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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• RNOther2026Capturing Gender Identity Through Documentation: A Program Evaluation of a Rural Mental Health Clinic.Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)A rural clinic recorded gender identity for 95% of 101 children and adolescents in 2023, compared with none of 3 in 2020. The paper did not measure whether this improved mental health or patient care.
• RNQualitative2026The Lived Experience of the Trusting Nurse-Patient Relationship Among Patients Admitted to Internal Medicine Wards.Journal of advanced nursingPatients described trust growing from feeling safe, then from nurses noticing them, listening, staying briefly, and offering small comforts. Nurses' authenticity mattered more than time spent. Hurried or task-only care undermined trust.
• RNSystematic Review2026Comparing sugammadex to neostigmine and their effects on delirium and postoperative cognitive function: A systematic review.Journal of perioperative practiceSugammadex did not reduce postoperative delirium or cognitive dysfunction compared with neostigmine. One small study reported better recovery scores, but the authors said they were unlikely clinically important.
• RNQualitative2026'Being an Outsider' and 'Being an Insider': A Focused Ethnography of Family Members' Visitation Experiences in an Adult ICU.Journal of advanced nursingIn a Chinese adult ICU with brief daily visits, families described being kept outside as powerless and uninformed. They made the waiting area a shared support space, using a designated visitor to bring back condition updates.
• RNQualitative2025Experiences of Mothers with Substance Use in the Care of Children in the First Year of Life: A Qualitative Content Analysis.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyMothers with substance use described trying hard to feed, weigh, and soothe their infants, while also sometimes choosing drugs over care. They relied on family or online advice and feared stigma.
• RNQualitative2025Quality midwifery care during childbirth at a midwife obstetric unit: A qualitative study.CurationisBirthing women reported verbal abuse, ignored complaints, little support and no companion. Midwives said they provided information and safe delivery but lacked staff and management support. Women and midwives disagreed about quality care.
• RNQualitative2025Factors influencing early introduction of complementary feeding in children under 2 years in Limpopo province.CurationisYoung mothers whose malnourished children were admitted described cultural beliefs and not knowing which foods were suitable as factors in feeding their children early. They said they had not received clear feeding information.
• RNOther2025The Effect of Training Based on the Family-centered Empowerment Model on the Self-efficacy and Self-esteem of Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy: A Quasi-experimental Study.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyChemotherapy patients who took five weekly family-centered empowerment training sessions with an active family member reported higher self-efficacy and self-esteem two weeks later than patients who received routine ward care.
• RNPilot2025Anxiety and vital signs in cancer patients and music students before and after a music intervention: a quasi-experimental pilot study.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemIn 18 chemotherapy patients, anxiety ratings fell after live music, but systolic blood pressure and heart rate rose. With no control group and chemotherapy ongoing, music cannot be credited.
• RNQualitative2025Stressors experienced by informal caregivers: implications for home care for dependent older adults.Revista brasileira de enfermagemInformal caregivers of dependent older adults described sleep deprivation, physical exhaustion, and financial strain as primary stressors. They relied on coping strategies like prayer and music, but these were insufficient to manage the high levels of emotional and physical overload they experienced.
• RNOther2025Complementary therapies for the management of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children: a scoping review.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem65 complementary therapies were mapped for children with ADHD, including neurofeedback, physical activity, yoga, supplements and diets. Evidence was mixed and often inconclusive, so benefits cannot be assumed.
• RNSystematic Review2025Reproductive Donors' Needs and Preferences: A Mixed-methods Systematic Review.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyReproductive donors wanted clear information, support, counselling, clarity about payment policies, rights over contact, and respectful care. For clinicians, this means asking donors what they need instead of assuming donation is satisfactory.
• RNSurvey2025Gender Differences in Willingness to Be Evaluated for Living Kidney Donation.Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.)Men with a relative who had kidney disease reported higher willingness to be evaluated for living donation than women, 71.5% versus 64.2%. When the relative was actively seeking a transplant, men reported 13.1% higher willingness after accounting for other differences.
• RNSystematic Review2025Quality of life assessment instruments for radiodermatitis in cancer patients: scoping review.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemSkin-related quality-of-life tools were used across 32 studies in cancer patients with radiodermatitis, mainly Skindex-16 and DLQI. Both have Portuguese validation, but there is no consensus on the best instrument for assessing radiodermatitis impact.
• RNOther2025What Is 'Missed Nursing Care' During an Emerging Infectious Disease? A Concept Analysis.Nursing openMissed nursing care during emerging infections meant close-contact care was suboptimal, prioritised or interrupted. The analysis linked it to staffing, equipment, communication and nurse fatigue, but did not test whether addressing these improves patient outcomes.
• RNCohort2025Availability, access and feeding practices associated with malnutrition in children under 24 months in Mozambique.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemIn a Mozambican town, malnutrition in children under 24 months was associated with feeding practices, household food reserves and food insecurity. Growth monitoring should ask about food access and complementary feeding.
• RNSurvey2026How Context Shapes Person-Centred Fundamental Care Through Nurse-Patient Relationships: Validation of the FoC Intelligence Modelling Tool and Predictive Pathway Analysis.Journal of advanced nursingA Spanish-language survey of 1053 hospitalised patients validated a tool measuring how care context and nurse-patient relationships shape integrated care. Better contextual support predicted stronger relationships, which in turn strongly predicted care integration, confirming the nurse-patient bond as the key mediator.
• RNOther2026Does Cognitive Function Influence the Benefits of Multicomponent Team Interventions?Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationCognitive screening scores did not significantly change the quality-of-life benefit of multi-component team care with nurse symptom management, social work counseling, and clinician-signed orders. 83% screened positive, but lower scores were linked to fewer visits, not less intervention time.
• RNQualitative2026Living With Interstitial Cystitis: A Qualitative Study of Women's Experiences.Western journal of nursing researchEighteen Norwegian women with interstitial cystitis described pain, urinary urgency, fatigue and sleep loss taking over daily life. Many said clinicians dismissed their pain or treated it as psychological. Diagnosis and tailored treatment were often delayed.
• RNSurvey2025Perceived Stress, Loneliness, and Resilience in Relation to Game Addiction Among Adolescents in Bangkok During the COVID-19 Pandemic Transition Period.Journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing : official publication of the Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nurses, IncAmong 346 Bangkok adolescents, 15.0% were probably addicted to games and 4.4% were addicted. Loneliness and stress scores were higher when addiction scores were higher, and resilience scores were lower.
• RNSystematic Review2025Identification of Quality Indicators Used to Monitor, Evaluate and Improve Rural and Remote Care for Older People: A Scoping Review.The Australian journal of rural healthOnly three of the 52 rural quality indicators specifically measured older adults; the other 49 covered whole rural populations. This maps what is monitored, not evidence that monitoring improves care.
• RNOther2025Midwifery Care: An Evolutionary Concept Analysis.Nursing openMidwifery care was defined as continuous, family-centred care across pregnancy, birth and reproductive life, built on trust, shared decisions and broad safety. It is a concept analysis, not outcome evidence.
• RNOther2025The Role of a Stroke Specialist Nurse in Early Supported Discharge and Secondary Prevention in the Community. A Scoping Review.Nursing openCommunity stroke nurse follow-up was reported with better blood pressure self-monitoring, medication review, and patient knowledge. Expect nurse-led post-stroke education and home or telephone follow-up, not evidence that the nurse alone caused recovery.
• RNOther2025Analysis of the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal mortality trends, 2011-2021.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemMaternal deaths in São Paulo rose during the pandemic, reaching 87.02 per 100,000 live births in 2021. Indirect causes became predominant, while direct obstetric deaths did not rise.
• RNOther2025In Vitro Venous Catheter Material Comparison: Microbial Adhesion in a Thrombotic Blood Flow Model.Journal of infusion nursing : the official publication of the Infusion Nurses SocietyIn lab blood-flow tests, hydrophilic biomaterial catheters showed more than 96.3% less clot and more than 99.99% less microbial adhesion than thermoplastic polyurethane catheters.
• RNSurvey2025Health-Related Quality of Life of Patients Undergoing Haemodialysis: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach.Nursing openIn 208 adults on haemodialysis, feeling supported by healthcare professionals and able to choose, competent, and connected was linked to better physical and mental quality of life. Self-management was linked to lower physical quality of life.
• RNOther2025An Internet Hospital Plus Home Nursing Model for Chronic Disease Patients: Mixed-Methods Study in Tianjin, China.JMIR nursingHome nursing delivered after online doctor consultations served mostly older adults with cancer. Patients waited one to two days and reported near-perfect satisfaction. Simulated costs were lower than ambulance transfers, but the study lacked a control group, so it cannot prove the model works better than standard care.
• RNQualitative2025Cultural and Contextual Barriers to Sustained Home Blood Pressure Monitoring Practices Among Indigenous People in Northern Thailand: A Qualitative Study.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyAkha participants viewed hypertension as a condition requiring attention only when symptoms appeared. Fear of lifelong medication and cultural norms discouraged monitoring. Work schedules and lack of flexible community support prevented adherence to daily home blood pressure checks.
• RNCohort2026Social Interactions and Cell Aging Dynamics in Postpartum Women.Biological research for nursingHigher marital satisfaction was associated with telomere lengthening over a year. Negative social interactions and positive support were not, after the authors accounted for testing many variables. Telomere length is not a clinical outcome.
• RNSurvey2026Trauma Exposure and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in a Rural Perinatal Population.Journal of midwifery & women's healthRural prenatal patients screened anonymously: 53% of 421 screens reported trauma exposure, and 13.5% screened positive for probable PTSD. Of those with probable PTSD, 63.2% were interested in treatment research.
• RNQualitative2026Nurses' and Patients' Perspectives on Care Coordination Across Health Care and Social Services Sectors: A Qualitative Study.The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieresNurse coordinators and older patients or caregivers described care coordination as helped by trusted continuity, shared information, and clear roles, and hindered by territorial boundaries, unclear roles, and discharge pressures.
• RNQualitative2025"Consider the Following Situation," Parental Treatment Preferences for Children With Rare Diseases: A Content Analysis of Pediatric Advance Care Plans.The American journal of hospice & palliative careIn a hypothetical worsening scenario, 13 of 14 families chose to continue all treatments for a child with a rare disease, but 10 of 13 added conditions under which they would reconsider.
• RNSurvey2025Self-Reported Burden Among Informal Caregivers of Patients Receiving Psychiatric Hospital Treatment: A National Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of mental health nursing52.3% of outpatient and 66.8% of inpatient caregivers reported high burden, especially parents. Free-text comments described emotional strain, strained relationships, 24/7 demands and poor care coordination. Ask family caregivers about burden and discharge support, but this survey cannot prove what reduces it.
• RNQualitative2025Person-Centred Nursing in Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation Using a Conversation Tool: A Qualitative Study.Scandinavian journal of caring sciencesPatients after stem cell transplant and nurses said the ARNC made it easier to raise needs such as anxiety, finances or sexuality. But patients often did not know if anyone acted on their answers. Pair it with follow-up, documentation and shared care planning.
• RNQualitative2025Motivations, benefits, and barriers to the use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis based on the health belief model.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemPrEP users sought it mainly because they felt exposed to HIV, especially through partners' status or condom failures. They valued protection and clinic follow-up, but cited appointment difficulty, daily pills, side-effect worries, and stigma.
• RNSystematic Review2025Breastfeeding strategies following nurslings' hospitalization: a scoping review.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemAfter a baby is hospitalized, nurses can support breastfeeding with home visits, latch guidance, skin-to-skin, milk expression, restarting breastfeeding and digital follow-up. This scoping review maps strategies, not proof they work.
• RNCohort2025Changes in End-of-Life Quality in Patients With Terminal Cancer During Their Last 6 Months of Life: A Longitudinal Study.The journal of nursing research : JNRTerminal cancer patients reported worse end-of-life quality as death approached, especially symptoms and personal control. The proportion rating overall end-of-life quality good to almost perfect fell from 68.6% to 34.6% in the last 6 months.
• RNOther2025Transcultural adaptation, validity, and reliability of the SINBAD System Classification for Brazilian Portuguese.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemThe Brazilian Portuguese SINBAD foot-ulcer scoring tool was adapted and judged relevant by experts, but its six items did not consistently act as one measure. Use each item clinically; do not rely on the total score alone.
• RNQualitative2025Gaining More Ease in Everyday Life as a Family With a Child With Intellectual Disability Through Family-Systemic Therapeutic Conversations: An Exploratory Single-Case Study.Journal of family nursingA mother of a child with intellectual disability described nurse-led family conversations as helping her talk through burdens, guilt and suffering. Themes included more ease in everyday life, realistic health goals and accepting help, not proof of benefit.
• RNSystematic Review2026Examining the Role of Discrimination in Prenatal Care Utilization: A Systematic Review Using the Social-Ecological Model.Research in nursing & healthAcross 11 U.S. studies, discrimination was linked to delayed, avoided, or less satisfactory prenatal care. Language barriers and provider bias were common themes. These are observational links, not proof that changing care works.
• RNOther2026Development and Psychometric Testing of the Inventory of Self-Care Decision-Making Styles of Older Adults.Research in nursing & healthA questionnaire for older adults measured self-care decision styles. Scores were stable on retesting, but a scale's items did not quite meet the study's target for working together, and some expected links were not found.
• RNQualitative2026Understanding Healing From Psychological Birth Trauma: A Lived Experience Perspective.Journal of midwifery & women's healthPeople who had healed from traumatic birth described recovery as ongoing, nonlinear, and about making peace rather than reaching a fixed end state. They valued safe, nonjudgmental spaces to tell their stories when ready.
• RNQualitative2025Immunotherapy Decision-Making Experiences of Patients With Cancer and Their Family Caregivers: A Qualitative Study.The journal of nursing research : JNRPatients and caregivers described trusting doctors, valuing life over cost, and choosing immunotherapy because chemotherapy side effects, financial limits, and expected benefits shaped decisions. Nurses can support education, side-effect concerns, and financial navigation.
• RNSurvey2025Health Literacy and Self-Care Among Patients Living With Chronic Kidney Disease in a Low-Resource Setting.Nursing openHigher health literacy scores were linked with better self-care scores among 196 dialysis patients in Uganda. Being employed was also linked with better self-care. The study cannot show literacy caused better self-care.
• RNSurvey2025Frailty and nursing care demand in hospitalized older adults: a cross-sectional study.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemFrail older adults in hospital were significantly more likely to need high-dependency or intensive nursing care than non-frail patients. Assessing frailty markers like grip strength and gait speed at admission helps predict who needs more staff time and specific care for mobility and hygiene.
• RNQualitative2025Exploring the Experiences of Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes in the Context of Alcohol Use and Lifestyle Change: A Phenomenological Study.Scandinavian journal of caring sciencesTwelve adults with type 2 diabetes described alcohol and eating as tied to belonging, identity and coping. They said impersonal diabetes care, confusing labels and family attitudes shaped lifestyle change. Support groups and supportive conversations were described as sources of belonging, information and hope.
• RNSystematic Review2025Effectiveness of audiovisual interventions in increasing knowledge about sexually transmitted infections: a systematic review.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemIncluded studies generally reported improved STI knowledge, but two randomized controlled studies did not find enough evidence of a gain. The evidence was low or very low, so audiovisual education should not be assumed to prevent infections or reliably change behavior.
• RNSurvey2025The Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Regarding Deep Vein Thrombosis Among Pregnant and Postpartum Women: The Mediating Effect of Attitude.Nursing openPregnant and postpartum women knew little about DVT, especially fertility treatment and heparin prevention, yet most accepted prescribed drugs. Nurses should teach these gaps and address drug fears, not assume information alone changes practice.
• RNSystematic Review2025Caring for the Informal Caregivers: Systematic Review of Unmet Needs in Palliative Care.Nursing openFamily caregivers in palliative care settings commonly reported unmet needs for timely information, practical help, a dedicated contact, emotional support and respite. Existing assessment tools do not fully capture financial and legal burdens.
• RNCohort2025Gestational Weight Gain and Different Degrees of Preterm Birth: A Hospital-Based Study in Chinese Singleton Pregnancies.Nursing openLow gestational weight gain strongly increased preterm birth risk, especially very preterm. Excess weight gain appeared protective against preterm birth but carries other risks. Aim for guideline-based weight gain rather than encouraging excess gain to prevent preterm birth.