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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• RNOther2021Factors associated with length of stay and death in tube-fed patients: A cross-sectional multicentre study.Nursing openIn 365 tube-fed hospital patients, 83 died. Older age was linked to longer stays and death. Greater nursing-care needs were linked to longer stays and, when other factors were considered, death.
• RNOther2021Partnering to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening: Perspectives of Community Advisory Board Members.Western journal of nursing researchCommunity members who helped design colorectal cancer screening research found the advisory board useful and felt heard. They valued learning and contributing, but wanted transportation help, safer venues, remote options, and a nurse contact for questions.
• RNOther2021Comparison of Traditional Videos With Telenovelas for Hospice Family Caregivers Education.The American journal of hospice & palliative careIn hospice family caregivers using an online support group with articles, discussions, and facilitator posts, telenovela videos were watched at similar rates to traditional videos, but were recalled more readily and generated richer positive feedback. Some found them dramatic or poorly timed.
• RNSystematic Review2021Childbearing intention and its associated factors: A systematic review.Nursing openChildbearing intention was associated with age, education, finances, health, birth experience, delivery mode, partnership, support, work and housing. No single factor could be separated. Nurses in maternity care can use this for broad assessment, not a promise of change.
• RNCohort2021To What Extent Do Local Nursing Home Prescribing Patterns Relate to Psychotropic Prescribing in Assisted Living?Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationAssisted living residents received antipsychotics at 15% and antianxiety drugs at 21%. Antianxiety prescribing was linked to nearby nursing home rates, but antipsychotic prescribing was not.
• RNSystematic Review2021Sociodemographic Disparities in Access to Hospice and Palliative Care: An Integrative Review.The American journal of hospice & palliative careHospice and palliative care access differed by race, ethnicity, income, insurance, age, sex, disease, and location. Patients and families reported lack of knowledge, poor translator use, medical jargon, and culturally insensitive communication.
• RNCohort2021Dementia and Early Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders Associated With Less Intensive of End-of-Life Care: A Retrospective Cohort Study.The American journal of hospice & palliative careOlder adults with dementia who died in hospital received less intensive end-of-life care. A DNR placed on admission was linked to lower ICU admission, ventilation, and intubation. DNRs placed later were not.
• RNSurvey2021Home quality and child health: Analysis of the Survey of Income and Program Participation.Journal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and communityPoorer housing quality was linked to worse parent-reported child health and more medical visits. Links to hospital stays did not hold after adjustment.
• RNOther2021Symptom clusters of early-stage poststroke depression: A mixed-methods study.Nursing openStroke patients with early poststroke depression reported six symptom clusters: nervous, wakefulness, emotional, dull, guilt and low mood. Interviews explained guilt as feeling a burden on family.
• RNQualitative2021Older people and rural eHealth: perceptions of caring relations and their effects on engagement in digital primary health care.Scandinavian journal of caring sciencesOlder people in rural Sweden said local nurses' physical presence and hands-on help made digital health care usable. Remote digital care felt less authentic, and some avoided it.
• RNOtherDevelopment of the Prostate Cancer Treatment Decision Framework: A Context-Specific Expansion of the Risk-as-Feelings Hypothesis.Cancer nursingNurse navigators are uniquely positioned to use this framework to assess how age, spirituality, and provider communication influence a man's prostate cancer treatment decisions. The framework separates clinical outcomes from patient perceptions to guide interventions.
• RNPilotExamining the Acceptability of a Resilience Building Intervention Among Adults Aging With HIV.The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC14 adults aging with HIV found a resilience video program acceptable and useful, but wanted more interactive discussion, realistic diverse examples, and in-person delivery. This shows what to adapt, not that the program improves outcomes.
• RNQualitativeImpact of COVID-19 on Heart Failure Self-Care: A Qualitative Study.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingOlder adults with heart failure said pandemic restrictions disrupted exercise and low-salt eating. Rural participants reported medication and food access problems. They kept self-care going with masks, phone contact, family help and online exercise.
• RNSystematic Review2022Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Symptom Cluster Composition, Associated Factors, and Methodologies: A Systematic Review.Western journal of nursing researchCOPD patients commonly reported clusters of breathing, emotional, sleep, and urination or constipation symptoms, but cluster definitions varied across studies. Screen these together rather than treating breathlessness alone.
• SLPRNSurvey2022Translation of the Chinese version of the Self-Care for Aspiration Pneumonia Prevention Scale and its validation among Chinese community dwelling elderly with risk of dysphasia.Nursing openA translated self-care questionnaire for older adults at risk of swallowing problems gave consistent scores in 430 people. Their average score was 64.41 on a 21 to 105 point range. This was moderate self-care for preventing aspiration pneumonia.
• RNOther2022Increasing Parent Satisfaction With Discharge Planning: An Improvement Project Using Technology in a Level 3 NICU.Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal NursesHighest parent satisfaction ratings for discharge preparation rose from 47% to 70% during a NICU process that used tablets, a portal, checklists, and nursing teaching. Parents could review material early and flag questions, helping nurses target bedside teaching.
• RNCohort2022Proactive Lactation Care is Associated With Improved Outcomes in a Referral NICU.Journal of human lactation : official journal of International Lactation Consultant AssociationIn a referral NICU, proactive lactation care was associated with more infants receiving any mother's own milk and more stored bottles. No clear gain was seen in exclusive milk or stored volume.
• RNSurvey2021Reproductive concerns and associated factors among female chronic kidney diseases patients: a Multi-Center Cross-Sectional Study.Nursing openYoung women with chronic kidney disease reported more reproductive concerns when they wanted pregnancy, were in earlier kidney disease stages, and had anxiety symptoms. Personal and child health worries were the strongest concerns.
• RNOther2021Testing an analogue game to promote peer support and person-centredness in education for people with diabetes: A realist evaluation.Nursing openIn group diabetes education, 99% of people with type 2 diabetes reported a good atmosphere while playing a card-based board game, and 96% said they listened to each other. Unclear rules, text, and time pressure could block dialogue.
• RNSurvey2021The dyadic interaction model of relationship quality and the impact of attachment orientation and empathy on infertile couples in China.Nursing openIn 168 Chinese infertile couples, higher empathy in both partners was associated with both partners' relationship quality. Wives reported lower relationship quality and more avoidant attachment than husbands.
• RNMeta-Analysis2021The incidence of asymptomatic thrombosis related to peripherally inserted central catheter in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis People's.Nursing openAsymptomatic PICC thrombosis was found in 22% of adults, usually in superficial veins within two weeks after insertion. Poor activity, slower blood flow and left basilic placement were reported risk factors.
• RNSurvey2021Illness perceptions, social support and antiretroviral medication adherence in people living with HIV in the greater Accra region, Ghana.Nursing openIn Ghana, adults on HIV treatment reported lower adherence alongside beliefs that HIV was chronic, uncontrollable or treatment ineffective. Emotional response was linked to higher adherence and support from a special person to lower adherence. Family and friend support were not linked.
• RNQualitative2021Feeling responsible but unsupported: How relatives of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors experience the transition from hospital to daily life - A focus group study.Nursing openRelatives of cardiac arrest survivors described being left responsible but unsupported after discharge. They struggled to locate help for cognitive changes, feeling abandoned by the hospital system and overwhelmed by managing daily life without professional guidance.
• RNOther2021Visual images of prescription drug benefits in direct-to-consumer television advertisements.Patient education and counselingExaggerated images of improvement in drug ads made older adults less likely to understand that the drug improves but does not eliminate the problem. Adding numbers about benefit helped recall, but did not always correct the misleading image effect.
• RNOther2021International comparison of pressure ulcer measures in long-term care facilities: Assessing the methodological robustness of 4 approaches to point prevalence measurement.Journal of tissue viabilityPressure ulcer counts from long-term care surveys are not directly comparable because they differ in skin assessment, ulcer definitions and facility sampling. Check measurement method before using rates to judge care quality.
• RNQualitative2021Assertiveness in the patients with thalassaemia major: A qualitative study.Nursing openPatients with thalassaemia major described hiding their illness to avoid stigma, which could disrupt transfusions, work and marriage. Those who disclosed openly said they had better mental state and fewer social problems.
• RNSystematic Review2021The relationship between the nursing practice environment and five nursing-sensitive patient outcomes in acute care hospitals: A systematic review.Nursing openA better nursing work environment is linked to lower patient mortality, but evidence for other outcomes like falls, medication errors, and infections is inconsistent or missing. Cross-sectional data cannot prove that improving the environment causes these patient outcomes to change.
• RNSurvey2021Postpartum Marijuana Use, Perceptions of Safety, and Breastfeeding Initiation and Duration: An Analysis of PRAMS Data From Seven States, 2017.Journal of human lactation : official journal of International Lactation Consultant AssociationPostpartum marijuana use was not associated with breastfeeding initiation or duration. Among users, thinking it is safe for breastfeeding women to use marijuana was associated with starting breastfeeding and continuing beyond 12 weeks.
• RNSurvey2021Advance care planning among African American patients on haemodialysis and their end-of-life care preferences.Journal of renal careMost African American patients on haemodialysis had never discussed end-of-life care with a provider. Many saw life as worth living, but dependence and disability were least acceptable, and prior end-of-life discussions were associated with less agreement that life-extending treatment is always wrong.
• RNOther2021Evaluation of a mammography decision aid for women 75 and older at risk for lower health literacy in a pretest-posttest trial.Patient education and counselingIn older women at risk for lower health literacy, a plain-language mammography decision aid did not change overall uncertainty about screening, but knowledge of benefits and harms rose from 3.75 to 4.42 correct of 7.
• RNSurvey2021Primiparous women's knowledge and satisfaction based on their attendance at childbirth preparation classes.Nursing openFirst-time pregnant women who attended childbirth classes regularly had higher childbirth knowledge than those who attended irregularly. Overall satisfaction did not differ, and after accounting for background differences, satisfaction differences were not seen.
• RNMeta-Analysis2021Self-care status in patients with heart failure: Systematic review and meta-analysis.Nursing openAcross 39 studies, heart failure patients' average self-care maintenance, management and confidence scores were below the 70 threshold considered good.
• RNQualitative2021Patient perceptions of trust formation in the surgeon-patient relationship: A thematic analysis.Patient education and counselingPatients described trust in surgeons as driven by interpersonal connection, not just technical skill. Prior knowledge of the surgeon and witnessing positive team interactions also built confidence. All participants reported complete or near complete trust after meeting their surgeon.
• RNCohortThe Influence of Multiple Chronic Conditions on Symptom Clusters in People With Solid Tumor Cancers.Cancer nursingHaving more chronic conditions did not clearly worsen symptom severity, daily-life interference, or quality of life in adults with solid tumors receiving chemotherapy. Four clusters emerged: nutrition, neuro-cognitive, abdominal discomfort, and respiratory.
• OTRNSurvey2021A cross-sectional study of readiness for discharge, chronic illness resources and postdischarge outcomes in patients with diabetic foot ulcer.Nursing open24.02% of diabetic foot patients reported low discharge readiness, and coping at home scored lowest. Self-care ability and chronic illness resources were associated with readiness, but readiness did not differ between those readmitted and not readmitted within 30 days.
• RNSystematic Review2021Community- based maternal and newborn interventions in Africa: Systematic review.Journal of clinical nursingCommunity maternal and newborn care in Africa was organised around staffing, supplies, access and linked antenatal, delivery and postnatal visits. This review maps what community health workers and nurses did, not proof that these steps reduce deaths.
• RNOther2021Utilizing the ACCESS Model to Understand Communication With the Ultraorthodox Community in Beit Shemesh During the First Wave of COVID-19.Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing SocietyIn Beit Shemesh, COVID-19 messages were tailored to ultraorthodox residents using community broadsides, Yiddish loudspeakers, and rabbinic endorsement. Transmission and mortality later fell, but the paper cannot show which actions caused this.
• RNQualitative2021The experience of continued smoking after stroke in Korean males: A qualitative study.Nursing openKorean men who continued smoking after stroke said relief after discharge, peer pressure, and wanting to appear healthy made quitting feel unnecessary; smoking was a companion for stress.
• RNSurvey2021Surgery decision conflict and its related factors among newly diagnosed early breast cancer patients in China: A cross-sectional study.Nursing openNewly diagnosed early breast cancer patients in China reported high uncertainty about surgery choices. Patients with lower ability to communicate, gather information, manage emotions, and decide autonomously were more conflicted, especially if unmarried, less educated, or stage II.
• RNSystematic Review2021Suicide prevention strategies for older persons-An integrative review of empirical and theoretical papers.Nursing openNurses caring for older adults can help prevent suicide by recognising depression and pain, asking directly about suicidal thoughts, arranging urgent referrals, and strengthening social support. The review found no single proven strategy.
• PTOTRNSurvey2021The information needs of people with COPD-The holistic approach with special reference to gender and time since diagnosis.Nursing openPeople with COPD reported many unmet information needs about counselling, especially what to do when breathing worsens, when to call an ambulance, diet, palliative care, fatigue and daily life. Ask about these topics.
• RNQualitative2021Gender and the Symptom Experience before an Atrial Fibrillation Diagnosis.Western journal of nursing researchWomen with atrial fibrillation symptoms waited longer for diagnosis than men, often because they minimized their own risk and relied on self-treatment. Men were more likely to have spouses urge them to seek care. Clinicians should note women may present with non-cardiac symptoms like fatigue.
• RNQualitative2021Exploring psychosocial adaptation among people with chronic skin disease: A grounded theory study.Nursing openPatients with chronic skin disease described adaptation as moving between positive and negative states, shaped by itching, stigma, knowledge, support and self-control. Ask about these, not just skin severity.
• RNCohort2021Parental-couple separation during the transition to parenthood.Nursing openParents who later separated tended to feel life was less manageable and meaningful and to rate their couple relationship lower. Invite partners to classes together and ask about relationship quality, but this is a link, not proof of prevention.
• RNOther2021Informal carer's knowledge of traumatic brain injury questionnaire: Initial development and validation.Nursing openA 34-item questionnaire for informal carers' knowledge of traumatic brain injury gave stable scores over 2 weeks, but 20 items did not tell high and low scorers apart well. Use it cautiously until item revision and further testing.
• RNOtherA Concept Analysis of Oral Anticancer Agent Self-management.Cancer nursingOral anticancer agent self-management is not just taking pills. It includes adherence, side-effect self-management, communication with clinicians, and safe storage, handling, and administration. Nurses can use these areas to guide education and follow-up.
• RNSurvey2022Prenatal stress, health, and health behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic: An international survey.Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of MidwivesPregnant women reported high stress about their pregnancy and the pandemic, but general stress was normal. They largely stuck to healthy behaviours and public health advice. Stress was predicted by other stress and poor mental health, not by background factors.
• RNMeta-Analysis2021Use of the peanut ball during labour: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Nursing openPeanut ball use in labour did not significantly reduce caesarean section or shorten the first stage. It is inexpensive and non-invasive, but this evidence is too uncertain to change care.
• RNSystematic Review2021Effectiveness of bed bath methods for skin integrity, skin cleanliness and comfort enhancement in adults: A systematic review.Nursing openNo single bed bath method was clearly best, but disposable towels cleaned as well as cotton, hot towel before wiping helped skin barrier and warmth, gentle wiping removed dirt, and moisturizer after bathing helped dry skin.
• RNQualitative2021Meanings and practices of the physical activity engaged in by Moroccan women in an Islamic urban environment: A quasi-ethnography.Nursing openMoroccan women described physical activity as broad, everyday movement tied to health, mood, family and religious life. They saw segregation and clothing as flexible, and reported Islam as encouraging activity rather than a barrier.