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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• RNSurvey2026Associations of dietary patterns, dietary motivations, and nutritional status with skeletal muscle mass in Chinese older adults: A structural equation modeling study.International journal of nursing sciencesStronger eating motivation was associated with better nutrition and higher muscle mass in rural Chinese older adults. A fruit, vegetable and rice pattern aligned with better nutrition, while an oil and condiment pattern clustered with poorer nutrition.
• RNRCT2026Nurse-Led Digital Intervention for Sodium Restriction in Chronic Kidney Disease: Mixed Methods Implementation Study.JMIR nursingThe primary 24-hour urine sodium outcome could not be evaluated: only 24 of 99 completed collection. The nurse-led app program, combining education, quizzes, peer competition, tasks, feedback and remote monitoring, improved sodium knowledge, but blood pressure and quality of life did not differ.
• RNQualitative2026Care Partner Perspectives on Hypertension Management in Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias in an Online Forum: Qualitative Thematic Analysis.JMIR nursingFamily caregivers of people with dementia and high blood pressure described changing medications without provider input, interpreting home readings without guidance, and managing refusal of care. Some also reported developing high blood pressure themselves.
• RNCohort2026Flip Chart based on the Interactive Theory of Breastfeeding: development and validation of an educational technology.Revista brasileira de enfermagemPregnant and postpartum women rated a breastfeeding flip chart as clear, engaging, and suitable, with all items acceptable. Nurses can use it for breastfeeding education, but the study did not test whether it improves breastfeeding.
• RNCohort2026Correlates of Glycemic Status Among American Indian Adults With Type 2 Diabetes in Rural Southeastern Oklahoma.Nursing researchIn 2021, 39.3% of adults with type 2 diabetes in a rural Oklahoma Tribal health system had HbA1c below 7%. Prior HbA1c was strongly associated with next year's HbA1c.
• RNSurvey2026The relationship between pregnant women's attitudes toward preconception care and pregnancy adaptation: a cross-sectional descriptive study.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PReceiving preconception care was not linked to better reported adaptation to pregnancy in 388 pregnant women in Türkiye. More positive preconception knowledge and attitudes were linked to better adaptation.
• RNSurvey2026Key Strategies for Improving Psychiatric Home-Based Care in Spain: A Modified Delphi Study.Scandinavian journal of caring sciencesStakeholders prioritized five feasible improvements for psychiatric home care: training on referral criteria, standardized discharge protocols, feedback to referring professionals, better visit scheduling, and updated capacity information. Staffing increases were rated important but not immediately achievable.
• RNMeta-Analysis2026The Prevalence of Anxiety in Patients With Beta-Thalassaemia Major: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nursing openAbout one third of patients with beta thalassaemia major screened positive for anxiety symptoms, but the estimate varied widely across studies and settings. A positive screen means possible anxiety needing assessment, not a confirmed disorder.
• RNSurvey2026Intra-peer violence, socioeconomic and behavioral characteristics of sexual and gender diverse adolescents: a cross-sectional study.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem67.8% of 949 LGBT+ high school students in Brazil reported being bullied, 11.5% reported being cyberbullied, and 13.0% reported being bullied because of sexual orientation.
• RNQualitative2026Noticing and responding to end-of-life suffering in the PICU: A co-designed conceptual framework for nursing practice.Intensive & critical care nursingBereaved parents and pediatric intensive care clinicians described signs of end-of-life suffering that nurses could notice, such as burden, baseline changes, pain, restlessness, lost parent role, and disconnect, and responses like partnering, comfort, and resources.
• RNSystematic Review2026Effectiveness of Artificial Intelligence-Based Nursing Interventions for Chronic Illness Care: Umbrella Review.JMIR nursingAI-assisted nursing interventions for chronic illness may improve risk prediction and reduce hospital use and costs. Effects on depression, satisfaction, safety and quality were mixed. Treat AI as a support tool, not proven care.
• RNSurvey2026Parenting Stress, Parenting Self-Efficacy and Dyadic Coping in Parents of Preterm Infants in China: A Dyadic Analysis.Nursing openAt discharge, parents of preterm infants reported stress associated with lower parenting confidence. Mothers' positive couple coping was associated with confidence, but fathers' stress did not show the same pathway.
• RNSystematic Review2026Guidelines for home-based enzyme replacement therapy in children and adolescents with mucopolysaccharidosis: a scoping review.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PHome enzyme replacement therapy for children and adolescents with mucopolysaccharidosis can be nurse-led, but guidelines are sparse and safety details are missing.
• RNCohort2026Individual and Interactive Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Household Income on Adolescent Depression and Anxiety Symptoms.Research in nursing & healthParental mental illness, substance use, incarceration, or intimate partner violence in early childhood was associated with more adolescent depression and anxiety. Maltreatment experiences were not. Low household income was associated with depression, not anxiety.
• RNCohort2026Care trajectories of women with advanced breast cancer at the end of life.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PWomen with advanced breast cancer followed by specialized palliative care in the final month had fewer emergency visits, fewer transfusions, and were less often hospitalized in the last day than women still receiving chemotherapy.
• RNQualitative2026Social determinants of health that permeate adolescent students' mental distress.Revista brasileira de enfermagemAdolescents in Brazilian state high schools described mental distress as connected to pressure about future jobs and studies, family conflict, bullying, unsafe streets, poor self-image, self-harm, and family illness. They also described family and peer support as protective.
• RNSystematic Review2026The Core Competencies of Nurses Providing Home-based Palliative Care to Patients with Incurable Diseases: A Scoping Review.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyNurses delivering home-based palliative care need knowledge of disease and health systems, attitudes supporting teamwork and ethics, and skills in pain, symptom, psychological, spiritual, and social care. These competencies span the whole disease trajectory from diagnosis through death.
• RNQualitative2026The Development, Acceptability and Suitability of an Information and Well-Being Booklet for Family Members of Intensive Care Unit Patients.Nursing in critical careFive ICU family members found a new booklet helpful for explaining equipment, delirium, ward moves and home recovery. They valued simple language, permission to ask questions and reassurance that nurses could explain things.
• RNOther2026The Effect of a Peer-Led Non-Pharmacological Pain-Management Program on Chronic Pain Intensity and Pain-Related Self-Efficacy in Older Adults with Osteoarthritis: A Quasi-Experimental Study.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyPain intensity did not clearly decrease in the peer-led group, but pain self-efficacy scores rose from 36.99 to 54.45 on a 0-60 scale at two months.
• RNSurvey2026Socioeconomic and Geographical Analysis on Antenatal Care Visits in Indonesia: A Cross-sectional Study.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyOnly 38.65% of Indonesian women had adequate antenatal care, defined as six or more visits with minimum visits in each trimester. Younger, less educated, uninsured, rural, poorer, divorced or widowed women and those facing longer travel were less likely to meet it.
• RNQualitative2026Women's Experiences of Psychosocial Support after Recurrent Miscarriage: A Qualitative Content Analysis.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyWomen after recurrent miscarriage valued husband and family emotional and practical support, peers, and sensitive staff. They described feeling ignored in crowded wards, financial barriers, and no clear psychosocial care protocols.
• RNQualitative2026Marginalised Caregivers: A Qualitative Study of Grandmothers in Postpartum and Infant Care.Nursing openGrandmothers caring for postpartum women and infants in China described feeling sidelined by younger parents' scientific knowledge, yet they remained highly motivated to learn. They reported social isolation and physical strain, but trusted nurses and doctors as the best source of infant care guidance.
• RNSurvey2026Association between neonatal conditions and anthropometric indicators among children attending daycare centers in Southern Brazil.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PNo birth or household factor was clearly linked to children's height-for-age. Body mass index-for-age was linked to food insecurity, lower socioeconomic class, and high-risk pregnancy, but this one-time study cannot show cause.
• RNQualitative2026Experiences and Views of African Australian Consumers on the Role of Spirituality, Religion and Culture on Mental Health.International journal of mental health nursingAfrican Australian consumers described distress from migration, lost community and stigma. They valued care that understood faith and culture, saw medication-only as disconnected, and wanted trusted community or faith figures involved.
• RNSystematic Review2026Health education technologies for people with disabilities: scope review.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemAcross eight studies, accessible courses, sign-language tools, avatars, and exergames were judged valid, feasible, and acceptable for people with disabilities, but there was no robust evidence they improve health or communication outcomes.
• RNOther2026Predictors of Long COVID: older adults, women, and an incomplete COVID-19 vaccination schedule.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemIn adults with long COVID in Brazil, older people reported more shortness of breath, women more hair loss, and people with no vaccine doses more chest pain. These are associations from records, not proof these factors caused symptoms.
• RNSurvey2026The Mediating Role of Patient Satisfaction With Nursing Care Quality in the Association Between Provision of Compassionate Care and Patient Loyalty: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nursing openHospitalized patients who rated nurses' compassionate care higher also reported greater satisfaction with nursing care and loyalty to the hospital. Patients expected more compassionate care than they received, and their satisfaction was linked to loyalty.
• RNRCT2026Effect of a Stoma Care Training Belt on Stoma Care Skills, Adjustment, Anxiety and Satisfaction in Intestinal Stoma Patients: Randomized Controlled Study.Nursing openIn intestinal stoma patients, preoperative nurse training with a wearable belt raised skill and adjustment scores, lowered anxiety after discharge, and improved education satisfaction versus standard care.
• RNSurvey2026Correlation between comfort and medication adherence in people with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: a cross-sectional study.Revista brasileira de enfermagemComfort was not related to medication adherence in 198 adults with type 2 diabetes using oral diabetes drugs or insulin. Feeling more comfortable did not go with taking diabetes medicines better.
• RNPilot2026Integrating Music Therapy and Nursing for Neonatal Procedural Support Using a Pacifier Activated Lullaby Device.The American journal of nursingPain scores were lower during five minutes of pacifier-activated music after ROP exams: average 4.92 at exam end, then 0.76, 0.6, and 0.21 in 25 neonates, but usual holding, positioning, and swaddling continued.
• RNQualitative2026Family perspective on caring for children with chronic conditions in the pre- and trans-pandemic contexts of COVID-19.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PCaregivers of children with chronic conditions shifted from emphasizing children's strengths to seeing them as vulnerable during the pandemic. They intensified hygiene, managed interrupted therapies at home, and most kept shared decision-making.
• RNQualitative2026A multi-domain qualitative study on factors influencing access to preventive hepatitis B care among rural population.International journal of nursing sciencesRural Chinese adults and migrant workers described waiting until severely ill, avoiding screening because of cost and stigma, and leaving families unvaccinated. These barriers delayed hepatitis B diagnosis and treatment.
• RNOther2026The Barriers and Enablers to the Use of Alternative Approaches to Restrictive Practices: A Scoping Review and Causal Loop Diagram.Nursing openMental health staff and service users described factors they said mattered for reducing restraint and seclusion: better communication, rapport, peer support, trauma-informed care, de-escalation training, adequate staffing and ward environments. This maps barriers and enablers, not tested effectiveness.
• RNSurvey2026Determinants of Stress and Obstacles to Diabetes-Related Quality of Life in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Interaction-Mediation Analysis.Worldviews on evidence-based nursingIn 1815 adults with type 2 diabetes, abnormal fasting glucose and diabetes-related stress were most strongly associated with obstacles to diabetes-related quality of life. Multiple cardiometabolic abnormalities together were linked to higher risk.
• RNOther2026Pediatric patient fixation for air aeromedical transport in rotary-wing aircraft: a professional experience report.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PA helicopter emergency service developed a protocol for securing children during flight, with preflight, transflight, and postflight steps. It standardizes restraint devices and entry order. No patient outcomes were tested.
• RNOther2026Specialized nursing terminology in pre-exposure prophylaxis: alexical analysis.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PNursing care terms for HIV PrEP grouped into implementation, decision-making, vulnerability perception, and professional care. The map comes from 18 documents and does not test whether the terms improve patient care.
• RNRCT2026The effect of Bach flower remedies on hope and quality of life in people with advanced cancer: a triple-blind randomized clinical trial.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PIn advanced cancer on palliative treatment, Bach flower remedies did not improve hope or quality of life more than placebo. Scores rose slightly in both groups, likely from study attention. Mild adverse events were reported, and the alcoholic preservative warrants caution.
• RNQualitative2026Risk perception in peritoneal dialysis waste management: contributions for audiovisual material.Revista brasileira de enfermagemHome peritoneal dialysis patients and caregivers reported uncertainty about safe waste disposal, especially sharps, and participants asked for nurse-led, simple audiovisual guidance linking disposal to the full home treatment routine.
• RNOther2026Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the End-Stage Renal Disease Adherence Questionnaire-Short Form: English, Spanish, and Korean Versions.Nephrology nursing journal : journal of the American Nephrology Nurses' AssociationA nine-item questionnaire for dialysis patients was rated highly relevant by experts, separated known adherers from non-adherers, and stayed stable over seven days. It may speed adherence checks but has no cutoff.
• RNOther2026Effectiveness of an educational intervention on knowledge about anticoagulant therapy: a quasi-experimental study.Revista brasileira de enfermagemPatients on warfarin who received nurse-led Supported Self-Care by phone and messages raised their knowledge scores. The study had no control group, so it cannot prove the intervention alone caused the gain.
• RNOther2026Effectiveness of acupressure in managing nausea, vomiting, and psychosocial well-being during pregnancy.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PPregnant women wearing acupressure wristbands reported less severe nausea and vomiting than women wearing placebo wristbands. Psychosocial well-being improved in both groups, with no extra benefit from acupressure.
• RNOther2026Physical literacy in older adults: An evolutionary concept analysis.International journal of nursing sciencesOlder adult physical literacy was mapped as body-based experience, multiple domains, resilience to aging and disease, and competence for ongoing activity. It is a concept analysis, not evidence that any programme works.
• RNQualitative2026The Development of Parental Knowledge of Their Child in NNU and PICU: An Exploratory Qualitative Study of Parents' Experiences.Nursing in critical careParents of children admitted to neonatal and paediatric intensive care described knowing their child as changing over time. Some said staff dismissed that knowledge, even when warnings about equipment or deterioration were important.
• RNOther2026Instrument for assessing social network support for women with breast cancer.Revista brasileira de enfermagemA 47-item tool for assessing social network support in women receiving breast cancer chemotherapy passed content and wording checks by nurses and patients. It is not yet shown to improve care.
• RNSurvey2026Sociodemographic profile of tuberculosis and treatment difficulties in light of health literacy.Revista brasileira de enfermagemMany adults in tuberculosis treatment said basic medication tasks were hard: 167 of 207 found remembering doses somewhat difficult, and 147 found reading packaging somewhat difficult.
• RNOther2026Neglect/abandonment of older women during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil: a cross-sectional study.Revista brasileira de enfermagemAmong 5,875 reported neglect/abandonment cases against older women in Brazil, older age, disability, child or caregiver perpetrators, and homophobia/transphobia or generational conflict were linked to higher occurrence.
• RNQualitative2026Experiences of family hope and hopelessness in the context of pregnancy and care for high-risk newborns.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemFamilies of high-risk newborns described hope shifting from fear and uncertainty to belief in better days, strengthened by faith and resilience over time. Pandemic isolation and delayed contact threatened hope.
• RNSystematic Review2026Effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions for older adults with dementia: An umbrella review.International journal of nursing sciencesNon-drug dementia care approaches produced small, consistent reductions in agitation, depression and anxiety, with modest cognitive gains. Quality of life did not show a clear improvement, so choose interventions for specific symptoms rather than overall wellbeing.
• RNOther2026Analysis of nursing consultations for people with systemic arterial hypertension in Primary Health Care.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemAcross 29 hypertension consultations by 13 nurses, a median of 18 of 48 checklist items was met, and no nursing diagnosis was communicated. Longer consultations were associated with greater adherence to the nursing process.
• RNQualitative2026Family experiences in managing mental disorders in adolescents.Revista brasileira de enfermagemCaregivers of adolescents with mental disorders described grief, guilt, stigma and constant vigilance. Mothers adjusted routines and feared crises, suicide risk and treatment interruption, while seeking information and support.