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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• RNOther2025Adolescents and parents experiencing parental cancer: construction of a nursing intervention model.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PA proposed nursing model uses separate parent, adolescent and family sessions to help families facing parental cancer discuss cancer, feelings, coping and future planning. It has not been tested.
• RNOther2025Acculturation Impacts on Depressive Symptoms Among Hispanic Sexual Minority Youth and Hispanic Non-sexual Minority Youth.Issues in mental health nursingFor Hispanic adolescents, their own American and Hispanic cultural values were associated with fewer depressive symptoms over 36 months, except in sexual minority youth, where the sample was small and the associations were not clear.
• RNQualitative2025'Changing People's Hearts': The Lived Expertise Perspective of Communicating With Nursing Students at a Mental Health Clinical Placement.International journal of mental health nursingFive people with lived experience felt respected and valued when nursing students listened actively, used a friendly tone and body language, and made small inclusive gestures. Some also met dismissive students.
• RNOther2025Antipsychotic Use in Older Adults with Dementia: Community and Nursing Facility Trends in Texas, 2015-2020.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationFilled antipsychotic prescriptions for older Texans with dementia without serious psychotic illness fell from 14.5% to 10.8% between 2015 and 2020. The decline was mainly in nursing facilities; community use stayed near 10%.
• RNQualitative2025Perceptions of Mental Health Challenges and Needs of Indonesian Adolescents: A Descriptive Qualitative Study.International journal of mental health nursingIndonesian adolescents described emotional turmoil, bullying, academic pressure and family conflict, and wanted school mental health programmes with face-to-face local experts, peer support and parent involvement.
• RNQualitative2025Slipping Through the Cracks? Concussion Management in Aotearoa New Zealand Secondary Schools.The Journal of school healthStakeholders described inconsistent concussion care in schools, with students often slipping through the cracks due to poor communication and lack of clear return-to-learn guidelines. A designated school contact person and direct healthcare guidance to teachers were seen as vital for supporting recovery.
• RNSurvey2025Factors Associated With Outdoor Frequency Among U.S. Community-Dwelling Medicare Beneficiaries: A Cross-Sectional Study.Research in gerontological nursingMost older adults went outside daily, but probable dementia, needing help, mobility devices, lower physical performance, and street disorder were linked to rarely or never going outside.
• RNCase Report2025Registered Nurse-Led Interdisciplinary Care: A Single Case Study of a Young Woman With Intellectual Disability and Chronic and Complex Health Problems.Journal of clinical nursingIn one young woman with profound intellectual disability, moving to a nurse-led residential model coincided with fewer unplanned hospital admissions despite worsening health. Nurses coordinated daily complex care and avoided transfers by managing issues in-house.
• RNOther2025Relationship Between Preoperative Fasting Duration and Anxiety Levels With Postoperative Pain, Nausea-Vomiting, and Sleep Quality in Orthopedic Surgical Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nursing & health sciencesLonger preoperative fasting and thirst were linked to higher anxiety. Higher anxiety was linked to more pain and early vomiting. Pain at 24 hours was linked to worse sleep. These are associations, not proof that changing fasting reduces symptoms.
• RNCohort2025Informal Caregiving: Health System Cost Implications.Western journal of nursing researchOntario caregivers had lower total government health care costs than non-caregivers, 11.32% lower after 2 years. Costs rose over time, but less than non-caregivers. This does not show caregiving improves health.
• RNCohort2025Lessons Learned in Virtual Launch of an Antenatal Opioid Exposure Study During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Nursing research234 of 310 infants in an antenatal opioid exposure study attended the 6-month visit; control infants attended more often than opioid-exposed infants (83% vs 72%). Coordinators used plain-language MRI explanations, non-stigmatizing language, and flexible visits.
• RNOther2024Effectiveness of a theory-based tailored mHealth physical activity intervention for women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer: A quasi-experimental study.International journal of nursing sciencesWomen undergoing chemotherapy who used a theory-based app and text messages walked more and reported better physical quality of life than those receiving standard care alone. Anxiety scores were lower in the app group, but the app did not improve social or functional well-being.
• RNSystematic Review2024Facilitators and barriers to parent-child communication in pediatric palliative care: An integrative review.International journal of nursing sciencesIn pediatric palliative care, denial, fear, and mutual protection were described as barriers to honest parent-child talk about illness and death. Memory activities, play, and team guidance were described as supports.
• RNOther2025Beyond Survival: Unveiling Psychological and Social Adaptation After Visceral Transplantation.Journal of clinical nursingPatients after visceral transplantation described adaptation as moving between coherence, with trust and meaning, and endurance, with doubt, isolation and resignation. Fatigue, sleep problems and joint and muscle pain were the most distressing symptom domains. Anxiety scores were elevated in 6 of 17.
• RNSurvey2025Investigation of Sleep Quality and Intolerance of Uncertainty in Liver Transplant Recipients: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nursing & health sciencesLiver transplant recipients reported high uncertainty and poor sleep. Younger age was linked to more uncertainty, and complications were linked to worse sleep. Prospective anxiety was linked to poor sleep, but it did not explain poor sleep by itself.
• RNOther2025Understanding Types of Stigma Experienced in Black Women Living With HIV in Baltimore, Maryland: A Mixed Methods Study.Nursing openBlack women living with HIV described vicarious, enacted, internalised and perceived stigma in everyday life, but the HIV Stigma Scale used here captured only internalised stigma. Ask separately about each type when assessing HIV care barriers.
• RNSystematic Review2025Patient Performance of Care Tasks During Acute Hospitalisation: A Scoping Review.Journal of clinical nursingHospitalised patients performing their own care tasks often had positive outcomes, especially satisfaction, knowledge, pain or glucose control; chronic medication and ostomy tasks were positive, acute pain and sedation results were mixed. Nurses can use supervised self-care to assess ability.
• RNSystematic Review2025The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health Nursing Practice: An Integrative Review.International journal of mental health nursingAI tools for mental health nursing showed potential in assessment, risk detection, prediction and service efficiency, but across 78 studies most evidence was early-stage and not ready to replace nurse judgment.
• RNSystematic Review2025Racial and ethnic disparities in post-acute care service utilization after stroke.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)After stroke, Black patients were more likely than White patients to receive home health or skilled nursing, while Hispanic patients received more home health but less inpatient rehab. Lower socioeconomic status, Medicaid or no insurance, urban residence, and service availability were associated with facility discharge.
• RNSurvey2025Factors Influencing Nursing Interns' Engagement in Fall Prevention Activities in Saudi Arabia.Nursing openNursing interns in Saudi Arabia showed low knowledge of fall prevention but high self-reported engagement. Their attitudes predicted this engagement, while knowledge did not. This suggests their practice may rely more on workplace culture and support than on what they have learned.
• RNRCT2025The Effect of European Health Literacy-Based e-Pulse Education and e-Pulse Instructional Materials on Health Literacy Levels in Adults Aged 45-64: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Research in nursing & healthStructured group education about Turkey's e-Pulse health record improved understanding and use of health information in adults aged 45-64 with limited health literacy more than a guide, video, and brief explanation.
• RNMeta-Analysis2025The Effects of Exergaming on the Depressive Symptoms of People With Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical nursingExergaming was found to lower depressive symptom scores in people with dementia, but the evidence is very uncertain. Do not treat it as proven.
• RNRCT2025A Randomized Controlled Trial of Patient Positioning During Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) Procedures: A Comparison Between Semi-Prone- and Prone-Positioned Patients.Gastroenterology nursing : the official journal of the Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and AssociatesFor ERCP, semi-prone positioning did not differ from the swimmers position in bile duct cannulation attempts or time. Airway access was rated better by the anesthesiologist. Pressure and nerve injury checks were limited to recovery.
• OTRNQualitative2025The school environment in the experience of children with special health needs: a qualitative study.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PChildren with special health needs valued school for normality and friendship, but symptoms, absences, stigma, and pandemic risk made participation hard. They used pacing, staff support, and self-care to keep going.
• RNRCT2025The Effect of Online Infant Care Education and Postpartum Counseling Based on Meleis's Transition Theory on Mothers' Self-Esteem and Infant Health: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Nursing & health sciencesFirst-time mothers who received online baby-care training before birth and weekly support for three months had higher parenting confidence, more exclusive breastfeeding, fewer gas, rash, thrush and congestion problems, and lower hospital admission rates in the first and third months than mothers receiving routine care.
• RNNarrative Review2025Breaking Barriers Transforming Primary Care to Serve the Physical Health Needs of Individuals With SMI in the NHS.International journal of mental health nursingPeople with severe mental illness in England had 34.9% uptake of physical health checks. Nurses should expect barriers: stigma, medication side effects, inflexible appointments, and poor care coordination. Recommendations are not proven fixes.
• RNOther2025Benefit Finding and Growth Among Family Caregivers of Individuals With Mental Illness: A Scoping Review.Journal of family nursingFamily caregivers of people with mental illness described growth alongside burden, including resilience, stronger family bonds, and new hope and coping. Nurses can ask about these strengths as part of family assessment.
• RNRCT2025Effects of an Online Theory-Based Educational Programme for Primiparous Women on Improving Breastfeeding-Related Outcomes: A Randomised Controlled Trial.Scandinavian journal of caring sciencesAt 6 months, the online breastfeeding programme did not show a clear difference in exclusive breastfeeding. At 2 months, 70.67% versus 40.85% favoured the programme, and breastfeeding confidence scores rose at both time points.
• RNMeta-Analysis2025Technology-Based Interventions for Pain in Children Undergoing Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of nursing practiceTechnology-based distraction and educational tools modestly reduced pain scores in children undergoing surgery across 14 randomized trials with 1091 participants, but benefit varied widely by intervention and measurement.
• RNSystematic Review2024Web-based cognitive interventions on subjective cognitive impairment in cancer survivors: A systemic review.International journal of nursing sciencesComputer training, online rehabilitation, internet CBT and mindfulness improved cancer survivors' self-reported thinking problems, while telehealth exercise did not show clear benefit. Effects on fatigue, quality of life, anxiety and depression were mixed.
• RNSurvey2025Examining the relationship between adolescents' social media addiction levels and cyberbullying experiences.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P23.3% of 1,058 adolescents met the social media addiction cutoff; 66.8% were classified as cyberbullies and 64.7% as victims. Addiction was linked with more time online, stranger contacts and sharing personal content. This cannot show addiction caused bullying.
• RNOther2025Physical Health Views Among Individuals Experiencing Mental Illness: A Mixed-Methods Study of Self-Reported Health and Contributing Factors.International journal of mental health nursingPeople using mental health services reported worse physical health when they had long-term limiting conditions. Many wanted help with medication side effects, healthy eating, walking, yoga and group activities.
• RNRCT2025Ear acupuncture with laser and needles in the treatment of anxiety in university students: a randomized clinical trial.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PLaser and needle ear acupuncture produced similar anxiety reduction; neither was better than the other. Both groups improved, gains lasted seven days, and laser had fewer local symptoms.
• RNSurvey2025Prenatal tests in Brazil: prevalence and associated factors according to the Brazilian National Health Survey.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PBrazilian pregnant women reported more syphilis and HIV testing from 2013 to 2019, but less blood and urine testing. Having all four tests together rose to 69.9%, leaving many without all recommended prenatal tests.
• RNCohort2025Patient and family engagement in culturally-tailored diabetes self-management education in a Hispanic community.Patient education and counselingIn culturally tailored diabetes education, patients were more likely to engage when their A1C was ≥9% and diabetes was a current priority. Family supporters who attended with patients were more likely to engage. This describes participation, not diabetes control.
• RNOther2025Safer Stimulant Supply: Program Outcomes.The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieresIn 28 people receiving prescription stimulant medication, weekly care-team check-ins, housing support, primary care, and Hepatitis C services, self-reported typical daily unregulated cocaine and methamphetamine use fell to zero, and nearly 90% reported accessing primary care.
• RNQualitative2025Empowerment through knowledge: Qualitative perceptions of 'undetectable equals Untransmittable' among people living with HIV and tuberculosis in South Africa.International journal of nursing studiesMost people with HIV and rifampicin-resistant TB did not know what viral suppression or undetectable equals untransmittable meant. They described gaining understanding and motivation after repeated community health worker education, but wanted results explained at clinic visits.
• RNRCT2025The Effects of Pranayama and Deep Breathing Exercises on Pain and Sleep Quality After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.Nursing & health sciencesPatients after laparoscopic cholecystectomy who did deep breathing or pranayama, plus routine paracetamol infusion, reported lower pain at 6, 12, and 24 hours and better sleep on the second day than those who did not do the exercises.
• RNQualitative2025Experiences With a Novel Micro-Choice-Based Concentrated Group Intervention for People With Type 2 Diabetes: A Qualitative Study.The science of diabetes self-management and careParticipants with type 2 diabetes described a concentrated group intervention as valuable for shifting focus from glucose numbers to everyday micro-choices. They reported increased awareness and self-management, though they noted the ongoing difficulty of sustaining changes after the program ended.
• RNQualitative2025Self-care conditioning factors in women and men with urinary incontinence and Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type 1.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PPeople with HTLV-1 and urinary incontinence said faith, support networks, disease knowledge and helpful specialist care aided self-care. Walking difficulty, home barriers, pain, caring for others, weak family support, unfamiliar professionals and missing catheter supplies hindered it.
• RNMeta-Analysis2025Supportive Nursing Care Intervention for Handling Depression and Anxiety Among Mothers of Neonates Admitted in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU): A Meta-Analysis.Nursing openSupportive nursing care in the NICU lowered mothers' depression scores. Anxiety symptoms also appeared lower, but the anxiety evidence is very low and should not be relied on alone.
• RNRCT2025The effect of conflicting versus consistent messaging on older women's support for breast cancer screening cessation.Patient education and counselingOlder women who first heard a continuation message, then a clinician cessation message, still supported stopping for a hypothetical patient more than those with no message, but less than those hearing consistent cessation messages. Negative reactions were low.
• PTRNMeta-Analysis2025Effects of Cancer Rehabilitation Interventions for Women Treated for Gynaecological Cancers: A Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials.Journal of clinical nursingCancer rehabilitation programmes increased physical activity in women treated for gynaecological cancers, with effects lasting up to 12 months, but did not improve healthy eating, anxiety, depression, or overall quality of life.
• RNPilot2025Developing a Mobile App to Prevent Suicide Based on a Software Development Life Cycle: Application of Ecological Momentary Assessment and Interventions.International journal of mental health nursingA suicide prevention app was tested on 23 low-risk adults. Usability scores were below average, and users found daily mood tracking cumbersome. While no adverse events occurred, the app's effectiveness for high-risk patients remains unproven.
• RNSystematic Review2025Coordination of care in health systems for users with diabetes and hypertension: a scoping review.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemCare coordination for diabetes and hypertension relies heavily on electronic health records, but these tools alone are insufficient. While shared care with specialists often improves outcomes, many systems fail because secondary services do not send patients back to primary care, leaving gaps in continuity and increasing fragmentation.
• RNSurvey2025The Influence of Substance Use on Sleep Duration Among South Korean Adolescents by Sex: A Secondary Analysis.Journal for specialists in pediatric nursing : JSPNFor male adolescents, neither tobacco nor alcohol use was linked to sleep duration. For female adolescents, alcohol use was linked to shorter sleep, and age was the strongest factor overall.
• RNQualitative2025Experiences and Perceptions of People With Advanced Cancer and Their Family Caregivers of Shared Decision-Making in Palliative Cancer Care.Journal of advanced nursingPeople with advanced cancer and family caregivers wanted different levels of involvement. Many saw shared decision-making as choosing treatment, felt uncertain about their role, and could not see how nurses contributed.
• RNSystematic Review2025Educational or Behavioural Interventions to Improve Long-Term Haemodialysis Vascular Access Self-Management: A Systematic Review.Journal of renal careEducation helped people on haemodialysis care for their vascular access, improving self-management, knowledge and access checks. Evidence is limited and came from small, mostly non-randomised studies, so it supports nursing education but does not prove a specific programme works.
• RNPilot2025Exploring the impact of a pain assessment information visualization tool on provider-patient pain discussion with limited English proficiency Hmong patients.Patient education and counselingIn Hmong patients with limited English proficiency, interpreter-supported use of a visual pain tool before and during visits was accompanied by more patient pain details (207 vs 136 mentions) and shorter pain discussions (12.39 vs 19.56 minutes).
• RNSystematic Review2025Photobiomodulation and photodynamic therapy in the treatment of pressure injuries: a scoping review.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemMapped studies reported low-level light therapy or photodynamic therapy reduced pressure injury size and aided healing, but protocols varied and evidence remained limited. Do not adopt it as proven wound care.