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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• PTRNSystematic Review2020Development of nursing care guideline for burned hands.Nursing openA burned-hand nursing guideline was built from 40 papers, covering cooling, elevation, dressing, pain control, nutrition and early hand exercise. It maps care steps but does not show they improve outcomes.
• OTRNCohort2020Chronic pain 1-5 years after heart transplantation-A nationwide cross-sectional cohort study.Nursing open58% of heart transplant recipients 1-5 years after transplantation reported persistent pain, most often in feet, back and calves. Pain burden was higher in women, those not working, more fatigued, less recovered and with poorer psychological well-being.
• RNSurvey2020The prediction of cervical cancer screening beliefs based on big five personality traits.Nursing openWomen's personality traits were linked to beliefs about Pap smear screening. Agreeableness was linked to risk and barrier beliefs; conscientiousness was linked to exam beliefs. The study did not show these traits predict actual screening.
• RNQualitative2020Mindful Moms: Motivation to Self-Manage Depression Symptoms.MCN. The American journal of maternal child nursingWomen with depressive symptoms described motivation to self-manage after recognizing need, feeling relief in the combined program, safe connection with peers, and accountability from staff. They reported increased confidence, not proof the program works.
• RNQualitative2020Positive childbirth experience: A qualitative study.Nursing openWomen described positive birth when they felt in control through preparation, coping, and support. They said providers who explained labour progress, understood their needs, and supported family presence helped them feel safe.
• RNQualitative2020Invisible population: Understanding recruitment barriers of a nurse-led support programme for families with caregiving children in Austria.Nursing openNo families joined a nurse-led family conference programme for young carers. Interviews with nurses, managers and family members found young carers were invisible during morning home visits, families feared stigma, and the term conference and talking support felt unfamiliar.
• PTOTRNSystematic Review2020Exercise for fatigue in breast cancer patients: An umbrella review of systematic reviews.International journal of nursing sciencesAerobic and resistance exercise may reduce cancer-related fatigue in breast cancer patients. Yoga, Tai Chi, Qigong and Pilates have limited or inconsistent evidence, and most evidence was low or moderate quality.
• RNRCT2020The use of a communication tool about diet at the child health centre: A cluster randomized controlled trial.Nursing openThe nurse-led diet communication tool did not lead to different vegetable intake at age 2: 64.5 g versus 68.7 g. Saturated fat intake and BMI showed no clear difference. Fewer parents wanted more diet information.
• RNQualitative2020Technology for Healthy Independent Living: Creating a Tailored In-Home Sensor System for Older Adults and Family Caregivers.Journal of gerontological nursingOlder adults and family caregivers want home health sensors to send alerts to providers, but worry about cost, smartphone access, privacy, and interpreting health messages.
• OTRNQualitative2020Managing an altered social context-Patients experiences of staying away from home while undergoing proton beam therapy.Nursing openPatients with brain tumours staying away for proton beam therapy described daily family contact and peer affinity as calming. Pre-treatment planning and new routines were described as helping maintain family roles, while separation was linked to guilt and worry.
• RNQualitative2020Sheltering under a shield of love-A phenomenological-hermeneutic study of relatives' experiences in an acute neurological ward.Nursing openRelatives of acute neurological patients hid their own distress and put on a composed facade to protect the patient, while feeling lonely, anxious, and unable to keep everyday routines.
• RNQualitative2020When kidney transplantation is not an option: Haemodialysis patients' and partners' experiences-A qualitative study.Nursing openPatients and partners described lifelong haemodialysis as reshaping daily life: fatigue, fixed treatment schedules, partners taking over household tasks, and uncertainty about the future. They valued knowing the treatment and being supported as a team.
• RNQualitative2020Care opportunities for premature infants: home visits and telephone support.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemMothers of preterm infants described needing help with feeding, bathing, illness signs, and navigating referrals. They reported home visits and phone or text contact from a researcher with neonatal nursing experience as helpful for guidance and support.
• RNSystematic Review2020COVID-19 and the production of knowledge regarding recommendations during pregnancy: a scoping review.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemEarly guidance for pregnant women with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 recommended isolation, risk classification, rest, nutrition, oxygen if needed, fluid and electrolyte monitoring, vital signs, oxygen saturation, fetal heart rate checks, individualized delivery, and multiprofessional care. It did not test them.
• RNRCT2020The Impact of Educational Intervention on the Anxiety of Family Caregivers of the Elderly with Dementia: A Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyFamily caregivers of people with dementia had lower anxiety after education and ongoing advisory contact, while control caregivers' anxiety did not fall. The reduction remained at follow-up.
• RNCase-Control2020Factors associated to chronic kidney disease in people living with HIV/AIDS.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemIn people living with HIV on antiretrovirals, hypertension and previous use of kidney-toxic HIV drugs were associated with chronic kidney disease; age under 40 was protective. These associations can guide blood pressure and kidney monitoring.
• RNMeta-Analysis2020State of the science in pediatric ICU delirium: An integrative review.Research in nursing & healthPediatric ICU delirium is common, often hypoactive or mixed, and associated with longer stay, higher costs, and mortality. PICU nurses should watch for subtle withdrawal or agitation, especially after ventilation, sedation, or transfusion, but treatment evidence remains limited.
• OTRNOther2020Palliative care in primary health care: scoping review.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemPalliative care in primary health care is possible but uneven. Home care, symptom assessment, dignity and caregiver support appear, while training, network organization and resources limit it.
• RNSystematic Review2020Cloth face masks to prevent Covid-19 and other respiratory infections.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemCloth masks filtered some particles in lab studies, but none tested SARS-CoV-2. Most showed moderate protection; high coverage masks showed high protection. Do not treat this as proof they prevent infection in people.
• RNRCT2020Relationship Between Intensive Care Unit Delirium Severity and 2-Year Mortality and Health Care Utilization.American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care NursesSevere ICU delirium, and 5 or more days of delirium or coma, were linked to higher 2-year death risk after discharge. Neither was linked to ED visits or hospitalizations.
• RNCohort2020Home Telehealth Technologies for Heart Failure: An Examination of Adherence Among Veterans.Journal of gerontological nursingVeterans with heart failure used home telehealth on 53% of days they could have used it at 1 month and 69% after 1 year. Older age and no depression were linked to better use; Black race and depression were linked to lower use.
• RNCohort2020Risk factors for infection in home health care: Analysis of national Outcome and Assessment Information Set data.Research in nursing & healthIn home health care, patients with recent hospitalizations, fragile illness, chair-fast status, catheters, oxygen, wounds, or caregivers needing training or unavailable were more likely to have hospital or emergency visits for respiratory, urinary, or wound infection.
• RNMeta-Analysis2020The Effect of Age on Mortality in Patients With COVID-19: A Meta-Analysis With 611,583 Subjects.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationMortality in patients with COVID-19 rose sharply with age: under 1% below 50, and 29.6% in patients aged 80 or older. Every older age group had higher death risk than the next younger group.
• RNNarrative Review2020Addressing Alcohol Use in Pregnancy.The American journal of nursingNurses can use a one-minute alcohol screen with pregnant patients, counsel those exceeding limits, and refer severe use. A cited review found abstinence 2.26 times more likely with screening and counseling.
• RNOther2020Sexual Compatibility with Spouse Questionnaire: Development and Psychometric Property Evaluation.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyA new 35-item questionnaire was developed for married couples in Iran to describe sexual compatibility. It asks about needs, agreements, obstacles, and outcomes, and takes about 15 minutes to complete.
• RNNarrative Review2020Home-Based Care, the Missing Link in Caring of Patients Living with HIV/AIDS and Their Family Members: A Narrative Review.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyHome-based HIV care was reported to improve adherence, household testing, access and family support, but included randomized trials also found no differences in CD4 counts, viral load, mood or quality of life.
• RNRCT2020The Effect of Peer Education on Self-Care Behaviors and the Mean of Glycosylated Hemoglobin in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyAdolescents with type 1 diabetes who received peer-led diabetes education had better self-care and lower glycosylated hemoglobin at 3 months than those receiving routine clinic training. Peer educators were trained patients.
• RNMeta-Analysis2020The Effect of Antibiotic-Cycling Strategy on Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial Infections or Colonization in Intensive Care Units: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Worldviews on evidence-based nursingAntibiotic cycling in ICUs did not clearly reduce overall resistant bacterial infections or colonization. It lowered some gram-positive resistant bacteria and hospital-acquired infections, but other infection-control measures limit certainty.
• RNCohort2020Temperature in Nursing Home Residents Systematically Tested for SARS-CoV-2.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationAmong nursing home residents with confirmed SARS-CoV-2, most did not reach 38.0°C fever. Repeated rises of 0.5°C from each person's baseline were common, so a fever threshold alone may miss infection.
• RNCohort2020Postdiagnosis Physical Activity: Association With Long-Term Fatigue and Sleep Disturbance in Older Adult Breast Cancer Survivors.Clinical journal of oncology nursingOlder breast cancer survivors who reported more physical activity after diagnosis had less long-term fatigue. Those exceeding 1,000 MET minutes per week were less likely to report fatigue. No clear association with sleep disturbance was found.
• RNSurvey2020Association between knowledge and risk for cardiovascular disease among older adults: A cross-sectional study in China.International journal of nursing sciencesChinese older adults had poor cardiovascular knowledge on a 26-point score: 56.9% scored low and only 0.8% high. Many also had high 10-year risk: 20.4% high and 26.6% very high. Low knowledge was linked to higher risk, but this was not a tested intervention.
• RNOther2020Late diagnosis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection and associated factors.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem59.1% of HIV-positive adults in Brazil were diagnosed late or very late; older age, a steady partner, lower schooling, testing only when sick, or infrequent rapid testing were linked to later diagnosis.
• RNOther2020Reducing Risks and Improving Vascular Access Outcomes.Journal of infusion nursing : the official publication of the Infusion Nurses SocietyFor nurses who insert peripheral IVs, a bundled vascular access program was associated with better documented first-attempt success, less insertion-site leakage, and longer dwell time. The bundle changed several things at once.
• RNCohort2020Frailty and Mortality in Hospitalized Older Adults With COVID-19: Retrospective Observational Study.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationHospitalized older adults with COVID-19 who died were older and had higher frailty scores, but many severely frail patients survived. Age or frailty alone did not reliably predict death.
• RNOther2020A Structured Tool for Communication and Care Planning in the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationStaff at nursing homes used a single-page COVID advance care planning tool after positive COVID tests; 9 residents had do-not-hospitalize status and DNR status rose from 7 to 15, without a control group.
• RNCohort2020Efficacy of a Test-Retest Strategy in Residents and Health Care Personnel of a Nursing Home Facing a COVID-19 Outbreak.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationTesting all residents and staff in one nursing home found 38 of 79 residents positive, including 6 without symptoms. Staff had 6 positive at baseline and 2 by day 7, then no new cases.
• RNQualitative2020Lived experiences of psychiatric patients with mood disorders who attended group therapy facilitated by professional psychiatric nurses.CurationisEight stabilised inpatients with mood disorders described nurse-facilitated group therapy as initially anxiety provoking, then safer as trust grew. They valued feeling accepted, not alone, and able to share. Compassion from nurses and ward interactions shaped their experience.
• RNOther2020How Hospital Tours Affect Preoperative Anxiety in Mothers with Children Undergoing Open-Heart Surgery in Iran: A Quasi-Experimental Study.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyHospital tours added to routine care reduced mothers’ surgery-related anxiety before children’s open-heart surgery, but not more than oral instruction added to routine care. For state anxiety, tours were not better than routine care, while oral instruction was.
• RNQualitative2020Knowledge Valuation by Iranian Women with High-Risk Pregnancy: A Qualitative Content Analysis.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyHigh-risk pregnant women valued advice that felt relevant, credible, sympathetic, or faith-based. They avoided stressful, contradictory, or goal-conflicting information, sometimes skipping care. Nurses and midwives should expect this filtering when teaching pregnancy risks.
• RNSurvey2020Chronic Pain in Adolescents: The Predictive Role of Emotional Intelligence, Self-Esteem and Parenting Style.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyIn 734 adolescents, chronic pain was associated with lower emotional intelligence and self-esteem and with different parenting styles. This was a one-time survey, so it does not show that changing these factors would prevent or reduce pain.
• RNMeta-Analysis2020Antiretroviral therapy improves neurocognitive impairment in people living with HIV? A meta-analysis.International journal of nursing sciencesPeople living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy did not perform better on cognitive tests than those off therapy. Only two small cohorts with advanced HIV showed improvement after starting treatment.
• RNOther2020Oxygen-Sensing Biomaterial Construct for Clinical Monitoring of Wound Healing.Advances in skin & wound careIn mice and a pig, a thin oxygen-sensing film mapped wound oxygen and could be removed without leaving detectable nanoparticle signal, unlike liquid nanoparticles. It has not been tested in people, so it does not change wound care yet.
• RNCase Series2020Fear of Cancer Progression: Findings From Case Studies and a Nurse-Led Intervention.Clinical journal of oncology nursingTwo advanced gynecologic cancer patients who received a nurse-led fear-of-progression programme reported less worry and intrusive thoughts. Their fear scores fell into the normal range, but this is only two cases, not evidence the programme works.
• RNSystematic Review2020Determinants of the Very Low-Birth-Weight Infant's Intestinal Microbiome: A Systematic Review.The Journal of perinatal & neonatal nursingAntibiotics, feeding type, NICU surfaces and infant age were linked to gut bacteria in very low birth weight infants. These microbiome changes were not shown to prove a treatment works or cause disease.
• RNSurvey2020Wearable activity trackers and health awareness: Nursing implications.International journal of nursing sciencesHealthy adults who already wore a tracker were more likely to report changing activity levels and doing regular exercise. The study compared existing users with non-users, so it cannot show that the tracker caused this.
• RNOther2020Home-Based Primary Care Led-Outbreak Mitigation in Assisted Living Facilities in the First 100 Days of Coronavirus Disease 2019.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationIn 101 assisted living facilities, 7 of 1794 residents tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 over 100 days. The report describes outbreak monitoring, isolation, and staff training, but gives no comparison showing these steps reduced cases.
• RNSurvey2020Psychometric properties of the Chinese Version of the Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale for people living with HIV.International journal of nursing sciencesThe Chinese discharge readiness questionnaire gave consistent scores among HIV inpatients, but expected support was lowest. A single yes/no question said almost everyone was ready, and the full scale scored fewer patients as ready.
• RNPilot2020Sleep, screen time, and family meal frequency in preschool children: A pilot study.The Nurse practitionerCaregivers reported preschool children averaged 10.32 hours of sleep nightly. Unemployed caregivers reported 7.30 hours, versus 10.46 hours for employed caregivers. 69% of caregivers reported children sometimes used screens before bed, and family meals were reported three to four times weekly by 37%.
• RNSystematic Review2020Transition of care at discharge from the Intensive Care Unit: a scoping review.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemICU-to-ward handoffs varied widely. Night or weekend discharge and poor communication were linked to more readmissions and deaths, while pharmacist medication review and ICU follow-up helped some outcomes. No single discharge strategy was proven.
• RNOther2020Quality of online information for the general public on COVID-19.Patient education and counselingMost public COVID-19 websites were hard to read and unreliable: only 3 of 84 met recommended reading, and 78 scored low reliability. Certified sites scored higher, but only 34 stated publication dates and 51 did not declare sources.