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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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• PTRNSurvey2025Exercise Barriers Among Females With Type 2 Diabetes: Exploring Age-Related Differences.The science of diabetes self-management and careYounger Australian women with type 2 diabetes most often said time stopped them exercising; older women more often said social support and not knowing how to start. Many lacked confidence and practical knowledge about safe exercise.
• RNOther2025Treatment Summary and Care Plan for Breast Cancer Survivors: acceptability and feasibility study.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemMost breast cancer survivors accepted a post-treatment care plan booklet, with 81.6% favorable responses. Nurses found delivering it feasible, with 84.2% favorable responses. The study did not test whether the plan improved health outcomes.
• RNRCT2025The Effect of Discharge Training Based on Teach-Back Method on Discharge Readiness and Satisfaction: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Worldviews on evidence-based nursingAfter lumbar disc herniation surgery, teach-back training with a booklet improved patients' readiness, satisfaction, and knowledge versus routine education; expected support did not differ.
• RNPilot2025Correlation of Fecal, Plasma, Serum, and Salivary Calprotectin to Endoscopic and Histologic Outcomes in Patients With Crohn's Disease: A Pilot Study.Gastroenterology nursing : the official journal of the Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and AssociatesIn 17 Crohn's disease patients, fecal calprotectin tracked endoscopy, biopsy and symptom activity most closely; plasma was linked to biopsy; saliva did not reflect disease activity.
• RNOther2025Creating an Empirically Informed Mental Health Workbook for Racialised Newcomer Youth in Saskatchewan: Community-Based Participatory Action Research.International journal of mental health nursingPilot users reported the workbook increased mental health literacy, validated their stress experiences, and motivated self-care. This was a development report with no control group, so it shows the tool was well-received, not that it improves outcomes.
• RNCohort2025Modified Versus Conventional Prone Position for COVID-19 Patients in Adult Intensive Care Units: A Comparative Study.Nursing in critical careA modified prone position had fewer pressure injuries (3 vs 9) and less eyelid and facial swelling than conventional prone positioning in 39 ICU patients with COVID-19 on non-invasive ventilation (19 modified, 20 conventional). Oxygen saturation improved similarly in both groups.
• RNRCT2025Lack of Association of Emotional Distress With Insulin Initiation in the GRADE Randomized Diabetes Comparative Effectiveness Trial.The science of diabetes self-management and careDepressive symptoms and diabetes distress showed no clear association with starting basal or rapid-acting insulin when A1C reached the trial's insulin intensification thresholds. In analyzed samples, 178 of 525 never started basal insulin, and 106 of 325 started rapid-acting insulin.
• RNSurvey2025Health and Quality of Life in Nursing Homes: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study on the Impact of Leadership and Person-Centred Care.Nursing openStaff-rated person-centred care was linked to better quality of life, fewer neuropsychiatric symptoms and better cognition in nursing home residents. Leadership was not. Some social interactions had mixed links, and links did not change over time.
• RNMeta-Analysis2025The Effectiveness of Instant Messaging-Based Interventions on Health Behavior Change: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Worldviews on evidence-based nursingMessaging-based interventions improved physical activity, sleep, and smoking cessation across 57 trials with 19,365 participants, but not sedentary time or overall diet. Effects varied widely across studies.
• RNOther2025Mobile Application Intervention for Prevention of Multiple Risk Behaviors among Thai Female Adolescents: A Quasi-experimental Study.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyA mobile app improved Thai girls' confidence and intention to avoid smoking, alcohol, and sex. However, the actual number of girls engaging in these behaviors did not drop significantly compared to the control group.
• PTOTRNRCT2025Patients' Perception of a Brief Web- and Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Pain Following Discharge After Total Joint Arthroplasty: Qualitative Description.JMIR nursingPatients recovering from joint replacement found a brief, self-guided mindfulness app helpful for managing pain at home. They liked the short sessions and phone access, but struggled to focus when pain was severe or if they doubted mindfulness would work.
• RNMeta-Analysis2025The Effectiveness of Patient-Centered Digital Empowerment Programs in Hematological Cancer Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Worldviews on evidence-based nursingFatigue did not improve when blood cancer patients used digital empowerment programs, but depression, distress, self-efficacy and quality of life showed small positive changes. Use them as support, not physical symptom treatment.
• RNCohort2026Agreement Between Self-Reported and Proxy-Reported Pain in Veterans With Advanced Heart Failure.The American journal of hospice & palliative careFamilies accurately reported severe pain in veterans with advanced heart failure, but agreement was poor for mild or moderate pain. Clinicians should not rely solely on proxy reports to gauge symptom burden or quality of care for less severe pain.
• RNMeta-Analysis2025Experiences and Perceptions of Food Avoidance in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis.The journal of nursing research : JNRPeople with inflammatory bowel disease often cut foods after symptoms or advice, then keep adding new foods as flare-ups happen. They described better symptom control and healthier choices, but also stress, shame, and lost social and cultural meals.
• RNOther2025Translation, validity, and reliability of the Thai de Morton Mobility Index in patients following hip surgery.International journal of nursing sciencesThe Thai de Morton Mobility Index reliably assesses mobility in hip surgery patients. It correlates strongly with existing scales and distinguishes patients by age, pain, and fatigue. Nurses can use it to track recovery, though it takes about 10 minutes to administer.
• RNOther2025Implications of Activity of Daily Living for Clinical Care of Older Adults Undergoing Urological Surgery-A Cross-Sectional Study.Nursing openIn 570 older urology surgery patients, Barthel daily living scores at admission were associated with pressure ulcer risk, fall risk and nursing care quality scores. The VTE risk association did not remain after adjustment.
• RNQualitative2025Therapeutic itinerary of pregnant women during COVID-19: a perspective based on healthcare systems.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemPregnant women in Brazil described pandemic maternity care as hard to navigate: family support was central, but appointments, exams, and birth companions were restricted. Nurses can ask about missed visits, support loss, and spiritual coping.
• RNRCT2025Effect of Snyder's hope theory-based nursing intervention on patients with breast cancer.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PIn breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy, a four-week nurse-led hope programme reduced fatigue, anxiety and depression scores, and raised hope and quality of life more than routine nursing.
• RNQualitative2025The role of the support network in a vulnerable mother's personal, emotional and professional life.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PVulnerable mothers in Cape Verde reported that lack of support led them to quit work, rely on older children, resume abusive partners, or abandon personal goals. Nurses should ask about support networks, not just childcare.
• RNSurvey2025The relationship between perceived social support and insufficient milk supply in primiparous mother.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PPrimiparous mothers who felt more socially supported also felt their milk supply was adequate. This was a cross-sectional survey, so it does not show that support caused adequate milk supply.
• RNCohort2025Clinical aspects and short-term prognosis in a cohort of patients with infective endocarditis, São Paulo, Brazil.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PIn 204 patients with infective endocarditis, 45% died during hospital stay and short-term mortality reached 51%. Healthcare-associated infection drove most cases. Diabetes and acute kidney injury predicted readmission, but no single factor independently predicted short-term death.
• RNSurvey2025Examining the effect of digital parenting attitudes on digital game addiction.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PNo relationship was found between digital parenting attitude scores and students’ digital game addiction scores. Still, 14.4% were addicted, 2.6% highly addicted, and 54.9% at risk on a 24 to 120 scale.
• RNSurvey2025Psychological Distress Among Suicide Exposed and Subsequently Bereaved Carers.International journal of mental health nursingCarers who supported someone after a suicide attempt and then lost them to suicide reported more distress when their own suicidal thoughts were severe and when they felt the death had a large impact. Closeness alone did not track distress.
• RNSurvey2025The Effect of Psychological Resilience and Self-Efficacy on Caregiver Burden: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Caregivers of People With Alzheimer's Disease.Nursing openCaregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease reported moderate-to-severe burden. Lower resilience, confidence in getting respite, and confidence in controlling upsetting thoughts were linked with higher burden. This does not prove that training reduces burden.
• RNOther2025Nursing Diagnoses and Interventions in the Field of Action for Patients Undergoing Renal Replacement Therapy: A Scoping Review.Nursing openNurses caring for kidney replacement therapy patients can map 55 nursing diagnoses and 76 interventions to functional patterns, with infection, fluid volume, knowledge and self-care needs recurring.
• RNRCT2025Effect of Educational Program on Maternal Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy: A Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyMothers receiving a breastfeeding album plus brief motivational interview, in addition to routine guidance, reported higher breastfeeding confidence than routine guidance alone up to 90 days, despite starting lower. Differences were not clear at 120 or 180 days.
• RNOther2025Clinical validation of the diagnosis adverse location of peripherally inserted central catheter in neonatology.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PDifficulty advancing the PICC and lack of blood return strongly suggested malposition. Prematurity, upper limb insertion, and adverse events were better at catching cases. These indicators help nurses flag high risk, but imaging remains necessary to confirm tip location.
• RNSystematic Review2025Instruments for Short-Term (24 h) Violence Risk Assessment and Strategies for Managing Violence Risk Among Adolescents With Risk for Violent Behaviour: A Systematic Review.International journal of mental health nursingShort-term violence risk tools exist for adolescents, with youth-specific versions predicting aggression better than adult ones. However, the review found no studies testing actual management strategies or whether these assessments reduce violence or restraint. Nurses should not assume using these tools improves safety.
• RNQualitative2025Exploration of Informational Needs Regarding Childbearing in Iranian Women: A Qualitative Study.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyWomen and experts described childbearing information needs: medical facts about fertility, birth and infertility, information on parenting, supportive examples of confident mothers, and social, cultural or religious information. The study did not test whether giving this information increases childbearing.
• RNQualitative2025Exploring Mental Health Consumer Perceptions and Experiences of Goal-Setting With the Physical Health Nurse Consultant.International journal of mental health nursingConsumers with psychosis described goal-setting with a physical health nurse as effective when it felt empowering, not prescriptive. They valued extracting their own goals, adapting them when symptoms or meds shifted, and having written plans for accountability.
• RNOther2025To Make Another Goal or to Dream a Different Dream-A Mixed Method Study of Experiences of People Using Mental Health Advance Care Planning.International journal of mental health nursingMental health advance statements were often not found or discussed, but when nurses or advocates engaged with them, consumers described value. Survey respondents reported 91% of items were followed; interviews showed varied experiences.
• RNSurvey2025A Survey of 1144 ECT Recipients, Family Members and Friends: Does ECT Work?International journal of mental health nursing58.5% of ECT recipients and 60.1% of family/friends reported ECT was not at all helpful; 62.3% of recipients reported worse quality of life, while 41.0% reported better mood.
• RNQualitative2025Safety for Recovery During Admission to Acute Mental Health Hospitals: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study to Support Safety-Focused Recovery-Oriented Care in the Context of Risk Management Constraints.International journal of mental health nursingPeople with experience of acute mental health hospital admissions described feeling safer when nurses explored their beliefs, explained hospital rules, and noticed what mattered outside. These interactions helped them begin making sense of recovery under restrictive risk management.
• PTOTRNOther2025Symptoms of long COVID in children and adolescents: a scoping review.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PChildren and adolescents with long COVID commonly reported fatigue, headache, cough, sleep and mood problems, and poor concentration. Younger children had more cough and nasal symptoms; adolescents had more emotional, cognitive and pain symptoms.
• RNSurvey2025The Prevalence and Predictive Factors of Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause in Postmenopausal Women: A Cross-sectional Study.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyGenitourinary syndrome of menopause was found in 238 of 455 postmenopausal Iranian women (52.3%). Urinary leakage and painful sex were common. Older age, fewer pregnancies, and urinary problems were associated with GSM. No treatment was tested.
• RNQualitative2025Lifelong Learning With Type 1 Diabetes: The Lived Experiences of Adults Diagnosed in Younger Years.The science of diabetes self-management and careAdults with type 1 diabetes described learning self-care as a lifelong process of acknowledging, understanding, managing, and enduring diabetes. Nurses may need to support ongoing learning and life changes, not only initial education.
• RNSurvey2025Attitudes toward caring for terminally ill patients among community nurses in Shanghai: A cross-sectional study.International journal of nursing sciencesCommunity nurses in Shanghai reported moderate attitudes toward caring for terminally ill patients. Those with greater ability to cope with death and those who received blended death education held more positive attitudes. The lowest scores were for communicating with dying patients.
• RNQualitative2026Asking Older Adults With Impaired Cognition and Care Partners About Serious Illness Experiences Can Elicit Goals of Care During Advance Care Planning.The American journal of hospice & palliative careAsking older adults with cognitive impairment about past experiences with serious illness helped 21.6% of participants articulate goals of care. These memories clarified preferences for comfort or longevity, though those with severe dementia rarely contributed directly.
• RNCohort2025Pressure ulcer risk in patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery and their occurrence within 24 hours of the operation.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PFourteen percent of cardiovascular surgery patients had a stage-one pressure ulcer within 24 hours, and those who developed one had higher intraoperative pressure injury risk scores.
• RNSurvey2025Latent profiles of ambivalence over emotional expression in young breast cancer patients: A cross-sectional study.International journal of nursing sciencesFour emotional-expression conflict patterns emerged among 217 young breast cancer patients. The group with 95 cases (43.9%) strongly inhibited emotions and was linked to divorce, low family income, rural residence, and lower family cohesion. This may help nurses identify patients who may need emotional support.
• RNOther2025The Effect of Different Auditory Stimuli on Vital Signs and Consciousness Level in Intensive Care Patients: Music, Nature-Based Sound and Voices of Patients' Relatives.Nursing openAfter 30-minute ICU sessions, heart rate fell with music and nature sounds and rose with relatives' voices. Consciousness scores rose after each, but blood pressure did not change significantly.
• RNSurvey2025Promoting healthy sexual practices to prevent youth pregnancy in Vhembe district.CurationisSouth African school youth did not consistently identify legal and illegal abortion settings, and many reported staff disrespect, confidentiality concerns, language barriers, parental consent demands and long waits.
• RNOther2025In-home respite care in dementia: An evolutionary concept analysis.International journal of nursing sciencesFor dementia families, in-home respite care is described as a short, home-based substitution for caregiver duties, preserving routines and keeping the person at home. It is framed as patient- and caregiver-centered, not just household help.
• RNQualitative2025Managing uncertainty: A grounded theory study of restoring normality in young and middle-aged patients with lymphoma.International journal of nursing sciencesYoung and middle-aged lymphoma patients describe their main goal as restoring normality. They manage the uncertainty of their disease by seeking information, adapting to changes, shielding themselves from distress, or reframing their experience. This framework helps nurses understand patient coping strategies.
• PTOTRNMeta-Analysis2025Efficacy and safety of exercise rehabilitation in the vulnerable phase in patients with acute decompensated heart failure: A systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of nursing sciencesExercise rehabilitation in the first three months after discharge for acute heart failure improves walking distance, physical performance, and quality of life. It reduces all-cause readmissions by six months. However, it does not significantly improve heart pumping function, reduce heart failure-specific readmissions, or lower mortality rates.
• PTOTRNSystematic Review2025Quality of life experience in physically frail people on renal dialysis: A qualitative meta-synthesis on the difficulties and resources for better health care.International journal of nursing sciencesDialysis patients described frailty as limiting daily activity, increasing fall risk, and stripping work, family, and social roles. They also said teams underestimated falls, while family, peers, and exercise programs were reported as supports.
• RNRCT2025Effectiveness of a theory-based tailored individual and family self-management education in adults with uncontrolled diabetes: A randomized controlled trial.International journal of nursing sciencesAdults with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes and a family member who received an 8-week multi-component self-management education improved self-management, lowered a blood marker of insulin resistance, and reduced diabetes distress versus usual care.
• RNRCT2025Cobenefits for Participants of a Nurse-Led Telephone-Based Early Childhood Obesity Prevention Intervention: A Multimethod Qualitative Study.International journal of nursing practiceThe nurse telephone trial did not show a clear effect on child BMI. Nurses' notes and interviews described support beyond obesity prevention, including domestic abuse, financial stress, mental health and referrals.
• RNQualitative2025Exploring Everyday Experiences of Adolescents Living With Asthma Through Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory.Nursing openAdolescents with asthma in Taiwan described night and weather symptoms, hiding medication to avoid peer reactions, reducing school activities, and family conflict over treatment. Nurses may need to ask about these barriers.
• RNQualitative2025An Exploration of Online Positive Feedback in Relation to Mental Health Nursing Practice.International journal of mental health nursingService users and carers praised mental health nurses for staying present in crisis, listening without judgement, building trust, and supporting recovery. The paper describes these experiences, not proof that any approach improves outcomes.