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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• OTRNQualitative2023The Context of Caregiving in Heart Failure: A Dyadic, Mixed Methods Analysis.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingCaregiver burden scores missed key home and financial struggles. Dyads with high contextual needs had worse physical health and finances, but those with moderate needs reported the highest burden. Standard screening tools do not capture the full picture of what families are dealing with at home.
• RNSurvey2023Educational needs of people with type 1 diabetes mellitus and their parents: A cross-sectional study.Nursing openParents of people with type 1 diabetes reported higher educational needs than the patients themselves in complication management, continuous management, diet, psychosocial needs and risk factors. Overall education needs did not differ between the two groups.
• RNQualitative2023The use of toys by nursing as a therapeutic resource in the care of hospitalized children.Revista brasileira de enfermagemNurses and technicians in a pediatric unit improvise toys for procedure preparation using dolls, videos, and everyday objects, but heavy workloads and missing supplies prevent routine use. No standardized method exists, leaving implementation to individual discretion.
• RNOther2023Validity study of educational technology on gynecological high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy.Revista brasileira de enfermagemA booklet for nurses to explain gynecological brachytherapy side effects and care was validated by experts and 27 women. It scored 98% agreement among judges and was rated clear and attractive by all patients, but its effect on attendance or anxiety is not yet tested.
• RNSurvey2023Patient experience with telehealth service in a mental health setting.Archives of psychiatric nursingMental health patients who used telehealth rated it easy and useful, mostly on smartphones, and 61% said they would attend more often. Yet 55.1% preferred in-person care, matching 55.1% who preferred telehealth.
• RNCohort2023NICU Visitation Time and Adherence to Safe Sleep Practices Among Mothers of Very Preterm Infants.Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal NursesMore days per week in the NICU was not associated with whether mothers followed all safe sleep practices after discharge. 77% fully complied, but public or no insurance and depression or anxiety symptoms were linked with less compliance.
• RNCohort2023Spiritual well-being, symptoms and performance of patients under palliative care.Revista brasileira de enfermagemIn palliative care, higher depression and anxiety scores linked to lower spiritual well-being. More symptoms also tied to worse physical function. These are correlations, not proof that treating one improves the other.
• SLPRNSurvey2023Healthcare communication access among deaf and hard-of-hearing people during pregnancy.Patient education and counselingDeaf and hard-of-hearing maternity patients rated prenatal communication good, but many on-site interpreter and face-to-face modification requests were unmet, and VRI often had technical failures. Ask each patient's preferred accommodation and avoid relying on family interpreters.
• RNOther2023Validation into Spanish of a Scale to Detect the Post-intensive Care Syndrome.Investigacion y educacion en enfermeriaA Spanish version of a 27-item scale for ICU survivors was rated clear by survivors and grouped into three domains: memory/thinking, daily activities and mood. It can flag post-ICU problems, but is not a diagnostic test.
• PTOTSLPRNOther2023Men's health care: concept analysis.Investigacion y educacion en enfermeriaMen’s health care is shaped by masculinity, social networks, work, culture, and spirituality, not just biology. Hegemonic norms often deter help-seeking and promote self-medication. Clinicians should assess these barriers and strengths to improve engagement and adherence.
• RNQualitative2023How patients with severe mental illness experience care provided by psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners.Journal of the American Association of Nurse PractitionersPeople with severe mental illness valued psychiatric nurse practitioner care for trust, normalizing their experiences, shared decision-making, and accessible contact. Some still avoided discussing medication or intimate issues because they feared admission.
• RNSystematic Review2023Nursing care for the transgender population in primary health care: an integrative review.Investigacion y educacion en enfermeriaTransgender patients faced fragmented primary care, stigma and limited training. Described strategies included chosen names, safe spaces, expanded histories and gender-affirming care rather than limiting care to HIV testing.
• RNOther2023Relationship between Degree of Dependency and Hospitalization Time of Surgical Patients.Investigacion y educacion en enfermeriaIn a surgical service, grade IV patients had the longest average stay at 13.3 days, and most patients were grade II. Dependency category was related to hospital stay, but grade III average stay was 6.7 days while grade II average stay was 9.9 days.
• RNQualitative2023The experiences of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis of their decision-making processes to invasive home mechanical ventilation-A qualitative study.Nursing openPeople with ALS deciding about invasive home ventilation kept saying 'so far' and changing their minds. They wanted support soon after diagnosis, before speaking about it became difficult.
• RNOther2023Using the Cardiff model to reduce late-night alcohol-related presentations in regional Australia.The Australian journal of rural healthReports of recent alcohol use did not change after a regional emergency department shared injury data with venues, but the rate of injury presentations during late-night hours decreased slightly.
• RNOtherEffectiveness of Therapeutic Community Program on Resilience and Change in Lifestyle in People With Alcohol Use Disorder.Journal of addictions nursingKorean men with alcohol use disorder who attended a 12-week outpatient therapeutic community program reported higher resilience and lifestyle change scores than a hospital control group. The program delivered many activities together, so no single part can be credited.
• RNNarrative Review2023Big Data in Oncology Nursing Research: State of the Science.Seminars in oncology nursingOncology nursing big-data examples include electronic notes, patient reports and wearable data for tracking pain, distress and end-of-life needs. They report feasibility and ethical limits, not proven care improvements.
• RNOther2023Patient-Reported Usefulness and Challenges in Using Hypoglycemia-Informing Features of Continuous Glucose Monitors to Manage Hypoglycemia.The science of diabetes self-management and careMost adults with type 1 diabetes found CGM glucose numbers, trend arrows, and alarms very useful. Only 43% found trend graphs very useful, and some said alarms felt disruptive or unnecessary.
• RNCohort2023The Economic Impact of Living Cell Tissue Products in Treating Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Venous Leg Ulcers in Patients with Commercial Insurance: A Retrospective Matched-Cohort Study.Advances in skin & wound careIn commercially insured outpatients with diabetic foot or venous leg ulcers, a cryopreserved human skin product had lower wound-related costs and fewer applications than the other living cell products compared. It did not show a clear healing advantage.
• RNNarrative Review2023Surgical Reconstruction of Stage 3 and 4 Pressure Injuries: A Literature Review and Proposed Algorithm from an Interprofessional Working Group.Advances in skin & wound careExpert consensus proposes a surgical algorithm for stage 3 and 4 pressure injuries, prioritizing patient optimization and interprofessional care. It recommends negative-pressure wound therapy and bioscaffolds to manage complications, though no controlled trials support these specific surgical pathways.
• RNSurvey2023Incidence and risk factors of intimate partner violence among patients with gynaecological cancer in China.Nursing open31.0% of women with gynaecological cancer at one Chinese hospital reported intimate partner violence, most often negotiation. Abuse was associated with lower household income and living with children or extended family.
• PTOTSLPRNQualitative2023Perceptions of Australians with diabetes-related foot disease on requirements for effective secondary prevention.The Australian journal of rural healthPatients with diabetes-related foot disease found wearing prescribed offloading footwear difficult due to discomfort and poor education on its purpose. Many relied on family carers for daily foot checks because of vision or mobility limits, and reported a critical lack of psychological support after amputation.
• RNRCT2023The Effect of Spiritual Self-care Intervention with a Blended Learning Approach on Anxiety in Women with Preterm Labor: A Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyWomen with preterm labor who received five sessions of spiritual self-care education, blending face-to-face and virtual learning, reported significantly lower pregnancy-related anxiety immediately after the intervention and four weeks later compared to those receiving routine care.
• RNQualitative2023Emergency preparedness is a healthcare issue: COVID-19 pandemic's influence on attitudes and behaviors among a national sample of parents.Journal of pediatric nursingParents described stocking masks, meds and supplies, talking with children about plans, and viewing vaccines as emergency preparedness after the pandemic. Most wanted providers to discuss preparedness.
• RNQualitative2023The living experience of surviving out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and spiritual meaning making.Nursing openGreek Cypriot out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors described survival as a divine gift reshaping body, time, fear, relationships and daily life. Their accounts point to spiritual and psychosocial needs alongside physical, cognitive and emotional changes.
• PTOTSLPRNCohort2023Use of Home-Based Clinical Care and Long-Term Services and Supports Among Homebound Older Adults.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationMost homebound older adults use long-term supports like assistive devices, but very few receive comprehensive care. Nearly half had minimal services despite being homebound. Clinical teams should screen for gaps in meals, transport, and paid help, not assume skilled home health covers all needs.
• RNOther2023Process Evaluation of a Wireless Wearable Continuous Vital Signs Monitoring Intervention in 2 General Hospital Wards: Mixed Methods Study.JMIR nursingWearable continuous heart and breathing-rate monitoring was used on two hospital wards, but nurses documented trend checks on only 70.7% of required shift reports, and the rate fell most in internal medicine. Manual vital-sign checks continued alongside it.
• RNQualitative2023"It became easier once I knew": Stakeholder perspectives for educating children and teenagers about their difference of sex development.Patient education and counselingStakeholders agreed children and teenagers with differences of sex development should receive honest, age-appropriate education over repeated visits. Parents, providers and mental health staff may share the work, but participants gave no specific scripts, ages or tested approaches.
• RNOther2023Nurse-patient communication strategies: A proposal of an educational video for Nursing students.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemNursing students reported high understanding of an educational video on communication strategies, and expert nurses rated its quality as adequate. The study validates the video's content but does not show that watching it improves patient care or clinical skills.
• RNQualitative2023"A patient should not have to ask": Women's experiences of patient education about preconception care for type 2 diabetes.Patient education and counselingWomen with diabetes wanted clinicians to discuss preconception care routinely, even if they were not planning pregnancy. They found it hard to ask, feared stigma, and valued clear, shareable information before conception.
• RNOtherScoping Review of Early Toxic Stress and Epigenetic Alterations in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.Nursing researchThirteen NICU studies associated higher pain or toxic stress exposure with increased SLC6A4 methylation changes and associated those changes with later attention and social-emotional problems. No study used a valid NICU stress measure, so causality is not proven.
• RNCohort2023Intensive care unit nurses' perceptions and practices regarding clinical alarms: A descriptive study.Nursing openMost ICU nurses believe they respond quickly to alarms, but nearly half admit missing them due to noise and complexity. While 81% claim sensitivity, 25% report alarms are often unheard. This gap between perceived and actual response suggests alarm fatigue is masking safety risks.
• RNQualitative2023Value of cognitive interviewing in the development of the weight stigma in healthcare inventory.Patient education and counselingMany proposed survey questions about weight stigma in healthcare were confusing or misinterpreted when tested with 48 patients with obesity. Participants often could not answer questions about providers' motives, and some saw unsolicited weight advice as caring. The inventory needs further validation.
• RNOther2023Hand hygiene knowledge and demonstrated technique among Malawian kindergarten children: A quasi-experimental study.Nursing openIn Malawian kindergarten children, a school handwashing programme raised knowledge and 5-step technique scores, and gains remained high at 3-month follow-up. It did not test whether infections fell.
• RNQualitative2023The effect of a non-congregate, integrated care shelter on health: A qualitative study.Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)Twenty residents said they felt safer, more autonomous and healthier in a private-room integrated care shelter. They said combined case management, nursing, residential support, security, food and transportation helped. Permanent housing remained their main need, and the shelter’s closure caused distress.
• RNQualitative2023Nurses' viewpoints on factors affecting ostomy care: A qualitative content analysis.Nursing openNurses, surgeons, patients and spouses said ostomy care was undermined by weak training, poor equipment, gaps between surgeons and nurses, nurse avoidance and short hospital stays.
• RNQualitative2023Mothers' and Midwives' Experiences of Maternal and Child Health Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Banggai, Indonesia: A Qualitative Study.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyMothers and midwives described maternal and child health services moving from village posts to health centres, with shorter hours, missed immunisations and supplements, and fear and cost keeping mothers away.
• RNSurvey2023The quality of long-term counselling for percutaneous coronary intervention patients: A cross-sectional study.Nursing openPCI patients who visited a cardiac nurse rated counselling quality significantly higher than those who did not, especially for lifestyle and medication advice. Both groups scored lowest on social support and patient-centred goal setting, suggesting a specific gap in follow-up care.
• RNOther2023Development and validation of medical adhesive-related skin injury risk assessment scale at peripherally inserted central catheter insertion site in oncology patients.Nursing openA new scale for PICC insertion-site skin injury in oncology patients flagged patients likely to develop adhesive skin injury with moderate accuracy. It has not been tested to reduce injuries.
• RNSurvey2023Factors associated with the sleep disturbances of people with breast cancer during chemotherapy in China: A cross-sectional study.Nursing openPoor sleep was reported by 27.0% before, 32.5% during, and 39.2% after chemotherapy in Chinese women with breast cancer. Nurses should screen sleep, anxiety, and emotional and informational support, especially in patients aged 45 to 65 years.
• RNOther2023An Evaluation of the Multifactorial Model of Cancer-Related Cognitive Impairment.Nursing researchA model putting all four risk groups together did not show a clear combined effect, but fatigue, anxiety, sleep, depression and pain had the strongest link to self-reported cognitive impairment among chemotherapy patients.
• RNCohort2023Potentially Harmful Medication Prescribing by the Degree of Physician Specialization in Nursing Home Practice: An Observational Study.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationNursing home specialists did not prescribe fewer potentially harmful medications overall, but their patients used them for shorter periods. However, specialists prescribed more benzodiazepines, and advanced practitioners were more likely to be high prescribers than physicians.
• RNCohort2023Tailored Nurse Support Program Promoting Positive Parenting and Family Preservation.Nursing researchIn matched low-income families, a nurse home-visiting program was not associated with fewer child protection referrals, open assessments, or confirmed assessments, but it was associated with fewer opened cases and fewer out-of-home placements. Program families also improved on nurse-rated parenting.
• RNQualitative2023Care Providers' Perspectives on Quality Prenatal Care in High-risk Pregnancies: A Qualitative Study.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyMidwives and managers described six conditions for quality prenatal care in high-risk pregnancies: staffing and equipment, clinical optimality, referral organization, preconception care, risk assessment, and family-centered care.
• RNQualitative2023Exploring Women's Reasons for Choosing Home Birth with the Help of Their Untrained Family Members: A Qualitative Research.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyMigrant women in remote Indonesian areas chose home births with untrained family due to language barriers, cultural isolation, and lack of insurance. They viewed family assistance as safer and more private than facility care, which they found inaccessible and alienating.
• PTOTSLPRNSystematic Review2023Symptom management in adult brain tumours: A literature review.Nursing openEvidence for nonpharmacological symptom management in adult brain tumours is largely borrowed from other cancers, with insufficient data for fatigue, sleep, and distress. Cognitive rehabilitation has some support. Routine assessment of these often-overlooked symptoms is recommended.
• RNCohort2023Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Anxiety Symptoms in Long-Term Care Residents: A Multilevel Growth Curve Analysis.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationAnxiety in long-term care residents rose slightly at the pandemic's start, then declined over time. The pandemic did not change the rate of decline. Residents with severe anxiety or OCD had different trajectories, suggesting monitoring should focus on individual history.
• RNNarrative Review2022Monkeypox Virus Outbreak 2022: Key Epidemiologic, Clinical, Diagnostic, and Prevention Considerations.The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANACMonkeypox lesions can appear on mucosal surfaces without external signs, causing pain in the rectum, urethra, or vagina. Forty-two percent of initial US cases lacked prodromal fever or fatigue. Nurses should screen for concurrent STIs and assess pain intensity independently of visible skin lesion severity.
• RNCohort2023The trajectories of physical growth in 4 months postnatal corrected age among preterm infants discharged from neonatal intensive care units and associated factors: A prospective study.International journal of nursing sciencesPreterm infants did not lag behind WHO term growth standards, but longer NICU stays, more skin punctures, maternal depression, and poorer mother-infant interaction were linked to slower growth.
• PTRNPilot2023A feasibility study on home-based kyphosis-specific exercises on reducing thoracic hyperkyphosis in older adults.International journal of nursing sciencesA six-week nurse-led program combining weekly classes, daily home practice, video guidance, and a logbook was feasible, and 20 older adults had reduced kyphosis angles, better balance and gait. With no control group, the program components may not be the cause.