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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• RNQualitative2025Environmental health literacy among riverside residents in the Amazon region of Pará.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PRiverside residents linked environmental health to visible cleanliness, waste disposal, and avoiding stagnant water. They reported gaps in reliable information and valued home visits and lectures.
• RNQualitative2025Exploring Self-Management Among Adolescents With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Descriptive-Qualitative Study.Nursing openThai adolescents with type 2 diabetes wanted short, engaging telehealth help for food, insulin, monitoring and stress. Many had symptoms before diagnosis, but school and family screening also found cases. Parental scolding after high glucose reduced motivation.
• RNOther2025Self-care capacity of informal caregivers of older adults with dementia: quasi-experimental study.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemAfter watching four self-care videos sent through WhatsApp, 17 caregivers of older adults with dementia scored higher on self-care capacity, but with no control group the change cannot be proven to be due to the videos.
• RNMeta-Analysis2025Effectiveness of Nurse Led Advance Care Planning Intervention for Chronic Respiratory Diseases: A Meta-Analysis.Nursing openNurse-led advance care planning for chronic respiratory disease did not significantly improve quality of life, anxiety, depression, hospital admissions, or length of stay. Completion of advance directives showed a positive trend that failed to reach statistical significance.
• RNMeta-Analysis2025Comparative Efficacy of Endotracheal Tube Holders Versus Traditional Securing Methods in the Intensive Care Unit: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nursing in critical careEndotracheal tube holders reduced total tube-related pressure injuries compared with tape or bandages in ICU patients, but the certainty was very low and the benefit was not clear for lip, oral or facial ulcers or dislodgement.
• RNPilot2025Alignment of Minimum Data Set 3.0 Ratings With Staff Care Partner Reports of Symptoms of Distress for Nursing Home Residents.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationIn nursing home residents with dementia, staff reports of distress symptoms matched MDS ratings for only about half. Wandering had the weakest match, so care plans and research may miss symptoms.
• RNQualitative2025'Those Were Smiling Eyes': Patients' Experiences and Perceptions of ICU Health Care During Pandemics.Nursing openTwenty-seven ICU survivors said PPE made staff anonymous, but staff eyes, gestures and writing aids preserved connection. After discharge patients reported feeling abandoned without follow-up or post-COVID support.
• RNCohort2025Frailty and Anemia in Geriatric Care: A Retrospective Cohort Study.The American journal of nursingFrailty and anemia were both common in hospitalized older adults, and the two conditions were linked. Nurses should assess hemoglobin levels and physical activity status during care planning, as these factors were associated with frailty.
• RNSystematic Review2025What Evidence is Available on Rapid Response Systems Across Europe? Findings From a Scoping Review.Nursing in critical careEuropean rapid response teams vary widely in structure and activation. While some studies report reduced cardiac arrests and mortality, others show no significant difference or increased ICU transfers. There is no single standard model, and evidence of consistent patient benefit is limited by heterogeneous study designs.
• RNSurvey2025Loneliness in Older Adults Receiving Hemodialysis and Associated Factors: A Cross-Sectional Study.The journal of nursing research : JNROlder hemodialysis patients reported loneliness scores averaging 41.5 on a 20 to 80 scale. Female sex, higher fatigue, and lower social support were associated with higher loneliness.
• RNCohort2025Bridging Distances: A Retrospective Study of Virtual Wound Care to Reduce Travel Burden in Rural Healthcare.The Australian journal of rural healthPatients using a nurse-led virtual wound service in rural New South Wales had estimated average round-trip savings of 65 minutes and AU$59.67 for those 0 to 50 km from a specialist, and 444 minutes and AU$507.49 for those over 201 km.
• RNQualitative2025Lived Experience and Clinician Perspectives on the Priorities and Challenges of Integrating Peer Support in Acute Psychiatric Services for People With BPD.International journal of mental health nursingPeople with lived experience of BPD and their families described peer support in acute psychiatric services as potentially reducing shame and isolation, if it is consistent, trauma-informed, and continues after discharge.
• RNQualitative2026Barriers and Facilitators to Colposcopy Follow-up After Abnormal Cervical Cancer Screening: Qualitative Insights From an Urban Health Care Setting.Journal of midwifery & women's healthPatients who missed colposcopy cited competing life demands, fear of pain, and distrust of providers. Flexible communication and direct contact with a known clinician helped some return. Barriers existed at individual, interpersonal, and system levels.
• RNOther2026Strengthening Perinatal Services Through Social Care: Outcomes of a Quality Improvement Initiative for a Health Center-Based Perinatal Care Program.Journal of midwifery & women's healthA perinatal program integrating midwifery care and social support served high-risk patients in a safety-net clinic. While rates of preterm birth and cesarean delivery were lower than national averages, large for gestational age births were higher and only 44% of patients attended the recommended number of prenatal visits.
• RNOther2026Policy Knowledge and Abortion Access for US Active-Duty Servicewomen: A Mixed-Methods Study.Journal of midwifery & women's healthMany active-duty servicewomen who had abortions did not know military health coverage paid for abortion after rape or incest, or that recovery leave was an entitlement. 48% reported financial difficulty, 31% workplace repercussions, and 92% were not offered postabortion mental health support.
• RNQualitative2025Perceived Barriers to Reducing Heavy Drinking: Self and Others-A Focus Group Study.International journal of mental health nursingYoung adults said peer pressure, stigma, medication side effects, and long waits for therapy made it hard to cut down heavy drinking or get help.
• OTRNCohort2025Correlates of Metamemory in Middle-Aged and Older Adults With and Without HIV in the Deep South: A Cross-Sectional Study.The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANACDepression and race were the strongest links to how accurately older adults judged their own memory. Those with depression or who underestimated their abilities reported more memory mistakes and less satisfaction. Objective memory impairment rates were similar between HIV-positive and negative groups.
• RNSystematic Review2025Post-Intensive Care Syndrome in Family: A Concept Analysis.Scandinavian journal of caring sciencesPost-intensive care syndrome in families includes emotional, physical, cognitive, and social dysfunction in any significant supporter, not just relatives. Symptoms start during ICU admission and persist months after discharge. Current tools miss this multidimensional burden.
• RNOther2025Enabling Continuous Intracranial Pressure Monitoring During MRI: A Technical Note on the Development of an MR-Safe Support Frame.Nursing in critical careA custom MR-safe support frame kept intracranial pressure monitoring and drainage connected during brain MRI. It was used in more than 50 scans with no safety issues reported.
• RNOther2025Factors associated with the diagnosis of Brain Death in hospitals in the State of Sergipe.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PIn hospitals in Sergipe, adults suspected of brain death were more likely to have the diagnosis confirmed if they lived near the capital, and less likely if they were older or had cancer.
• RNQualitative2025Bereaved Families' Experiences of Treatment Withdrawal and End-Of-Life Care in the Intensive Care Unit: An Exploratory-Descriptive Qualitative Study.Nursing in critical careSeven bereaved ICU families described shock, emotional strain, and coping through faith. They wanted private, regular updates, bedside presence, and simple care participation, such as bathing, rubbing cream, or holding hands.
• RNSystematic Review2025Decisional Conflicts in Kidney Replacement Therapy for Patients With Grade 5 Chronic Kidney Disease: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis.Journal of renal carePatients choosing kidney replacement therapy often felt afraid, uncertain, poorly informed, and pushed by family or doctors. Ask about these conflicts before deciding, and support choices with clear, timely information.
• PTOTSLPRNNarrative Review2025An overview of clinical presentation and management of long COVID.The Nurse practitionerLong COVID can be considered when symptoms persist beyond 12 weeks and alternative causes are excluded. Management is supportive: screen cardiac risk before exercise, use graded exercise, fluids, salt and compression for POTS, and refer to PT, OT, speech and swallowing rehab.
• RNOther2026Development of the Preparation for Community-Based Labor and Birth Instrument Centering Black Perspectives in the United States: A Participatory Adaptation.Journal of midwifery & women's healthA childbirth-confidence questionnaire was adapted for people planning home or birth-center births, centering Black perspectives and adding items on safety, dignity, and racial identity. It is a tool for conversation, not yet a tested measure of birth outcomes.
• RNQualitative2026The Experiences of Service Providers Who Care for Homeless Pregnant or Early Parenting Women.The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieresService providers caring for homeless pregnant women described navigating punitive systems and resource gaps by extending their roles into advocacy. They found meaning in small, incremental client successes, despite facing professional stigma and ethical distress when colleagues treated clients with judgment.
• RNSystematic Review2026Nursing Interventions to Support Family Caregivers of Patients on Haemodialysis: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review.Journal of advanced nursingNursing-led caregiver programmes for haemodialysis families mostly improved quality of life, depression, anxiety and self-efficacy, but burden results were mixed. Use structured education, coping, support and follow-up, not information alone, because effects can fade.
• RNSystematic Review2025Summary of the Best Evidence on Skin-Mucosal Care in Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis.Advances in skin & wound careSkin-mucosal care recommendations for SJS/TEN include early eye assessment, daily oral and swallowing checks, leaving detached epidermis in place, and avoiding adhesive devices.
• RNOther2025Exploring Factors Influencing Physical Inactivity During the First Trimester of Pregnancy: A Convergent Mixed-Methods Study.Nursing open51.2% of surveyed Shanghai pregnant women were physically inactive in the first trimester; only 2.1% met activity guidelines. Interviews linked inactivity to discomfort, fear of harming the baby, work demands, family advice, weather, and cultural rest beliefs.
• RNOther2025Effect of a new nursing organization management mode constructed by appreciative inquiry on gynecological tumor patients in the perioperative period.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PGynecological tumor surgery patients in an appreciative inquiry nursing model had better resilience, quality of life, fewer pelvic floor symptoms, shorter postoperative recovery, and higher satisfaction than routine nursing patients.
• RNQualitative2025Perceptions Regarding mHealth for Self-Care Among Older Adults With Chronic Heart Failure, Family Caregivers and Health Care Professionals: A Qualitative Study.Nursing openPatients, caregivers and clinicians see mHealth as promising for heart failure self-care, wanting automatic symptom monitoring and direct communication with staff. However, they identify major barriers: older patients struggle with complex interfaces and poor vision, while staff lack the time and funding to maintain these systems.
• RNOther2025Spatial analysis of maternal mortality in Pernambuco before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.Revista brasileira de enfermagemMaternal deaths in Pernambuco rose during the pandemic: 242 of 467 deaths occurred in 2020-2022, and the 2020 maternal mortality ratio was 77 per 100,000 live births, up from 47.2 in 2019. Priority clusters were in the Agreste region.
• RNQualitative2025Employing Yarning to Explore the Impact of Endorsed Midwives in an Aboriginal Medical Service.Nursing openIn one Aboriginal Medical Service, midwives with prescribing endorsement and Aboriginal women described maternity care as flexible, comprehensive and built on personal relationships. Women valued continuity and cultural safety, and wanted the same midwives to follow them through birth.
• RNSystematic Review2025Decision-Making for Older Patients in Acute Prehospital Situations: A Scoping Review.Scandinavian journal of caring sciencesFor older patients needing urgent care outside hospital, transfer decisions are shaped by staff confidence, hierarchy, fear of blame and what family or carers know, not just clinical signs.
• RNOther2025Sociodemographic Profile of Pediatric Hemodialysis during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Challenges for Sustainable Development.Revista brasileira de enfermagemFive of twenty children on hemodialysis and their caregivers had asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. The study links this vulnerability to socioeconomic factors like reliance on public transport and low income, rather than clinical outcomes.
• RNSurvey2025Risk factors for harmful alcohol consumption: a multilevel analysis.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemAmong 373 primary care users in São Paulo, 17.1% had risky or harmful alcohol use and 1.8% probable dependence. Men, younger adults, people identifying as black, and high income were more likely to report risky or harmful use. Associations only, not causes.
• RNSurvey2026Stigma and healthcare professional support among adults with diabetes in Japan: A cross-sectional study.Japan journal of nursing science : JJNSJapanese adults with diabetes who reported more support from doctors and nurses had lower stigma scores. The links were clearer in those under 65 than in those 65 and older.
• RNNarrative Review2026Procedural and Therapy Peripheral Intravenous Catheters: A Framework for Safety, Quality and Patient-Centred Care.Journal of advanced nursingA proposed bedside question sorts peripheral IV catheters into short procedural or overnight therapy use, with matching choices for site, device, disinfection, dressing, monitoring, documentation and removal.
• RNSystematic Review2026Interventions to Prevent Patient- and Visitor-Perpetrated Violence Against Nurses in the Emergency Department: A Scoping Review.Journal of advanced nursingMost ED violence interventions target nurses' skills before an incident, not the environment or the aggressor. Simulation training and risk checklists are common, but evidence on whether they actually stop assaults is inconsistent and often short-term.
• RNSurvey2026Awareness of the Vaginal Microbiome and Willingness to Undergo Vaginal Microbiota Transplant.Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNNMost respondents were willing to try experimental vaginal microbiota transplant for infections, pain or sexually transmitted infection risk, but only 24 (11.4%) knew it existed. Safety and effectiveness are unknown.
• RNQualitative2026Parent and adolescent perspectives on decision-making involvement: A qualitative comparison in sickle cell and diabetes clinics.Patient education and counselingClinicians were described as helping adolescents take part in decisions by asking them directly, giving information, building rapport, and seeking input. In diabetes, parents often led the conversation. In sickle cell, clinicians sometimes spoke to parents rather than adolescents.
• RNOther2025Experiences of Emotional Healing After Figurines Intervention in Rural Thai Primary School Children: A Mixed-method Study.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyChildren with mild-to-moderate depressive symptoms reported gaining self-awareness, emotional healing, and personal growth after using figurines. Their depression scores decreased, but the small sample and lack of control group mean this shows potential, not proven efficacy.
• RNQualitative2025The Chain of Cannulation: A Qualitative Comparison of the Cannulation Process and European Guidelines.Journal of renal careRenal guidelines described the same fistula cannulation steps but differed on scab care, disinfectant, pain and needle technique. The British guideline added patient involvement and MRSA screening. This is a checklist, not tested care.
• RNOther2025Patient-Controlled Sedation During Gynaecological Procedures-Aspects of Patient Satisfaction, Feasibility and Cost Per Patient: Empirical Research Quantitative.Nursing openPatient-controlled propofol sedation allowed 128 gynaecological procedures to be completed safely without anaesthesiologists present. Most patients reported no or mild pain, and 86% were very satisfied. Direct costs for IUD insertion were 85% lower when performed in the outpatient clinic rather than the day surgery unit.
• RNCohort2025Post-COVID-19 Consequences in Relatives of Severely Ill Patients: Results of the Prospective Multicenter NeNeSCo Study.Clinical nursing researchRelatives of ICU COVID survivors had more anxiety and caregiver strain than relatives of ward survivors. By 15 months, anxiety scores fell but clinically relevant anxiety stayed similar, while caregiver strain rose. Passive coping was linked to anxiety, depression, PTSD symptoms, and strain.
• RNSurvey2025Health literacy among main caregivers of Children with Special Health Care Needs: a cross-sectional study.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemMost caregivers of hospitalized children with special health needs reported limitations in managing their own health, finding good information, and feeling supported, while being able to engage with providers. Schooling and income were linked with these health literacy levels.
• RNQualitative2025Desperate for Sleep: Exploring Parental Perceptions of Melatonin Use Among Adolescents With Neurodevelopmental Disorders.Journal for specialists in pediatric nursing : JSPNParents of adolescents with autism or ADHD said melatonin helped sleep and seemed natural, but many switched brands, changed doses, and paused it seasonally. These are perceptions, not evidence that melatonin works.
• RNQualitative2025Surviving families: experiences of losing a family member to suicide.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemBereaved families described suicide as unexpected and hard to understand, even after preventive efforts. They reported shared guilt toward themselves, relatives, and services, plus grief mixed with anger, relief, and later lessons.
• RNQualitative2025The Lived Experiences of Family Caregivers in Caring for Older Adults at Risk of Falls: A Phenomenological Study.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyNot knowing how to prevent falls, being exhausted, and making home changes were described by family caregivers of older adults at risk of falls. They also faced stigma around walking aids and relied on traditional healers after falls.
• PTRNSurvey2025Machine Learning Techniques for Identifying Lifestyle Factors Associated With Low Back Pain in Adults Aged 50 and Older Using Data From the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.Nursing & health sciencesIn Korean adults aged 50 and older, lifestyle factors were associated with chronic low back pain. Female sex, older age, activity limitation, stress, low walking, high sitting, smoking, and diet appeared in a predictive model, but it was not strong enough for screening.
• PTRNOther2025Frailty and mobility in hospitalized older adults: an analytical cross sectional study.Revista brasileira de enfermagemFrail hospitalized older adults had much lower mobility than non-frail and prefrail patients. Prefrail and non-frail patients did not differ. This association was measured at admission, so it cannot show frailty caused the mobility loss.