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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• RNQualitative2025Parents' Experiences With an Early Behavioral Intervention, H-HOPE, in the NICU and at Home: A Qualitative Study.Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal NursesParents of preterm infants described H-HOPE, including massage and parent cue coaching, as building confidence, helping them read infant cues, and easing NICU-to-home transition. Nurse teaching, time, and infant condition shaped participation.
• RNSystematic Review2025Telenursing as an Effective Ally for Improving Patient Outcomes in Diabetes? An Umbrella Review.Nursing openNurse-led telehealth for adults with diabetes was usually linked with better blood sugar control, self-management and less hospital use. Evidence quality was low, and effects varied by tool and diabetes type. Use it as an adjunct, not a replacement.
• OTRNCohort2025Brief Admission by Self-Referral: A 4-Year Follow-Up on Utilisation Patterns and Experiences.International journal of mental health nursingBrief admission use dropped for most participants over four years, leaving only eight who used it consistently. These high users had worse self-care but rated the service highest. Some were refused emergency care because they held a brief admission contract.
• RNSystematic Review2025Educational technologies to promote the sexual and reproductive health of women with HIV: an integrative review.Revista brasileira de enfermagemText messages, apps and booklets were the main educational technologies used with women living with HIV. Included studies reported acceptability and some care benefits, but a trial found weekly text messaging did not improve retention in mother-to-child transmission care.
• RNSystematic Review2025Ubuntu philosophy as a strategy to promote access to under-five child healthcare services.CurationisCaregivers and providers described barriers to under-five care in sub-Saharan Africa: negative staff attitudes, language problems, stigma, long waits, distance, closed clinics, drug and staff shortages. Family beliefs, education, support and money also affected access.
• RNSurvey2025Patient Satisfaction Using Hybrid Cooperative Complexes of Hyaluronic Acid for Neck Laxity: A Survey of Asian Populations.Plastic and aesthetic nursingPatients receiving Profhilo neck injections reported low pain (all scores ≤5 on a 10-point scale) and Day 90 improvement ratings of improved, much improved or very much improved; physician neck laxity grades decreased. This small uncontrolled survey cannot show the injection caused the change.
• RNQualitative2025Patient Transfer Process From Pre-Hospital to the Hospital Emergency Department: A Grounded Theory Study.Nursing openEmergency staff described pre-hospital to hospital transfer as dominated by anxious relatives' pressure, insults and threats. They managed this by persuading, staying silent, speeding transfer or handing responsibility over, sometimes against clinical judgement.
• RNNarrative Review2025The Modern Role of Neonatal PICCs Subspecialty.Nursing in critical careNurses are central to neonatal PICC insertion, dressing changes, flushing and early complication checks. This review summarises protocols and ethical duties; it does not test whether they improve outcomes.
• RNSystematic Review2025Digital health interventions for oncofertility in female patients: a systematic review.Women's health nursing (Seoul, Korea)Web-based fertility-preservation support for female cancer patients showed mixed effects. Some studies reduced fertility stress or improved knowledge, but many outcomes did not differ from control.
• RNQualitative2025Cultural modulation of family care for technology-dependent children: an ethnographic study.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PBrazilian families caring for technology-dependent children built care around home, school, faith and kin, but mothers did most medical procedures. Supply gaps and long trips shaped daily care.
• RNOther2025Exploring Video Calls and PTSD Symptoms in Family Members of Severe COVID-19 Patients Post-ICU Discharge: A Mixed-Methods Study.Nursing in critical careVideo calls while a patient was in the ICU did not reduce PTSD symptoms in family members. Families who had calls wrote more about doctors and nurses, but symptom rates did not differ.
• RNMeta-Analysis2025Chatbot-Delivered Interventions for Improving Mental Health Among Young People: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Worldviews on evidence-based nursingChatbot interventions for young people reduced psychological distress compared with controls, but did not significantly improve well-being. Effects varied by platform and chatbot type, and many studies had high risk of bias.
• RNCohort2025Observatório AlenRiscos - Prevention of the consumption of psychoactive substances among adolescents 3rd cycle.Revista brasileira de enfermagemSurvey data from Alentejo adolescents shows a significant downward trend in tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drug consumption from 2016 to 2022. The study identifies age and peer influence as key factors associated with substance use.
• RNOther2025The impact of the LactApp m-Health tool on breastfeeding self-efficacy: a mixed methods study among Filipino mothers.Women's health nursing (Seoul, Korea)Filipino mothers reported higher breastfeeding confidence after LactApp, setup help, and weekly follow-up, but there was no comparison group.
• RNCohort2025Maternal and neonatal outcomes of childbirth care in a Freestanding Birth Centre.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemPrimiparous women at this birth center had higher rates of interventions and transfers than multiparous women. Despite this, overall maternal and neonatal outcomes remained positive, with low cesarean rates and good Apgar scores.
• RNOther2025Association Between Smartphone Attachment and Mental Health in Adolescents.Journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing : official publication of the Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nurses, IncAdolescents with stronger smartphone attachment reported more anxiety and depressive symptoms, even after accounting for sleep and overall health. Forty-five of 137 exceeded a moderate-to-severe attachment threshold and had higher anxiety and depression scores.
• RNQualitative2025Structural analysis of women's social representations of urinary incontinence.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PWomen's immediate words for urinary incontinence were urine, shame, pee, discomfort and pain; many knew pelvic floor exercises but did not practice them, and shame linked to fear and embarrassment.
• RNSystematic Review2025Experiences and Perspectives of Families of Psychiatric Hospitalisation of Their Adult Family Member: A Qualitative Systematic Review.International journal of mental health nursingFamilies of adults hospitalised for mental illness described feeling excluded, unheard and treated as outsiders by inpatient staff. They said experiences became more positive when staff shared information in everyday language, respected their knowledge, and involved them in care and discharge planning.
• PTOTSLPRNSystematic Review2025Effectiveness of digital healthcare in managing menstrual symptoms: a systematic review.Women's health nursing (Seoul, Korea)All eight trials found digital tools like apps and web programs reduced menstrual symptoms. However, half had moderate risk of bias and blinding was rarely possible, so the results rely on self-reported improvements rather than objective measures.
• RNSurvey2025Pregnant women's eHealth literacy and attitudes toward internet health information and their relationship to shared decision making: a cross-sectional study.Women's health nursing (Seoul, Korea)Pregnant women who were better at finding and using online health information and viewed it more positively reported more shared decision making with clinicians.
• RNOther2025Mental Health Screening in a Rural Trauma Center: Feasibility and Impact.Journal of trauma nursing : the official journal of the Society of Trauma NursesPsychiatric consultations rose only from 1.0% to 1.4%, an increase the study could not distinguish from chance, while trauma RN screening reached 84.2% of eligible patients.
• RNOther2025Risk behavior for obesity: a conceptual analysis according to Walker and Avant.Revista brasileira de enfermagemNo reviewed study clearly defined risk behavior for obesity. The concept centers on diet, physical inactivity, and general habits such as screen time, smoking, and alcohol, not risk factors like age, family history, conditions, or medications.
• PTOTSLPRNOther2025The Effect of a Health-Promoting Program on Quality of Life of Thai Homebound Older Adults: A Quasi-Experimental Study.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyHomebound older adults whose family caregivers completed a 12-week empowerment program reported significantly better quality of life than those receiving usual care. The caregivers learned practical skills like fall prevention and hygiene, directly improving the patients' physical, psychological, and social well-being.
• RNSurvey2025Validity evidence for the Brazilian version of the Postpartum Specific Anxiety Scale.Revista brasileira de enfermagemA Brazilian postpartum anxiety scale identified four types of worry in mothers and gave consistent scores when repeated after 14 days. It kept 43 of 51 items and scored in step with anxiety and depression scales. Use it to screen, not to show treatment works.
• RNOther2025Relationship between diagnostic characteristics, lifestyle habits and breast cancer subtypes in women.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemAmong women with breast cancer, younger age at diagnosis was linked to triple-negative disease. Daily processed foods and soft drink or artificial juice use were linked to ductal carcinoma type. The study cannot show these habits caused the cancer type.
• RNOther2025Self-Efficacy in People With Chronic Disease: An Evolutionary Concept Analysis.Nursing openSelf-efficacy is distinct from self-management. It is the patient's belief in their ability to organise and maintain self-care. Clinicians should assess this belief separately from actual behaviour to identify whether low adherence stems from a lack of skill or a lack of confidence.
• RNQualitative2025Welcoming couples into the Assisted Human Reproduction Program: developing educational technology based on the context.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PCouples seeking assisted reproduction wanted simple folder information about tests, referrals and program steps. The folder was developed for nurses to use in welcoming, but it has not been tested.
• RNOther2025Educational technology: educational video to support home care management for liver transplant patients.Revista brasileira de enfermagemNine post-liver transplant patients rated a new home-care video highly. They found the step-by-step instructions for blood glucose monitoring, wound care, and insulin application clear and helpful for managing care at home.
• RNOther2025An Analytical Cross-Sectional Study Among Adolescent Patients Who Attempted Suicide and Their Childhood Mobility.Journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing : official publication of the Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nurses, IncIn emergency department records, adolescents with a prior zip code change were more likely to be recorded as having attempted suicide than those with none. Ask about recent moves during risk assessment.
• RNQualitative2025Meanings attributed to pregnancy by women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: a grounded theory.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PWomen with SLE described planned pregnancies as safer and more positive, supported by preconception counselling and team care. They described unplanned pregnancies as involving fear, complications and negative meanings. These are experiences, not proof of outcomes.
• RNOther2025The effect of auriculotherapy on individuals with anxiety in follow-up in Primary Health Care.Revista brasileira de enfermagemIn 60 primary care users with anxiety, ten needle sessions, taped cowpea seeds and daily seed pressing were followed by lower anxiety, stress and depression scores and better self-rated quality of life. This before-after study cannot prove the treatment caused the change.
• RNSystematic Review2025Social support for family caregivers of children and youth with special health care needs for home care: a scoping review.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PFamily caregivers of children needing home care relied mainly on relatives, friends, other parents, volunteers and religious groups for emotional, practical and financial help. Formal health services were often secondary, leaving gaps in discharge guidance, benefits information and respite.
• RNSystematic Review2025Prevention approaches aimed at men who commit violence against women: a scoping review.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PMost mapped interventions for men who commit violence against women were group-based and qualitative. Men often described better responsibility, communication, and relationships, but this review reported no tested reduction in violence.
• RNOther2025Predictors of inadequacy of prenatal tests of postpartum women: a cross-sectional study.Revista brasileira de enfermagemAmong 300 postpartum women, 74.3% did not have all recommended prenatal tests. Being younger, rural, without a partner, low education, no paid work, low income, late prenatal start, few visits, and delayed test results were linked to this.
• RNRCT2025Efficacy of cinnamon in reducing anthropometric measurements in individuals with type 2 diabetes: a clinical trial.Revista brasileira de enfermagemIn adults with type 2 diabetes taking oral medication, cinnamon capsules for 90 days did not clearly reduce weight, BMI, waist, neck, hip, or body adiposity index compared with placebo.
• RNCohort2025Perceived Stress, Residential Indoor PM2.5 Concentration, and Motor Vehicle Traffic Exposure Among Adults with Asthma: A Secondary Analysis.The American journal of nursingIn adults with asthma, higher indoor PM2.5 levels correlated with higher perceived stress scores. Traffic exposure did not significantly increase stress or indoor PM2.5 levels. Nurses should assess home air quality and stress together, as traffic alone did not explain the link.
• PTOTSLPRNSystematic Review2025Social determination in the health of children born preterm: a scoping review.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemPreterm infants' development and health service use were reported to track home context: caregiver education, housing, support, breastfeeding, maternal stress, alcohol, and language. No studies measured environment or food access.
• RNCohort2025Influence of neurological severity and degree of dependence of patients after stroke on nursing workload: a retrospective cohort.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PIn stroke ICU patients, higher NIHSS severity and more dependence in daily activities were linked to more nursing care needed from admission through discharge. Each NIHSS point was associated with about 1.5 more points on the nursing workload score at admission.
• RNSurvey2025Impact of pharmacotherapy complexity on self-care in individuals with rheumatoid arthritis.Revista brasileira de enfermagemPatients with rheumatoid arthritis taking medications at higher frequencies reported better ability to develop self-care. However, those with high overall medication complexity, including many drugs and strict instructions, reported greater deficits in self-care capacity.
• RNQualitative2025A Thematic Analysis of Intensive Care Unit Diaries Content.Nursing in critical careStaff and families used ICU diaries to maintain connection with the patient, share medical updates, and cope with stress. Nurses wrote nearly half the entries, often describing comfort care and personal details to humanize the unconscious patient.
• RNOther2025Measuring Recovery Using the Individual Recovery Outcomes Counter: A Cross-Sectional Multi-Center Study on Structural Validity in Dutch Mental Health Care.International journal of mental health nursingThe I.ROC total score can give a useful overall picture of recovery in Dutch mental health clients, but subscale scores are not consistently dependable. Use the 12 items and total score; be cautious with subscales.
• RNOther2025Digital educational technology on LGBT-phobic bullying for school-aged adolescents.Revista brasileira de enfermagemA comic book for school-aged adolescents about LGBT-phobic bullying was developed and reviewed by experts and 11 adolescents. It has not been tested to reduce bullying.
• RNSurvey2025Resilience and its association with caregiving and psychosocial factors among lung cancer caregivers in Vietnam.European journal of oncology nursing : the official journal of European Oncology Nursing SocietyHalf of 213 lung cancer caregivers in Vietnam had low resilience. Higher preparedness, quality of life, and family support were associated with better resilience; depression, burden, and longer stays were associated with worse.
• RNOther2025Self-stigma profiles in schizophrenia: a Latent Class Analysis approach.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemAmong 227 people with schizophrenia, poorer adjustment in social, school, and work roles before psychosis onset was linked to higher self-stigma profiles. Ethnicity, gender, untreated psychosis duration, and symptom severity were not significant predictors.
• RNOther2025Assessment of bladder volume by nurses using point-of-care ultrasound: a cross-sectional study.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PNurses' bedside bladder ultrasound estimates closely followed the urine drained by catheter, especially when volumes were high. This pattern was similar in ICU, semi-intensive, and medical-surgical units.
• RNOther2025The middle-range theory of the nursing diagnosis "ineffective health self-management".Revista brasileira de enfermagemA nursing framework for people living with HIV describes ineffective health self-management as difficulty, failure, abandonment, or refusal to reach agreed health goals. It maps factors such as stigma, mental disorders, and access barriers to outcomes including viral resistance.
• RNSurvey2025Spirituality and health-related quality of life in patients with lung cancer.Revista brasileira de enfermagemLung cancer patients had high spirituality, especially faith, but spirituality was only weakly linked to quality-of-life scores. Some links were positive, some negative, and symptoms like constipation and financial difficulty were high.
• RNMeta-Analysis2025Prevalence of systemic complications of COVID-19 in critically ill patients: systematic review with meta-analysis.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemIn ICU adults with COVID-19, respiratory complications were present in 42%, neurological complications in 62% and death in 33%; delirium was the most common neurological complication.
• PTRNSystematic Review2025Effect of telemedicine on the quality of life of people with heart disease: a systematic review.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemRemote self-management care did not clearly improve quality of life across 44 heart-disease trials. 20 studies showed gains, 19 showed improvement without a clear advantage, and 5 showed none. No study found worse quality of life.
• RNOther2025The inclusion of pregnant women in research during disease outbreaks globally: A scoping review.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemPregnant women were systematically excluded from most clinical trials during recent outbreaks, with exclusion rates between 52% and 97.8%. This lack of data forces clinicians to prescribe off-label without evidence of safety or efficacy for mothers and babies.