulting from leprosy: a research-care study.Revista brasileira de enfermagemAdults with leprosy-related disability described pain, diagnosis communication, resignation, faith, acceptance, and adaptation as major parts of their transitions.
• RNPilot2024Evaluation of a video to promote HIV testing in sexual minorities.Revista brasileira de enfermagemEighteen young gay men rated a short HIV testing video as acceptable and easy to understand. After watching it, all said they planned to take a rapid HIV test. This is a small acceptability study, not proof that the video changes testing.
• RNSurvey2024Smartphone and tablet use pattern in children up to 5 years old in Spain: a cross-sectional study.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem44.7% of parents of children aged 3 months to 5 years reported smartphone or tablet use. Older children used devices more often. Smartphone use was linked to parent education, tablet use to siblings and parent age.
• RNCohort2026Evaluating Large Language Model-Assisted Emergency Triage: A Comparison of Acuity Assessments by GPT-4 and Medical Experts.Journal of clinical nursingGPT-4 assigned emergency triage scores that were more urgent than senior nurses and a physician did, median 2.0 versus 3.0, and its agreement with the physician was 0.10. This does not support replacing nurse triage judgement.
• RNSystematic Review2025An Integrative Review of Exclusive Breast Milk Expression.Journal of midwifery & women's healthExclusive expressing can be common in NICU and preterm families, but insufficient milk supply and early formula use are frequent. Nurses should teach pumping routines early and refer supply or latch problems to a lactation consultant.
• RNOther2025Reliability and Validity Study of the Turkish Version of the Motivation and Attitude to Change Health (MATCH) Scale.International journal of nursing practiceThe Turkish MATCH scale offers a short way to ask patients with chronic disease how ready they are to change health habits. It was tested in 305 patients, but no patient outcomes were measured.
• RNOther2025Nurse-Administered Screening Tools for Detecting Elder Abuse in Emergency Departments: A Scoping Review.Journal of advanced nursingNo nurse-administered screening tool is the gold standard for detecting elder abuse in emergency departments. The ED Senior AID tool showed the strongest validation data, but most tools rely on subjective judgement, lack reliability testing, or were not designed specifically for nurses.
• RNPilot2025Feasibility and Acceptability of the We See You, Sis Sister Circle for Black Women With Depression Symptoms.Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNNBlack women with depression symptoms found a six-week virtual sister circle feasible and acceptable. They described it as a trusted space to be themselves and feel more whole. This was not a test of whether depression symptoms improved.
• RNOther2024An evolutionary concept analysis of depression in Black mothers.Archives of psychiatric nursingDepression in Black mothers often presents with anger, irritability, and self-blame rather than just sadness. These symptoms are linked to racism and stress but are missing from standard diagnostic criteria, meaning nurses and providers may miss cases if they rely solely on traditional checklists.
• RNCohort2024Variables related to perceived stress and resilience among international migrants: a multicenter study (AFFAIR Project).Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PMigrants in Brazil or Portugal, those in host country under five years, Black or Brown people, and those reporting no religion had higher perceived stress; resilience was higher in Spain, among South American, Central American and African migrants, and those with religion.
• RNSurvey2024Empowering Nursing Practices: Enhancing Patient Care Through Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Towards Urinary Catheterisation in Taicang City.Nursing openNurses showed moderate knowledge and positive attitudes towards urinary catheterisation, but specific gaps remained. Only 12.88% correctly identified that persistent urinary tract infections are not a suitable indicator for catheterisation. Knowledge and attitude both predicted better practice.
• PTRNPilot2024Feasibility of Using Rebound Exercise in Community-Dwelling Adults With Neurological Disorders.Nursing & health sciencesSupervised mini-trampoline rebound exercise was feasible and safe for community-dwelling adults with neurological disorders: 52 of 53 completed 12 weeks with no adverse events. Walking speed, blood pressure and activity improved, but without a control group efficacy is not proven.
• RNSystematic Review2024Telenursing contributions in Primary Health Care in the COVID-19 pandemic context: an integrative review.Revista brasileira de enfermagemRemote nursing contacts in primary care were reported to continue monitoring, education and access during the pandemic, but physical exams, technology access and training were problems.
• RNOther2024Predictors of Decisional Capacity in Alzheimer's Disease Biomarker Test Candidates.Nursing researchAll 164 people with mild cognitive impairment and their care partners had sufficient capacity to consent to AD biomarker research. Higher cognition, better disease knowledge, and faster processing speed were linked to greater capacity.