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Every paper we have read

Each one summarised from the full article, not its abstract, and kept only if it speaks to physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology or nursing. Newest first.

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• RNOther2024Cardio-Ankle Vascular Index: Test-Retest Reliability and Agreement in People With Stroke.Nursing & health sciencesA simple cuff test of arterial stiffness gave consistent results when repeated in stroke survivors. Stiffness was higher on the paretic side and linked with fatigue and poorer sleep.
• RNRCT2025Implementing Resourcefulness Training© with Parent Caregivers of Children Dependent on Medical Technology During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned from a Randomized Controlled Trial.Clinical nursing researchTelehealth caregiver training for parents of technology-dependent children needed constant changes: virtual visits, text reminders, online logs, and preferred contact times. This paper reports delivery problems, not whether the training worked.
• RNSurvey2025Determinants of Cervical Cancer Screening Among Rural Women in Zimbabwe.Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)Among rural Zimbabwean women, only 274 of 840 had ever been screened for cervical cancer. Screening was less likely in women aged 25 to 45 years and those without medical insurance, and more likely in women living with HIV or with recent malaria.
• RNSurvey2025Clinical Factors Affecting the Quality of Life of Women With Endometriosis.Journal of advanced nursingPainful periods, heavy periods, pain during sex, and surgery were associated with lower quality of life among 425 women with endometriosis. Ask about infertility, treatment burden, and sexual pain.
• PTOTSLPRNSystematic Review2025Older Migrant Patients and Health Care Professionals' Experiences With Digital Translation Tools in Care Interactions: A Qualitative Literature Review.Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing SocietyDigital translation tools help older migrant patients and clinicians manage basic care tasks like pain assessment and hygiene. However, inaccurate translations and complex medical language limit their usefulness. These tools should support, not replace, human interpreters for diagnosis, consent, or serious conversations.
• OTOther2025Higher patient activation is associated with lower odds of functional limitation in older adults with chronic diseases.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)In 159 older adults with multiple chronic diseases, higher patient activation was associated with less functional limitation. This does not prove activation causes better function.
• RNSurvey2025Unveiling the Context for Implementing Evidence-Based Practice in Spanish Nursing.Journal of advanced nursingSpanish nurses rated workplace factors for evidence-based practice below the midpoint of a 10-point scale. Time to search for evidence and rewards for applying it were the weakest links. Nurses with more clinical care duties perceived the most barriers.
• RNQualitative2025Perinatal Loneliness and Isolation Early in the COVID-19 Pandemic in New York City: A Qualitative Study.Journal of midwifery & women's healthPeople who gave birth early in the pandemic in New York City described birthing and recovering alone as a major stressor. They also described postpartum isolation as worsening loneliness and stress. Some described partners being home as a silver lining.
• SLPRNPilot2025Preliminary efficacy of the vidatalkTM communication application on family psychological symptoms in the intensive care unit: A pilot study.Heart & lung : the journal of critical careICU family caregivers using a communication tablet had a 1.5-point larger anxiety decrease at one month, but PTSD and communication difficulty did not clearly differ in this small pilot.
• RNOther2025Development and Validation of the Decisions to use Opioids Measure.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management NursesA new questionnaire captures why emergency patients choose opioids after an emergency visit. It was reviewed by experts and five patients, but not yet tested to predict risky use or work reliably in practice.
• RNQualitative2024Healthcare Experiences and Needs of Older Adults Living With HIV: A Qualitative Study.Journal of clinical nursingOlder adults living with HIV described stigma in healthcare visits, fear of disclosure and fragmented care. They valued HIV clinics for continuity, trust and shared decision-making.
• PTOTRNOther2024Multidisciplinary Inpatient Community Rehabilitation Programmes for Frail Older People: A Scoping Review.Nursing openMultidisciplinary inpatient rehabilitation for frail older people is reported in few studies, mostly focused on mobility and function. The intervention studies had no control group, and outcomes varied widely, so the review cannot show which programme works.
• RNOther2024Health literacy profiles in kidney transplanted patients: A cluster analysis.Journal of renal careKidney transplant recipients fell into four health literacy profiles. 47 patients had low scores in all nine areas and showed psychological distress. All groups except the strongest had their lowest scores for appraising health information.
• RNSurvey2024Prevalence of risk factors among adolescents who attempted suicide: a cross-sectional study.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PAmong 140 adolescents treated for suicide attempts, family conflicts, previous attempts, and self-harm were the most common risk factors. Mental disorders were present in over half. These findings guide assessment priorities but do not prove that targeting these factors prevents future attempts.
• RNSystematic Review2024Post-informal caregiver's perspectives and experiences of the support network: a systematic literature review and meta-synthesis.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PAdults who had stopped caring described support gaps after care ended: isolation, financial strain, grief, and services that stopped too soon. They wanted continued help, practical guidance, and community connection.
• RNOther2025Estimating the Prevalence of Child Abuse and Neglect Among Adolescents in Primary Care Through Diagnoses Codes and Free-Text EHR Clinical Notes.Journal of pediatric health care : official publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & PractitionersAdolescent clinical notes contained more suspected or confirmed child abuse and neglect than diagnosis codes: 294 patients versus 111. Primary care providers should review free-text notes, not rely only on coded diagnoses.
• RNCohort2025Relationship between maternal egg consumption during lactation and the risk of developing egg allergies in 12-month-old infants: A multicenter cohort study.Japan journal of nursing science : JJNSMaternal egg consumption at 1 month after birth was not associated with egg allergy in 12-month-old infants. Infants with eczema at 6 months were more likely to have egg allergy at 12 months.
• RNOther2025Advanced Care Plan Among Older Chinese in Residential Aged Care: A Retrospective Review.Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing SocietyMost Chinese older residents in Australian aged care facilities had written advance care plans, but the main plan did not record cultural or spiritual preferences. Nurses should add those details when they can.
• RNRCT2025Patient-psychologist telemedicine interactions in an intensive care unit recovery clinic: Qualitative secondary analysis.Intensive & critical care nursingSome ICU survivors minimized mental health symptoms. In telemedicine visits with a pharmacist, physician, and psychologist, the psychologist used rapport, brief mental health screening, and coping strategies and education.
• OTRNQualitative2025Eating Together but Often Feeling Lonely: Residents' Mealtime Experiences in a Nursing Home.Journal of clinical nursingResidents said familiar, tasty, easy-to-chew food mattered most. Stable routines and staff who knew their preferences made mealtimes calmer. Many felt lonely, found it hard to talk with incompatible companions, and sometimes ate in apartments.
• RNSystematic Review2025Prenatal and Postpartum Care Experiences Among Black Birthing People in the United States: An Integrative Review.Journal of midwifery & women's healthBlack birthing people described prenatal and postpartum care as positive when providers were continuous, culturally centered, and collaborative. Negative experiences were more common: fragmented visits, bias, disrespect, and barriers to access.
• RNSurvey2024Gratitude and Subjective Well-Being in Older Chinese Adults in Nursing Homes: The Mediating Roles of Self-Efficacy and Social Support.Nursing openIn 354 nursing home residents, higher gratitude scores were linked with higher well-being scores, partly through greater self-efficacy and social support. The study cannot show gratitude caused better well-being.
• RNSystematic Review2024Disaster-Related Wound Care: A Scoping Review.Nursing openMost disaster wound care research is retrospective and lacks standardised protocols. Nurses often manage complex wounds during recovery, but few emergency teams include certified wound specialists. Timely debridement and infection control are critical, yet training gaps persist across international relief teams.
• RNQualitative2024Experience Among Postnatal Nurses With Two or Three Children Returning to Work Within 3 Months in China: A Qualitative Study.Nursing openNurses returning to work within 3 months of having a second or third child described four main struggles: physical decline like fatigue and urinary incontinence, psychological maladjustment, breastfeeding conflicts, and a lack of clear career planning.
• RNQualitative2024Exploring Public Perceptions of Telenursing: A Q Methodology Study.Nursing openPublic views of telenursing split into five types, from full support to full skepticism. Many valued convenience and access but worried about missed subtle changes, emergencies, physical care, trust and privacy.
• RNSurvey2025Patients' Ability to Self-Manage Their Surgical Wound to Prevent Wound Complications: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of advanced nursingAfter surgery, 15.1% of discharged patients reported no wound-care information, and only 42.0% were invited into wound-care decisions. Nurses can verify what wound-care teaching was given before discharge.
• RNPilot2025Dyadic Comparison of Pain and Stress in Alzheimer's Disease and Caregivers.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management NursesIn five pairs of people with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers, caregivers tended to report more pain and stress than patients, and patient pain moved with caregiver burden. These small links do not show what causes what.
• RNOther2025Applying natural language processing to understand symptoms among older adult home healthcare patients with urinary incontinence.Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of NursingOnly 29% of home healthcare episodes for older adults with urinary incontinence had symptoms documented in notes. Anxiety was most common, urinary symptoms rare. Episodes for Black, Asian/Pacific Islander, and Hispanic patients were less likely to have any symptoms documented than White patients.
• RNSystematic Review2025Cultural Influences, Experiences and Interventions Targeting Self-Management Behaviours for Prediabetes or Type 2 Diabetes in First-Generation Immigrants: A Scoping Review.Journal of advanced nursingAdult first-generation immigrants with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes reported language barriers, limited health literacy, cost, family roles and cultural beliefs shaping self-management. Culturally tailored education, interpreters, family and peer support, and flexible scheduling were described as supports.
• RNSurvey2024Mediating Effect of Illness Perception on the Relationship Between Perceived Family Function and Sleep Quality Among Patients With Atrial Fibrillation.Nursing openIn 191 hospitalised patients with atrial fibrillation, better family function was linked to better sleep, and more negative illness perception was linked to poorer sleep. Higher AF symptom severity was also linked to worse sleep. These links cannot show cause.
• RNPilot2024Evaluation of a Cohort-Based Healthy Aging With HIV Wellness Pilot Intervention: "People Aging and Thriving With HIV" in Colorado.The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANACIn older adults with HIV, weekly steps did not show improvement in this wellness pilot, and depression, physical function, quality of life, and social isolation also did not show improvement. Participants liked it, but the study does not show it works.
• RNQualitative2024Social Technology in the Prevention of Adolescent Violence: documentary production.Revista brasileira de enfermagemAdolescents in a Brazilian soccer program condemned gender violence but normalized physical violence among boys. They co-created a documentary to disseminate prevention messages via social media, emphasizing peer-led engagement and visual storytelling over traditional clinical advice.
• PTOTRNPilot2024A Pilot Home-Telehealth Program to Enhance Functional Ability, Physical Performance, and Physical Activity in Older Adult Veterans Post-Hospital Discharge.Research in gerontological nursingA 6-month home telehealth program with a physical activity trainer nearly doubled daily steps in older veterans post-discharge. Functional ability and physical performance showed modest, non-significant improvements. High dropout rates and small sample size limit conclusions on efficacy.
• RNSystematic Review2024Assessment of knowledge in oncology about care for transgender people: a scoping review.Revista brasileira de enfermagemMost studies on oncology care for transgender people focus on general LGBTQIAPN+ populations, leaving a significant gap in validated tools and specific evidence for transgender patients.
• PTRNSystematic Review2024Cultural Tailoring and Implementation Science for Cardiometabolic Interventions in Asian Americans: A Systematic Review.Nursing openOnly three of nine studies in Asian American adults found significant weight, blood pressure, or A1C changes, although nine reported improvements in knowledge, self-efficacy, or behavior. Interventions varied widely, so no single culturally tailored approach is proven.
• RNRCT2025Nurse-Led Mobile Phone Intervention to Promote Self-Management in Type 2 Diabetes in Ghana: A Randomized Controlled Trial.The science of diabetes self-management and careNurse-led phone calls plus usual care did not improve blood sugar or self-management more than usual care alone. Both groups improved, but the extra calls added no significant benefit over standard clinic visits.
• RNRCT2025The Impact of Hospice Care on the Prognosis, Quality of Life, and Emotional Well-being of Patients With Chronic Heart Failure.Journal of hospice and palliative nursing : JHPN : the official journal of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses AssociationFor chronic heart failure, adding pain, comfort, sleep, psychological, spiritual and end-of-life education to standard care improved cardiac function, reduced anxiety and pain, and raised quality of life; daily living improved similarly in both groups.
• PTOTSLPRNQualitative2025"Hello… I'm Here!" A Co-Productive Qualitative Study Involving Older People With Vision Impairment and Their Experiences of Acute Hospital Care.Journal of advanced nursingSeven older adults with vision impairment described acute hospital care as traumatic and disabling. They felt invisible when staff failed to introduce themselves, left call bells out of reach, and ignored guide dogs. Small environmental adjustments like contrasting cup colours and verbal orientation improved their sense of safety.
• RNSystematic Review2025A Scoping Review of Observational Research on Cannabis Use for Symptom Management in HIV and Cancer: Implications for Cannabis Nursing.Journal of clinical nursingCannabis use for HIV and cancer symptoms showed mixed observational associations. Some patients reported benefit, but pain results were inconsistent, cancer quality of life sometimes lower, and product details were often missing.
• RNSystematic Review2025Clinicians' and Patients' Experiences and Perceptions on the Prevention and Management of Surgical Site Infections: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review.Journal of clinical nursingClinicians and surgical patients described outdated wound-care guidelines, knowledge gaps, poor communication, weak infection feedback, and distressing post-surgery infections as key issues in preventing and managing surgical site infections.
• RNOther2024The Readability, Understandability, and Suitability of Online Resources for Ostomy Care.Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing : official publication of The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses SocietyMost patient ostomy care websites were written at a high-school reading level. More content made the text harder to read, even though the sites were often understandable and suitable. Check reading level before recommending them.
• PTOTRNOther2024Purposes and characteristics of virtual reality technologies for the elderly in the community: a scoping review.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemCommunity older adults used VR for balance, gait, strength, cognition, mood, and leisure. Devices included screens, Kinect, goggles, and sensors; only four studies reported dizziness, nausea or anxiety, so safety reporting was incomplete.
• RNQualitative2024Transsexual men's experiences of childbirth and postpartum in the light of transcultural care.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemTrans men who gave birth described fear, obstetric and transphobic violence, and distress during care. Nurses can use the person's gender in records and exams, seek consent, and offer pain relief and breastfeeding education.
• RNSurvey2024Quality of home visits by community health workers in primary care and associated factors.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemJust 51.9% of home visits by community health workers met the study's full set of quality actions. Teams that defined catchment areas, monitored health indicators, assessed user satisfaction, and used risk criteria were more likely to have adequate visits.
• RNOther2024Temporal trends in neonatal mortality in Pernambuco.Revista brasileira de enfermagemPernambuco's neonatal mortality rate fell between 2000 and 2020, with an average annual reduction of 2.9%, but trends varied by health region. This is population surveillance, not evidence that any care change worked.
• RNOther2024Association between chronic health conditions and severe acute respiratory syndrome in pregnant women: an exploratory study.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PIn 1,152 pregnant women hospitalized with SARS, diabetes, neurological disease, and substance use appeared more often with COVID-19 than influenza. Mortality was 7%, and confirmation took 42.6 days.
• RNSurvey2024Development and Testing of the Comprehensive Prenatal Care Index: Relationship With Preterm Birth and Small for Gestational Age Across Racial and Ethnic Groups.Journal of midwifery & women's healthComprehensive prenatal care quality, including counseling and screening content, was associated with lower odds of preterm birth across racial and ethnic groups. It did not consistently predict small for gestational age. Visit count alone did not capture care quality.
• RNNarrative Review2024Challenges for Antepartum Care of the Individual with Perinatal Substance Use: An Empirical Integrative Review of Novel Approaches to Improve Care.Journal of midwifery & women's healthCare models that combine antepartum visits, substance use treatment, behavioral health, peer support, and repeated screening were associated with better engagement and some maternal-infant outcomes in 10 included studies.
• RNSystematic Review2024Parental care experience of children with type 1 diabetes: a qualitative meta-synthesis.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PParents of children with type 1 diabetes described exhaustion, fear, guilt, financial strain and school worries. They wanted practical nurse guidance on food, insulin and daily problems, and help sharing caregiving at home.
• RNSurvey2024Assessing Visitor Expectations of AI Nursing Robots in Hospital Settings: Cross-Sectional Study Using the Kano Model.JMIR nursing457 hospital visitors prioritized AI nursing robots for disease monitoring, companion care, logistics, and education, while rating infection and excretion care less important. 68.5% accepted robots for nursing services, but privacy and safety concerns were raised.