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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• RNCohort2025Enhancing Adverse Event Reporting With Clinical Language Models: Inpatient Falls.Journal of advanced nursingFine-tuned BERT models and GPT-4 with tailored prompts could detect inpatient falls from nursing notes, and note review found 30% to 91% more unreported falls.
• RNOther2025Understanding Self-Care Patterns in Adults With Type 1 Diabetes: Insights From a Mixed Methods Study.Journal of advanced nursingAdults with type 1 diabetes grouped into Expert, Inconsistent, and Novice self-care profiles. Inconsistent care often meant adequate habits but poor monitoring and management. Novice care was associated with greater social and financial risks.
• RNOther2025Identifying Adolescent and Young Adults' Preferences for Oncology Symptom Management Clinical Trial Participation.Cancer nursingAYA cancer survivors preferred symptom-management trials with a treatment type they valued and a topic they saw as important. They favored shorter, once-weekly, under-30-minute visits and electronic surveys; 64% chose an alternative trial design.
• PTRNRCT2025Digital Health Technologies to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity and Reduce Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in Older Adults: A Pilot Study.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingOlder adults at cardiovascular risk reduced calorie intake and increased activity over 12 weeks with counseling, a handbook, a scale, a blood pressure monitor, a transmitter, a Fitbit, and MyFitnessPal. The group receiving texts showed more activity and greater weight loss.
• PTRNQualitative2025Reasons for (Not) Seeking Care for Fatigue and Care Needs Among Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Qualitative Interview Study.Journal of advanced nursingSome fatigued IBD patients did not seek fatigue care because they saw it as inevitable, distrusted available help, or felt healthcare professionals dismissed it. They wanted proactive, person-centred conversations and tailored support.
• RNRCT2025A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating Peer Recovery Coaches for Addiction Recovery Among Indigenous Americans.Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses AssociationPeer recovery coaching did not show sustained reductions in alcohol or drug use among Indigenous adults. It was acceptable and early drinking days were lower, but differences did not persist. Do not expect it alone to prevent relapse.
• RNCohort2025Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Care at Australian Emergency Departments: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study.Journal of advanced nursingIn Australian EDs, PIVC care showed low patient partnership, frequent antecubital fossa use and incomplete documentation: 2.9% discussed risks and benefits, 81.2% used the antecubital fossa, and only 3.3% had removal documented.
• RNOther2025A Mixed Methods Evaluation of a Nurse-Led Domestic and Family Violence Service.Journal of advanced nursing233 women in a nurse-led domestic violence service were contacted quickly and assessed for injuries, including strangulation. Staff said outreach and coordination helped them reach health care. This was a service evaluation, not a tested intervention.
• RNSurvey2025Identifying Core Self-reported Adverse Events Associated With Chemotherapy Among Patients With Breast Cancer: A Network Analysis.Cancer nursingSelf-reported fatigue was the most central chemotherapy symptom among breast cancer patients, followed by decreased appetite. Nausea and vomiting were tightly linked. Muscle pain was most central early; fatigue was most central in later cycles.
• RNSystematic Review2024The Barriers and Enablers to Participation in Oncology Clinical Trials for Ethnically Diverse Communities: A Qualitative Systematic Review Using Metaethnography.Cancer nursingPatients and clinicians disagreed on why ethnic minorities avoid cancer trials. Patients cited mistrust, family influence, and cost. Clinicians blamed patient reluctance and time pressures, often overlooking their own biases and the structural barriers in trial design.
• RNQualitative2026"Are They Just Experimenting With All of Us?" Cultural Considerations for Clinicians Caring for Seriously Ill Great Plains American Indians.The American journal of hospice & palliative careGreat Plains American Indian and Alaska Native cancer survivors, caregivers, Tribal leaders, and traditional healers said clinicians need to build trust with cultural training, respectful communication, family inclusion, and psychosocial support. These are perspectives, not tested outcomes.
• RNSurvey2026Antibiotic Usage Patterns of Community-Dwelling Adults in Thailand: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of advanced nursingPatients' antibiotic use behaviour was good on average, but 54.5% had inadequate medicine literacy and 13.3% thought antibiotics could stop once symptoms improved. Patient literacy, awareness, care process, nurse experience and diarrhoea prescribing were linked to behaviour.
• RNCohort2026The Development of a Model to Predict Cognitive Decline Within 12 Months in Home Care Clients.Journal of clinical nursingA model using routine home-care assessments flagged clients without a dementia diagnosis who were likely to decline cognitively within 12 months. It was moderately accurate, so it can prompt further review rather than diagnose decline.
• RNOther2026Investigation of Pressure Injuries With Visual ChatGPT Integration: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of advanced nursingVisual ChatGPT staged pressure injuries less accurately than expert nurses overall, especially unstageable and deep tissue injuries. Adding wound details helped slightly, but the tool did not match nurse assessment.
• RNQualitative2026Obstacles and Aspirations for Improving Delivery of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation to Wheelchair Users: A Qualitative Study.Journal of advanced nursingCarers, wheelchair users and healthcare professionals said standard CPR guidance leaves them afraid to act and may delay care. They proposed tilting wheelchairs, landmarks for chest compressions, watching for choking signs and wheelchair-specific training, but these ideas were not tested.
• PTRNOther2026Associations Between Frailty, Family Functioning, and Quality of Life in Adolescents With Congenital Heart Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of advanced nursingAdolescents with congenital heart disease who were frail or had moderate or severe family dysfunction reported lower quality of life. Frailty was especially linked to exhaustion and reduced activity in those with worse heart function.
• RNCohort2026The Impact of Nursing Resources on Chronic Wound Management: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.Journal of clinical nursingBetter nurse work environments and higher RN proportion were associated with lower in-hospital mortality and shorter stays in 34,113 Medicare patients with chronic wounds. BSN composition findings were mixed.
• RNCohort2025Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index and In-Hospital Mortality and Costs in Older Inpatients With and Without Cancer: A Retrospective Observational Study.Journal of clinical nursingOlder inpatients with major nutritional risk had higher estimated in-hospital mortality and costs, especially cancer patients. GNRI may help nurses flag high-risk admissions, but this observational study cannot show screening improved outcomes.
• RNOther2025Differentiating Therapeutic Responses That Reduce Restrictive Practice Use and Situational Aggression in an Acute Mental Health Unit.Journal of clinical nursingIn an acute mental health unit, stand-alone verbal de-escalation was associated with lower seclusion, lower restraint and reduced situational aggression. Adding distraction, sensory modulation, environment change or individualised staff time did not show benefit.
• RNCohort2025Perceived Discrimination, Trauma, Mental Health, and Blood Pressure Outcomes Among Young African American/Black Mothers in the InterGEN Study.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingAmong young African American/Black mothers, more reported racial discrimination and race-related trauma was linked to increases in systolic blood pressure over 6 months. Depressive symptoms were not linked to systolic blood pressure change.
• RNQualitative2025'I Was Shattered and Broken': Unmasking the Experiences and Responses of Black Canadian to Pregnancy Loss.The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieresBlack Canadian women described pregnancy loss as numbness, denial, isolation, self-blame, and fear of future pregnancy. Some said healthcare providers offered little emotional support, so they leaned on faith, family, and online groups to cope.
• RNSystematic Review2025Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Inform Care Coordination by Identifying and Intervening in Patients' Unmet Social Needs: A Scoping Review.Journal of advanced nursingAI tools in this review mostly flag unmet social needs from records. Little evidence shows whether care coordination improved, and equity risks remain. Treat outputs as prompts, not proof that a patient will get help.
• RNSurvey2025Patient Perception of Involvement in Nursing Bedside Handover: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of advanced nursingMost patients felt informed and trusted nurses during bedside handover, but few felt actively involved. Patients reported nurses rarely asked for their opinions, handovers often happened outside the room or while they slept, and many were unaware they could participate.
• RNQualitative2025A Practice Research Study of How Youth Understand and Manage Risks Associated With Their Food Allergy.Journal of advanced nursingYouth with food allergy described clinic risk advice as both reassuring and anxiety provoking. Nurses and doctors sometimes escalated warnings about adrenaline autoinjectors, which some experienced as frightening rather than helpful.
• RNQualitative2025Factors and Strategies Influencing Integrated Self-Management Support for People With Chronic Diseases and Common Mental Disorders: A Qualitative Study of Canadian Primary Care Nurses' Experience.Journal of advanced nursingNurses managing both physical and mental health conditions in primary care reported feeling unprepared, with training focused on chronic disease and no clear protocols for mental health. They described referring patients away rather than supporting them, citing workload and unclear roles as barriers.
• OTRNPilot2025A Multi-Method Study to Develop and Pilot Test an Interprofessional Transitional Care Model for Frail Older Adults - AdvantAGE.Journal of advanced nursingAn interprofessional transitional care model, with nurse-led home visits, was piloted in 62 frail older adults; 14 were readmitted. It refined the model but did not test whether it reduces readmissions.
• RNPilot2025Segregation and Recycling in the Operating Room. An Intervention to Accelerate the Decarbonisation Process in the Health Sector.Journal of clinical nursingSegregating clean paper and plastic during surgery cut the operating room's weekly carbon footprint from 534.6 to 79.1 kg CO2 eq. Staff reported the process did not slow their work pace, though they doubted colleagues' consistency.
• RNOther2026Secrets and Their Consequences in Heathcare: A Scoping Review of Worker Experiences.Journal of advanced nursingPatients often keep sexuality, HIV, abuse, alternative medicine or abortion decisions secret. Workers felt unprepared, seeing disclosures as burden or privilege. Trust, private time and nonjudgmental response were linked to whether patients disclosed.
• RNSystematic Review2026Registered Nurse-Led Assessments in Australian Residential Aged Care Homes: A Scoping Review.Journal of advanced nursingAustralian aged care nurses use many different assessment approaches, but evidence that they reduce residents' emergency transfers or hospital admissions is mixed. Programmes often combine education, decision support and equipment, so one component cannot be credited.
• RNCohort2026A 28-Day Ecological Momentary Assessment of Mental Health Among Psychiatric Outpatients With Suicidal Ideation.Journal of advanced nursingAverage 28-day suicidal ideation did not differ between high- and low-risk outpatients. Daily depression, anxiety and stress were associated with higher momentary suicidal ideation, especially depression, and high-risk showed flatter daily patterns.
• PTOTRNQualitative2025Experiences of Sexual Health and Intimate Relationships in Women With Lipedema: A Qualitative Study.Journal of advanced nursingWomen with lipedema described avoiding intimacy because of body shame, pain, heavy limbs, and compression garments, yet longing for closeness; partner criticism worsened this, while responsive touch helped. Healthcare professionals did not address sexual health.
• RNQualitative2025Parents' Experiences of Family-Centred Care in Home-Based Paediatric Care of Their Child With Life-Limiting Illness: A Qualitative Descriptive Study.Journal of advanced nursingParents valued home-based care for children with life-limiting illness but found it burdensome when services were not tailored. They wanted privacy, sibling support, inclusion in decisions and competent home care teams.
• RNCohort2025Older Adults With Cardiovascular Disease and Their Care Partners: An Analysis of Care Needs, Care Activities, and Care Partner Stress and Mental Health.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingOlder adults with cardiovascular disease often need help with mobility, self-care, medications, and medical visits. Their unpaid care partners do many tasks and report stress, pain, and anxiety or depression symptoms. Ask who is helping, but this study did not test whether that changes outcomes.
• RNQualitative2025Individual's Experience of Living With Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.Journal of advanced nursingPeople who had had Roux-en-Y gastric bypass described ongoing uncertainty, disappointment with their bodies, and feeling still overweight. They said post-operative care focused on weight, not emotional adjustment, while peer support felt most understood.
• RNQualitative2025Self-Care Behaviors of Patients With Heart Failure in Thailand: A qualitative descriptive study.Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing SocietyThai patients with heart failure described fluid and salt limits as hard in hot weather, with family cooked foods, street meals, sugary drinks, and little weight monitoring. They wanted practical support after discharge, not more vague diet warnings.
• RNOther2026Resourceful Aging Among Migrants and Refugees: A Concept Analysis and Model Development for Holistic Nursing Care.Journal of holistic nursing : official journal of the American Holistic Nurses' AssociationConcept analysis defines resourceful aging for older migrants through adaptability, social connectedness, resilience, and resource navigation. Holistic nursing aligns with this by providing culturally competent, whole-person care that supports independence and cultural identity.
• RNSystematic Review2026Patients' Experiences of Day Surgery: A Qualitative Systematic Review.Journal of advanced nursingPatients described day surgery as minor and quick, then felt unprepared and reluctant to call for help when pain, fatigue and emotional distress made home recovery harder than expected.
• RNOther2026Multi Perspective Considerations for Health Smart Home: Early Phase Exploratory Study.Journal of advanced nursingHome care nurses, support workers, older adults and families saw smart-home sensors as useful for spotting changes in daily routines, but worried about privacy, alerts and unclear roles.
• RNNarrative Review2026Patient Agitation in the Intensive Care Unit: A Concept Analysis.Journal of advanced nursingICU agitation is defined by excessive movement, emotional tension, resisting care, and cognitive impairment, often with aggression or vital sign changes. It is distinct from delirium and anxiety. Nurses should assess for these specific attributes and underlying causes before sedating, as agitation is not simply a need for more sedation.
• RNOther2026Delirium in the Acute Care Setting From the Families Perspective: A Scoping Review.Journal of advanced nursingFamilies of delirious patients feel unprepared and distressed because they rarely understand what is happening. They want clear information and a role in care but are often left in the dark. Nurses should proactively explain delirium symptoms and invite family participation.
• RNSurvey2026The Relationship Between the Level of Satisfaction of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and Loneliness, Happiness and Life Satisfaction in Elderly Individuals.Journal of clinical nursingOlder adults in Turkey who reported more loneliness also reported less satisfaction of their basic and social needs; those who were happier or more satisfied with life reported more needs satisfaction. This does not prove one causes the other.
• RNSystematic Review2025Nurse-Led Models of Service Delivery for Skin Cancer Detection: A Systematic Review.Journal of advanced nursingNurse-led skin cancer clinics provided assessment, treatment and education, and one nurse-led eyelid service achieved accuracy similar to physician-led care. Evidence was limited, so use local governance and clear role explanations.
• RNSurvey2025Association Between Red Cell Index and Depressive Symptoms in NHANES (2005-2018): A Cross-sectional Study.Cancer nursingAmong US cancer survivors, a blood index called RCI was not clearly linked to fewer depressive symptoms after accounting for demographics, blood tests, smoking and common illnesses. A lower likelihood appeared only below a threshold value.
• RNMeta-Analysis2025The Effectiveness of Acupressure on Sleep Quality in Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials.Journal of clinical nursingAcupressure improved sleep quality in cancer patients, with effects seen at four weeks. The trials varied widely and likely missed negative trials, so treat it as a possible supportive symptom-care option, not a proven cure.
• RNMeta-Analysis2025Effectiveness of patient decision aids for cardiovascular decisions: systematic review with sex/gender-based analysis.European journal of cardiovascular nursingThe main measure of whether choices matched patients' values did not improve with cardiovascular decision aids. They did improve knowledge, risk perception, feeling informed, clarity about values, and patient-clinician communication.
• RNOther2025Community Supervision Engagement to Examine Health Outcomes: A Scoping Review.Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)Only 11 studies were found for people on probation or parole, and the one randomized trial found no effect on probation violations. Collaboration and empathy were reported as factors that supported care access, while stigma, transport and medication gaps were reported as barriers.
• RNSystematic Review2026Clinical Guidelines for Virtual Health Assessment and Care: A Scoping Review.Journal of advanced nursingClinically focused guidelines for virtual health assessment remain sparse despite widespread telehealth use. Most existing resources prioritize technical logistics over patient care. Nurses and clinicians lack standardized frameworks for safe triage, physical examination, and follow-up in virtual settings.
• RNSystematic Review2026Substance Use Disorders in Adolescents: A Qualitative Systematic Review.Journal of advanced nursingAdolescents with substance use disorder described starting use through curiosity, family conflict, peers and easy access, then facing health, school, family and legal harms. They asked for motivated, nonjudgmental treatment with family support and coping skills.
• PTOTSLPRNQualitative2026Clinical Implications for Management of Falls in Hospital Patients with Communication Disability After Stroke: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis.Journal of advanced nursingHospital falls after stroke often go unexplained when severe aphasia prevents patients describing what happened. Staff documented communication problems as cognition, used equipment, and missed adapted education. Multidisciplinary plans, family support and speech-language input suggest safer falls prevention.
• RNQualitative2026When the Home Becomes the Setting for Hospital Treatment: A Qualitative Study of Relatives' Experiences.Journal of advanced nursingCohabiting relatives preferred hospital treatment at home, but felt it was chosen for them, not with them. They wanted clear information about treatment, pumps and alarms, and a reachable nurse, while often sacrificing their own routines.