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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• RNRCT2024The Effect of Peer-Mentor Support for Older Vulnerable Patients With Ischemic Heart Disease-A 24-Week Randomized Controlled Trial.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingOlder, vulnerable heart patients who also got a trained peer mentor attended cardiac rehabilitation more often than those receiving usual care. The mentoring did not show clear improvement in anxiety, depression, quality of life, diet, physical activity, or self-efficacy.
• SLPRNQualitative2026Investigating parental perspectives of the enablers and barriers to communication with their preterm infants: A narrative study.Journal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and communityMothers said neonatal staff gave inconsistent communication support. Nurses focused on touch and skin-to-skin, while specific talking, reading cues and home follow-up varied.
• RNSystematic Review2026Interventions for improving treatment adherence in young people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): A systematic review of behaviour change theory and behaviour change techniques.Journal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and communityMedication adherence improvements in adolescents with IBD were inconsistent: family programmes sometimes helped, often only in small subgroups, and no intervention reported using behaviour change theory.
• RNQualitative2025Participatory Action Research to Enhance Patient-Centred Goal Setting in Geriatric Rehabilitation: A Nursing Team's Quest.Journal of advanced nursingNurses on a geriatric rehabilitation ward found that preparing multidisciplinary team meetings with patients helped nurses advocate, but did not make the rehabilitation path clear. Whiteboards with small goals were described as useful for some patients, not all.
• RNOther2025A Tailored De-Implementation Strategy to Reduce Low-Value Home-Based Nursing Care: A Mixed-Methods Feasibility Study.Journal of advanced nursingWashing frequency did not change after seven Dutch home-care teams replaced daily soap-and-water washing with washing without water, but time spent per client per week on low-value care fell 17.94% over six months.
• RNQualitative2025Nurse-Assisted Remote Patient Monitoring for Self-Management Support to Patients With Long-Term Illness-A Qualitative Multimethod Study.Journal of advanced nursingPatients described the remote monitoring as a safe space to ask questions and see their own trends, which helped them manage their condition after discharge. Nurses reported being able to spot problems early and offer support, but found it difficult to judge severity from data alone.
• RNCohort2025Multi-Level Factors Influencing eHealth Literacy Among Chinese Older Adults: A Longitudinal Study.Journal of advanced nursingOlder Chinese adults with chronic conditions, lower education, rural residence, or who live alone had persistently lower eHealth literacy over six months. Those with more internet experience, better self-rated skills, and social support for online health use had higher literacy. Access alone does not guarantee effective use.
• SLPRNOther2025Reducing the Duration to Reach Full Enteral and Oral Feeding Volumes for Very Preterm and Extremely Preterm Infants: A Quality Improvement Project.The Journal of perinatal & neonatal nursingIn 96 preterm infants, a bundle of feeding protocol, readiness assessment, oral motor work, breastfeeding support, and team feeding plans did not clearly reduce time to full enteral feeding, full oral feeding, or hospital stay. Only subgroups suggested possible benefit.
• RNNarrative Review2025Disclosure Practices in Muslim Patients and the Impact on End-of-Life Care: A Narrative Review.The American journal of hospice & palliative careFamilies often withheld Muslim patients' terminal diagnosis to protect hope, while many patients themselves wanted full information. Do not assume Muslim patients prefer non-disclosure.
• RNPilot2025The Development and Clinical Impact of an Innovative Palliative Care Lever Tool for Individuals With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Quality Improvement Project.The American journal of hospice & palliative careNurse practitioner screening before IPF visits did not increase palliative care referrals or encounters enough to be considered a real change. This pilot does not show the tool improves palliative care access.
• RNOther2024Psychological Symptom Cluster Severity Profiles Are Associated With Higher Levels of Stress and Worse Quality of Life in Postmenopausal Women With Breast Cancer.Cancer nursingPostmenopausal women after breast cancer surgery grouped by anxiety, depression, fatigue, and sleep symptoms showed more posttraumatic stress and poorer quality of life as symptom severity rose. All groups reported clinically relevant sleep disturbance.
• RNCohort2024Warfarin Versus Non-Vitamin K Inhibitors Medications and Cognitive Disease Progression in Atrial Fibrillation.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingWarfarin and newer anticoagulants showed no difference in how quickly patients with atrial fibrillation progressed from normal thinking to dementia. Switching between these drug classes is not supported by evidence of a cognitive benefit.
• RNQualitative2024"Share the Fear": Communication Concerns of Parents With Cancer With Dependents and Coparents: A Qualitative Needs Assessment Study.Cancer nursingParents with cancer and coparents both struggled with what to tell children, money, emotions, and end-of-life. Coparents often felt overwhelmed and hid distress. Most preferred virtual support. These are themes, not tested outcomes.
• RNCohort2026Hospice Referral Rate Disparities of American Indian/Alaska Native Kidney Transplant Recipients with End-Stage Kidney Disease: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis.The American journal of hospice & palliative careHospice use was significantly lower for American Indian/Alaska Native patients than for non-Hispanic whites, regardless of kidney transplant status. Transplant recipients used hospice less than non-recipients, but this disparity between transplant and non-transplant groups was significant only for non-Hispanic whites.
• RNSurvey2026Patient Experiences of Receiving Stroke Discharge Information in Accordance With Preferences.Journal of clinical nursingMost stroke and TIA patients wanted discharge information about risk, prevention, symptoms and contacts, but about one third did not receive it. Older patients and people with higher BMI were less likely to report receiving it, and receipt varied by hospital.
• PTOTRNOther2026Gender Differences in Disease Burden, Symptom Burden, and Quality of Life Among People Living With Heart Failure and Multimorbidity: Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of advanced nursingOlder women with heart failure and multimorbidity reported higher disease burden, more pain, tiredness, nausea and lack of appetite, and worse quality of life than men. The study was cross-sectional, so it cannot explain causes or show what treatment helps.
• OTRNQualitative2026Navigating School Meal Environments: Perspectives of Pupils Diagnosed With Autism Spectrum Disorder or ADHD.The Journal of school nursing : the official publication of the National Association of School NursesFive boys with autism or ADHD stayed near familiar teachers or classmates to navigate school lunch. Crowded serving, repeated trips, and noisy seating made eating hard; some chose solitude to cope.
• RNSystematic Review2026Sociodemographic Disparities in the Use of Hospice by U.S. Nursing Home Residents: A Systematic Review.The American journal of hospice & palliative careNursing home residents who were male, non-White, or in rural facilities were less likely to use hospice in studies accounting for other factors. Evidence was old and mixed, so these findings should not be treated as proof of why use differs.
• RNQualitative2026An evaluation of the impact of a cancer support specialist service on families of children with cancer and the multidisciplinary team in a children's health service in Ireland.Journal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and communityParents and team members described a Cancer Support Specialist service as offering informal relational, navigational, mediation, respite and sibling support. They reported it helped families access support and allowed team members more time for clinical work.
• RNCohort2025Risk Factors for Peritoneal Dialysis-Associated Peritonitis Due to Home-Based Operation Management: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of clinical nursingIn home peritoneal dialysis patients, improper handwashing, not checking povidone-iodine cap expiry and quality, and poor dialysis fluid storage were independent risk factors for peritonitis. Nurses should retrain these steps, not assume they prevent infection.
• PTOTRNCohort2025SANTANA Cohort: Study on Frailty in Institutionalised Older Adults and Its Relationship With Gordon's Functional Health Patterns.Journal of advanced nursingIn 1245 nursing home residents, frailty was present in 25% at baseline and 51.7% after 5 years. Nurses' activity-exercise and social-relationship assessments tracked frailty, but the study did not test whether this changes patient care.
• RNCohort2025Management of Nausea and Vomiting in Palliative Care - Real Life Data From a Palliative Care Unit in Germany.The American journal of hospice & palliative careNausea or vomiting affected 172 of 330 palliative inpatients. Most episodes had drug-related problems, mainly interactions. Some continuous antiemetics were given without reported symptom burden. Nurses should check symptom burden and medication safety.
• RNSystematic Review2025Recent Advances in Non-Invasive Digital Nursing Technologies for Chronic Pain Assessment and Management: An Integrative Review.Journal of advanced nursingNurses used phone calls and web-based programs to deliver pain education, cognitive behavioural therapy and self-management to adults with chronic pain. Some programs improved pain, disability or adherence, but additional nurse support did not help in every trial.
• RNSurvey2025Patient Satisfaction With the Level of Competence of the Triage Nurse in Hospital Emergency Departments.Journal of clinical nursingPatients were highly satisfied with triage nurse care. Nurse competency, concern for pain, and answering questions went with satisfaction; experience and training did not.
• RNOther2025Targeted Digital Health Intervention in End-of-Life and Hospice Care: A Scoping Review.Journal of advanced nursingAcross 38 studies, end-of-life and hospice digital health research mostly mapped prediction models, mHealth, telehealth and records systems. It did not test whether care improves. Most lacked control groups and no acceptability, cost or equity outcomes were measured.
• RNOther2025Validity and Reliability of the Self-Care of Chronic Illness Inventory and Self-Care Self-Efficacy Scale in Patients Living With Cancer.Journal of advanced nursingCancer patients taking oral anticancer drugs could be assessed with existing self-care questionnaires. The monitoring and self-efficacy scales each worked as a single measure, and self-care scores tracked patients' global health status.
• PTOTSLPRNQualitative2026Perspectives and Requirements of Patients with Prostate Cancer on Mobile Health Interventions During Androgen Deprivation Therapy: A Descriptive Qualitative Study.Journal of clinical nursingMost prostate cancer patients on hormone therapy use smartphones daily, but only half want mHealth for their care. They need simple, passive monitoring and trusted medical advice, while rejecting mindfulness and peer groups due to stigma and independence.
• RNSurvey2026Successful Aging and Happiness Level in the Elderly: The Mediating Role of General Self-Efficacy.Journal of clinical nursingIn nursing home residents, higher self-efficacy was linked to both greater happiness and more successful aging. Self-efficacy partially explained the link between aging well and happiness. This association does not prove that boosting self-efficacy causes better outcomes.
• RNSystematic Review2026The health and well-being of children with medical complexity and their parents' when admitted to inpatient care units: A scoping review.Journal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and communityParents of medically complex children described hospital stays as exhausting, frightening, and sometimes driving thoughts of suicide. Children wanted routines, play, and staff who made them feel comfortable. The review mostly maps experiences, so it does not prove treatments.
• RNOther2026Race and Ethnicity, Neighborhood Social Deprivation and Medicare Home Health Agency Quality for Persons Living With Serious Illness.The American journal of hospice & palliative careSeriously ill older adults in the US were less likely to receive home health care from high-quality agencies if they were Black, had Medicaid, or lived in more socially deprived neighborhoods. The gap by race did not depend on neighborhood deprivation.
• RNOther2026Developing Evidence-Based Implementation Strategies for the Management of Women With Early Pregnancy Bleeding in the Emergency Department: A Multi-Method Study.Journal of advanced nursingIn emergency departments, 29.4% of women with early pregnancy bleeding had no evidence of recommended care, and after-hours ultrasound and psychosocial support were common barriers. Nurse-initiated protocols and clearer pathways were proposed.
• RNSystematic Review2025The Experience of Stigma in People Affected by Fibromyalgia: A Metasynthesis.Journal of advanced nursingPeople with fibromyalgia reported being disbelieved because symptoms are invisible, being called depressed or crazy, and hiding illness. They said this stigma eroded trust in clinicians and worsened distress, across 206 adults in 12 qualitative studies.
• RNOther2025The Kids Pain Collaborative: A Hybrid Type 3 Implementation Effectiveness Study Transforming Paediatric Pain Care in the Emergency Department.Journal of advanced nursingAfter a paediatric emergency department pain project, nurse-initiated analgesia and triage pain scoring increased, but time to first pain medicine did not improve. Pandemic workload confounded the findings.
• RNOther2025Adaptation and Validation of the Supportive and Palliative Care Indicators Tool (SPICT): A Quantitative Methodological Study.Journal of advanced nursingThe Chinese version of SPICT screened hospitalized cancer patients for palliative care needs and matched another screening tool, but it was not tested against death or clinical outcomes.
• RNQualitative2025The Experiences of Healthcare Services and Ageing Among Older Turkish Immigrants: A Qualitative Study.Journal of advanced nursingOlder Turkish immigrants in Norway described using translators, signs, or family members to communicate symptoms. Some women hid concerns and were left undiagnosed. Most preferred family care over nursing homes, even when they described nursing homes as good.
• RNSystematic Review2025Decision Regret About Treatment Amongst Women With Early Breast Cancer: An Integrative Review.Journal of advanced nursingWomen with early breast cancer can report treatment decision regret, especially after mastectomy. Regret was linked with poorer communication, lower health literacy, and anxiety.
• RNOther2025Patient Experiences of Hospital Care in the Context of Comprehensive Care Delivery: A Mixed Method Study.Journal of advanced nursingMost patients rated their hospital care as good or very good, but many reported unmet needs. Common gaps included poor communication, lack of clear discharge plans, and insufficient personal care. Patients with chronic conditions did not report significantly worse experiences than others.
• RNQualitative2025Uncertainty experienced by the critical patient upon discharge to the general ward: Care proposals from the perspective of Mishel's theory.Nursing in critical carePatients moved from intensive care to ward described uncertainty about routines, how much care they would receive, and their dependence. They wanted clear timing, accurate handovers, continuity and a reference nurse, and reassurance that leaving intensive care was progress.
• RNSystematic Review2025Conceptualisation and Measurement of Resilience of Adults With Cancer: An Umbrella Review.Journal of advanced nursingResilience in adults with cancer was defined differently across reviews, but four parts appeared: personal resources, social support, coping, and recovering mental health. Most resilience questionnaires measured only some of these.
• RNSystematic Review2025Medication Management of Patients With Cancer Undergoing Surgery From Preadmission to Discharge: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review.Journal of advanced nursingOlder adults with cancer undergoing surgery who took multiple regular medicines were more likely to be discharged to institutions, stay longer or die in some studies. Findings conflicted. Patients reported better understanding after preadmission pharmacist review.
• RNSurvey2025Development and Validation of the Family and Community Nursing Advanced Practice Scale.Journal of clinical nursingA new scale identifies five core areas of advanced practice for family and community nurses: clinical care, leading practice, clinical reasoning, health promotion, and ethics. The research domain was largely absent from the final tool, suggesting a gap in advanced research engagement.
• RNCohort2025A Prospective Cohort Study of Technique and Technology Used to Improve First Time PIVC Insertion Success in Hospitalised Paediatric Patients.Journal of advanced nursingIn hospitalised children, only 156 of 250 peripheral IVs were placed on the first attempt. Vascular access specialists and ultrasound guidance were linked with higher first-attempt success among final successful inserters.
• RNNarrative Review2025Language-specific approaches to reduce perioperative stress and anxiety related to anaesthesia for patients with limited English proficiency: A narrative review.Journal of perioperative practiceFor patients with limited English proficiency, perioperative anxiety appears linked to not understanding anaesthesia information. Native-language education, reliable interpreters and culturally adapted materials may help, but no method is proven to reduce anaesthesia stress.
• RNSystematic Review2025Sexual and Gender Minority Migrants' Experiences of Health Service Access and Utilisation: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis.Journal of clinical nursingSexual and gender minority migrants described avoiding care because of cost, language, confidentiality fears, stigma and discrimination. They described safe, affirming, private encounters with health professionals as making services feel more accessible.
• RNCohort2025Evaluating Performance of the Surprise Question to Predict 12-Month Mortality in Patients With End-Stage Liver Disease.The American journal of hospice & palliative careIn hospitalized end-stage liver disease patients, a hepatologist's 'not surprised' answer was linked with 58.4% survival at a year versus 92.3% for 'surprised', but 160 of 274 flagged patients did not die.
• RNQualitative2025An Acceptability and Feasibility Study of a Nurse-Led Model of Contraception and Abortion Care in Rural General Practice.Journal of advanced nursingRural general practice nurses and doctors viewed a nurse-led contraception and abortion model as acceptable and feasible. They identified funding barriers, specifically the lack of Medicare item numbers for nurses, and the need for strong GP-nurse trust and accessible training as key to implementation.
• RNCohort2025Assessing the Impact of an Integrated Community Care Program on Unplanned Hospital and Emergency Department Representations: Interrupted Time Series Analysis.Journal of advanced nursingAfter PAC, RIR and HARP were merged into one Community Care program, readmission and ED-only re-presentation trends did not change significantly at 30, 60 or 90 days. Enrolments rose, but the readmission and ED outcomes were null.
• RNCohort2025Predictive Model for Hypoglycaemia Risk in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients During the Peri-Colonoscopy Period: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of advanced nursingA risk model for adults with type 2 diabetes undergoing colonoscopy flagged insulin use, fasting after the procedure, low C-peptide and reduced kidney function as risk factors, while SGLT2 inhibitor use was associated with lower risk.
• RNSurvey2026National Survey on Essential Communication Skills to Address Language Demands in Canadian Nursing Practice.Journal of advanced nursingNurses rated advanced interprofessional and advocacy communication skills as more important if they were educators or non-native English speakers. Routine patient care skills were rated consistently important across all groups, suggesting these are universal baseline requirements.
• RNMeta-Analysis2026Association of polypharmacy and perioperative outcomes: Systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of perioperative practiceSurgical patients taking five or more medicines were more likely to have postoperative delirium, die within 30 days, or be discharged to another care facility. They were not more likely to be admitted to ICU.