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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• RNOther2022Palatoplasty in children: nursing diagnoses and interventions related to the immediate postoperative period.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PAfter palatoplasty, nursing records for children in the immediate postoperative period showed impaired oral mucosa, pain, breathing and feeding problems, and risks of infection, aspiration, bleeding, falls, and disorganized behavior, alongside airway care, incision care, analgesia, monitoring, and calming interventions.
• RNSurvey2022Associations between Developmental Assets and Adolescent Health Status: Findings from the 2016 National Survey of Children's Health.The Journal of school healthAdolescents with depression, with or without physical illness, had fewer internal and external assets than healthy peers. Physical illness alone did not reduce assets. Depression severity was not linked to asset count. School disengagement may signal underlying depression.
• RNSystematic Review2022The Effects of Diabetes Self-Management Education on Quality of Life for Persons With Type 1 Diabetes: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.The science of diabetes self-management and careDiabetes self-management education sometimes improved quality of life in type 1 diabetes, but results were mixed. Only 7 studies showed benefit, and most quality-of-life results had high risk of bias, so do not expect a reliable quality of life gain.
• RNRCT2022The Effects of Meaning-centered Play on Spiritual Sensitivity of Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyChildren in a six-week meaning-centered play program reported higher spiritual sensitivity than children who continued usual center activities. The play used stories, drama, painting, music and reflection.
• RNOther2022Promoting urinary continence in people suffering a stroke: Effectiveness of a complex intervention-An intervention study.Nursing openAfter systematic continence management delivered by nurses, stroke rehab patients showed larger improvement in urinary incontinence and incontinence quality of life from admission to discharge than patients receiving usual care. The study was small and nonrandomized.
• RNSurveyOstomy Complications and Quality of Life of Ostomy Support Belt/Garment Wearers: A Web-Based Survey.Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing : official publication of The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses SocietyQuality of life was not shown to differ by belt group. Ostomy support belt/garment wearers reported less frequent leakage (73% vs 60%) and fewer reported peristomal skin irritation (69% vs 84%) than other belt wearers or non-wearers. These are survey associations, not proof.
• RNSystematic Review2022Chronic wounds in persons living with dementia: An integrative review.International journal of older people nursingMost published evidence on chronic wounds in dementia describes pressure injuries in nursing homes and hospitals, not home care, and rarely reports tested treatments. Clinicians have little evidence for wound care when dementia symptoms interfere.
• RNSystematic Review2022Valued attributes of professional support for people who repeatedly self-harm: A systematic review and meta-synthesis of first-hand accounts.International journal of mental health nursingPatients who reduced or stopped self-harm valued professionals who were trustworthy, empathic, non-judgemental, and willing to discuss self-harm. They did not report specific therapy techniques. Nurses can focus on how they listen, avoid labels, and advocate during distress.
• RNCohort2022Telehealth Management and Risk Stratification of Older Patients With Chronic Heart Failure During COVID-19 Pandemic: Prognostic Evaluation of the TeleHFCovid19-Score.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationIn 146 older heart failure patients, a phone risk score sorted people into green, yellow, and red groups. Green patients had significantly fewer cardiovascular deaths or heart failure hospitalizations at 1, 3, and 6 months than yellow or red patients.
• RNQualitative2022Exploring Potential Achievements and Barriers to Provide Homecare for Women with Preeclampsia: A Qualitative Study.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyProviders and mothers thought preeclampsia home care could involve families, monitor blood pressure and weight, and reduce clinic visits, but privacy, cost, safety, legal rules, and lack of follow-up were barriers.
• RNSurvey2022The status and predictors of self-care among older adults with hypertension in China using the Chinese version of Self-Care of Hypertension Inventory - A cross-sectional study.Nursing open477 of 544 older adults with hypertension in four Chinese hospitals had poor self-care scores, especially asking for low-salt food, recognising high blood pressure and evaluating blood pressure changes.
• RNSurvey2022Does Type of Social Support Influence Medication Adherence Among South African Adolescents Living With HIV? A Quantitative Analysis of Pilot Data.The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANACHigher emotional and informational support was associated with greater treatment adherence confidence among 104 South African adolescents living with HIV, but not with viral load, CD4 count, or clinic attendance.
• RNSystematic Review2022A systematic review of sleep deprivation and neurobehavioral function in young adults.Applied nursing research : ANRIn young adults, losing sleep slowed reaction time and increased missed responses on vigilance tests, with greater impairment after more sleep loss. One night of total deprivation was clear. Chronic partial loss may leave people feeling only slightly sleepy while performance declines.
• RNRCT2022Pragmatic Trial of Personalized Music for Agitation and Antipsychotic Use in Nursing Home Residents With Dementia.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationPersonalized music did not show a reduction in agitation in nursing home residents with dementia after 4-month follow-up. Antipsychotic use was lower in the music group, but that difference could be chance.
• RNSystematic Review2022Towards online delivery of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy: A scoping review.International journal of mental health nursingOnline DBT skills groups were reported as feasible and sometimes better attended than face-to-face, but the evidence for equal effectiveness is weak and based on small, flawed studies.
• RNPilot2022Nurse-led intervention to decrease drug use among LTBI positive homeless adults.Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)Problem drug use was lower at 3 and 6 months after a nurse-led 12-week program with weekly TB medication, case management, and referrals in 50 homeless adults with latent TB. Cocaine use did not change.
• RNRCT2022Experiences of pregnant women and healthcare professionals of participating in a digital antenatal CMV education intervention.MidwiferyPregnant women wanted CMV advice framed as risk reduction, not prevention, and said partner support made changes easier. Midwives and nurses worried about causing anxiety, lacking time, and missing clear follow-up.
• PTOTRNQualitative2022Cardiac rehabilitation program: An exploration of patient experiences and perspectives on program dropout.Worldviews on evidence-based nursingPatients who left cardiac rehab valued peer support and routine, but stopped because breathlessness, fear, travel, time demands, and exercise that felt too slow or too easy. Ask about these before assuming patients are nonadherent.
• RNOther2022Assessing Perception of Prenatal Care Quality Among Black Women in the United States.Journal of midwifery & women's healthThe Quality of Prenatal Care Questionnaire is a reliable tool for assessing Black women's perceptions of prenatal care quality. Higher scores on communication and information sharing were associated with higher perceived quality of care, supporting its validity in this population.
• RNCase Report2022Negative pressure therapy as a safe alternative in the treatment of massive subcutaneous emphysema in critically ill patients COVID-19.Heart & lung : the journal of critical careIn a ventilated intensive care patient with massive subcutaneous emphysema, negative pressure therapy was followed by resolution in 5 days. Minor wound bleeding occurred. This is a single case, not proof the treatment works.
• RNQualitative2022Experiences of siblings of children with congenital heart disease during Coronavirus disease 2019; A qualitative interview study.Journal of pediatric nursingSiblings of children with congenital heart disease lacked clear information, worried their brother or sister could get very sick from COVID-19, felt responsible to protect them, and most took on extra caring; some said school fell behind.
• RNQualitative2022Rural Hispanic Perceptions of Mental Health: A Qualitative Study.Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing SocietyHispanic immigrants in rural Montana said mental health was linked to managing stress, family, faith, and social connection. They said stigma, cost, and language barriers kept people from services, and interpreters made emotional disclosure harder.
• RNCohort2022Understanding Relationships Between Fetal Health Locus of Control (FHLC) and Maternal Marijuana Use During Pregnancy.Clinical nursing researchBeliefs about who controls fetal health were not linked to marijuana use during pregnancy. Women who saw use as riskier for the baby were less likely to have used it, and those who saw it as more beneficial for themselves were more likely.
• RNQualitative2022Telehealth experiences of vulnerable clients living in Tasmania.The Australian journal of rural healthVulnerable Tasmanian clients found telehealth convenient, saving travel, time and money, but wanted face-to-face for new diagnoses or physical exams. Phone-based care needed clear privacy, unhurried conversations and good bandwidth.
• RNOther2022Mental Illness as a Vulnerability for Sexual Assault: A Retrospective Study of 7,455 Sexual Assault Forensic Medical Examinations.Journal of forensic nursingIn sexual assault exams, 46.7% of patients reported mental illness or psychotropic medications. They also had more injuries, prior assaults, and no permanent address, so nurses should screen for mental health and safety needs.
• RNCohort2022Physical activity changes among non-Hispanic Black pregnant women.Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)Self-reported aerobic physical activity fell on average from before pregnancy to mid- and late pregnancy in 161 non-Hispanic Black women, then did not change further from mid- to late pregnancy.
• RNRCT2022Promoting smoking cessation during pregnancy: A feasibility and pilot trial of a digital storytelling intervention delivered via text-messaging.Patient education and counselingRecruitment and follow-up were hard, but pregnant smokers who gave feedback liked the text stories and mostly stayed in the trial. Quit-rate data were too sparse to show whether the texts helped women stop smoking.
• RNSurvey2022Sending One's Own Intimate Image: Sexting Among Middle-School Teens.The Journal of school health3.7% of Swiss 13-14-year-olds reported sending a sexually related image once and 3.3% reported sending several times. Senders were more likely to report receiving sexually related images without asking; repeated senders were more likely to report cyberbullying victimization. Boys and girls were similar.
• RNOther2022Symptoms, Surgical Events, and Length of Stay of Surgical Oncology Outpatients.Journal of perianesthesia nursing : official journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia NursesAfter revised PACU transfer criteria, symptom changes were inconsistent and not formally tested. PACU II stays fell from 30 to 27 minutes, but dizziness and pain rose again one year later.
• RNOther2022The decision for hospice care in patients with terminal illness in Shanghai: A mixed-method study.International journal of nursing sciencesFamilies of hospice patients chose it mainly when no other place was available (82.19%) or it was near home (64.38%). Most decisions were family discussions; patients were involved in 43.15% and nurses in 2.05%.
• RNQualitative2022Agency and the telephone: Patient contributions to the clinical and interactional agendas in telehealth consultations.Patient education and counselingIn 15 telephone consultations, doctors rarely offered patients a chance to raise extra concerns, yet patients often brought them up themselves, especially near the end. Asking near the start and end may make this easier.
• RNMeta-Analysis2022Incidence of cardiac complications following COVID-19 infection: An umbrella meta-analysis study.Heart & lung : the journal of critical careIn COVID-19 patients, cardiac complications were common: acute myocardial injury 21%, arrhythmia 16%, heart failure 14%. They were more frequent in severe disease and went with higher ICU admission and death.
• RNRCT2022Effect of Varying Repositioning Frequency on Pressure Injury Prevention in Nursing Home Residents: TEAM-UP Trial Results.Advances in skin & wound careNo pressure injuries developed among 992 nursing home residents during 2-, 3-, or 4-hour repositioning, so no interval was shown safer. Longer intervals had better compliance, but the trial did not prove them safe.
• RNCohort2022The Addition of Traditional Birth Attendant Care to a Home-Based Skilled Nursing Program in Rural Guatemala: A Secondary Analysis from a Quality Improvement Database.Journal of midwifery & women's healthWomen in rural Guatemala who saw a traditional birth attendant as well as skilled nurses were more likely to have 8 or more nurse prenatal visits, less likely to have cesarean birth, and more likely to breastfeed within one hour.
• RNCohortPressure Injuries in Critical Care Patients in US Hospitals: Results of the International Pressure Ulcer Prevalence Survey.Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing : official publication of The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses SocietyIn US critical care units, 14.3% of ICU patients had a pressure injury and 5.85% had a hospital-acquired pressure injury. Deep tissue pressure injuries were most common; sacrum/coccyx, buttocks, and heels were top sites, and documented prevention use was high.
• RNSurvey2022Willingness to Participate in Clinical Research Among Individuals With Cognitive Impairment.Research in gerontological nursingAmong patients with cognitive impairment, higher trust in researchers was linked to willingness to join a hypothetical drug trial, while lower cognitive test scores were linked to willingness to join a hypothetical surgical trial. Patient and caregiver ratings often disagreed.
• RNSystematic Review2022Symptom trajectories in patients with breast cancer: An integrative review.International journal of nursing sciencesMost breast cancer patients had low or improving symptom trajectories, but newly diagnosed, younger, chemotherapy-treated, and socially vulnerable patients showed persistent depression, sleep, anxiety, pain, fatigue, or sexual problems.
• RNCohort2022One-year outcomes of invasively managed acute coronary syndrome patients with COVID-19.Heart & lung : the journal of critical careACS patients with COVID-19 who underwent angiography were more likely to die within one year than ACS patients without COVID-19 or pre-pandemic ACS patients. They also had higher in-hospital and 30-day mortality.
• RNSurvey2022Family care and subjective well-being of coronary heart disease patients after percutaneous coronary intervention: Mediating effects of coping strategies.International journal of nursing sciencesPatients after PCI who perceived more family care had better well-being. Coping was linked to family care and well-being: more avoidance or acceptance-resignation was tied to lower well-being.
• RNOther2022Which roads lead to depression in Latinas? A network analysis of prenatal depressive symptoms, discrimination, acculturative stress, and low birth weight.Research in nursing & healthDiscrimination connected acculturative stress, economic hardship, worry, sadness, crying, self-blame, and low birth weight in 151 pregnant Latinas. The study did not test whether discrimination caused these outcomes.
• RNOther2022Distress management in cancer patients: Guideline adaption based on CAN-IMPLEMENT.International journal of nursing sciencesAn adapted Chinese guideline recommends screening cancer patients with the Distress Thermometer, managing mild symptoms, referring score 4 or higher, and reassessing; it was not tested for outcomes.
• PTOTSLPRNCohort2022Relationships Between Community Virus Activity and Cardiorespiratory Rehospitalizations From Post-Acute Care.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationCommunity spread of influenza A(H3N2), influenza B, and RSV is linked to higher rates of heart and lung rehospitalizations for nursing home residents. Clinicians should intensify infection control and monitoring during these specific viral seasons.
• RNQualitative2022Educational Resources and Self-Management Support to Engage Patients in Advance Care Planning: An Interpretation of Current Practice in the US.The American journal of hospice & palliative careAdvance care planning resources were often used to fill out forms, not to help people discuss values and goals. Reviewing materials outside visits and team follow-up were described as ways to support conversations with family.
• RNQualitative2022Challenges to dietary hypertension self-management as described by a sample of African American older adults.Worldviews on evidence-based nursingOlder African Americans with hypertension described confusion about diet advice, competing health conditions, and cost. They wanted clear, affordable, culturally familiar food options and help choosing foods they liked.
• RNSurvey2022Resilience of patients with coronary heart diseases in Jordan: A cross-sectional study.International journal of nursing sciencesJordanian outpatients with coronary heart disease rated their resilience as moderate, scoring 68 of 100. Patients without prior cardiac procedures and those who reported not complying with medication scored higher on the personal competence resilience dimension.
• RNSurvey2022Demand analysis of an intelligent medication administration system for older adults with chronic diseases based on the Kano model.International journal of nursing sciencesAfter two weeks using a medication system, older adults wanted larger text, simpler operation, scheduled reminders and reliable hardware as essentials; WeChat drug instructions, a more sensitive system and longer battery life were bonuses.
• RNSurvey2022Readiness for advance care planning and its relationship to coping style in patients with chronic diseases in communities: A cross-sectional study.Nursing openCommunity patients with chronic disease reported above-average readiness for advance care planning conversations. Active coping, longer illness and prior end-of-life experience were linked to higher readiness; passive coping was linked to lower readiness.
• RNQualitative2022Perceptions of primary health care workers regarding violence against women.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PPrimary health care workers in Cape Verde mostly recognized only physical violence, blaming women for staying due to financial dependency or alcohol use. They lacked training to identify psychological or patrimonial abuse, leading to fragmented care and missed opportunities for protection.
• RNQualitative2022Contributions of university activities to active aging: grounded theory.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S POlder adults in a free university program described learning and social contact as helping them regain routine, confidence, and purpose. They linked this to self-care, fall and violence awareness, and volunteering. The study did not test these effects.
• RNRCT2022"Something Tells Me I Can't Do That No More": Experiences With Real-Time Glucose and Activity Monitoring Among Underserved Black Women With Type 2 Diabetes.The science of diabetes self-management and careEight underserved Black women with diabetes described group education plus real-time glucose and step monitoring as helping them see how food and activity affected their readings, set goals, and make short-term changes.