THE INDEX

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.

35,183 PAPERS · PAGE 197 OF 704 · NEWEST FIRST

• RNPilot2026Embedding a Palliative Care Nurse Consultant Within a General Medicine Ward: A Prospective Exploratory Study.Journal of clinical nursingStaff reported that an embedded palliative care nurse consultant helped start sensitive conversations earlier in a general medicine ward, but most patients lacked decision-making capacity and barriers to timely referral remained.
• RNOther2026Implementation of the 'Countdown to Theatre' Approach to Bridge the Evidence-Practice Gap in Paediatric Preoperative Fasting: A Quality Improvement Initiative.Journal of advanced nursingMean preoperative fasting was 7.6 hours before and 5.7 hours at 6 months after a nurse-delivered clear-fluids schedule with co-designed guidance, education, posters and support rounds; the study did not test whether this was more than chance.
• SLPRNSurvey2026Experiences and insights from parents of children with temporary feeding tubes.Journal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and communityParents of children with temporary nasogastric feeding tubes found insertion distressing and home management hard, especially after discharge. They valued clear information and involvement in decisions, but some got inconsistent advice and wanted peer support.
• PTOTSystematic Review2026A Systematic Review of Pain Catastrophizing and Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management NursesIn adults with chronic musculoskeletal pain, higher pain catastrophizing consistently links to greater pain intensity and disability. It acts as a mediator of treatment effects, meaning reducing it helps relieve pain, but it does not reliably predict who will respond best to physical interventions like exercise.
• RNQualitative2025Infection-Control Protocol Acceptability in Skilled Nursing Facilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationStaff and residents in two nursing homes generally accepted color-coded infection-risk pairing, though many residents did not understand the system and worried about segregation. Clear communication about reassignments was the main implementation need.
• RNOther2025Construction and validation of a mobile technology to support mothers of preterm newborns.Revista brasileira de enfermagemExperts rated a new app for preterm baby care as clear and relevant. It covers Kangaroo care, feeding, and warning signs. It is not yet tested in real homes, so it cannot prove better outcomes or safer discharge for your patients.
• PTOTCohort2025Development of Prediction Models for Healthy Ageing in Community-Dwelling Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Longitudinal Study Using Machine Learning.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationOlder adults predicted to age healthily had higher household wealth, younger age, internet use, normal chair-rise speed, physical activity, no pain, high life satisfaction, and no abdominal obesity.
• RNPilot2025E-Cigarette Use Prevention Among Youth.International journal of addiction nursingA nurse-led presentation increased e-cigarette knowledge in 24 adults who work with youth, but it did not test whether this changed youth vaping. Adults most commonly missed that e-cigarettes produce aerosol, not vapor, and that one pod holds nicotine equal to two packs of cigarettes.
• RNSurvey2025Enhancing Parent Support During Emergency Department Visits for Suicidal Adolescents.International journal of mental health nursingParents of adolescents presenting to an ED in suicide crisis overwhelmingly wanted help caring for their child after discharge, especially talking with ED staff. Only 25.2% received information about caring for the child after discharge, and many rated support poor.
• RNSystematic Review2025Inner Strength-A Systematic Review of Qualitative Empirical Studies.Scandinavian journal of caring sciencesInner strength was used inconsistently in qualitative healthcare studies. When treated as a concept, it described connectedness, personal resource, growth through illness, and positive outlook; many articles used it as everyday language without clear meaning.
• RNOther2025Minimum nurse staffing policy intervention in Queensland Australia improved nurse wellbeing and patient safety: A quasi-experimental intervention study.International journal of nursing studiesMandated minimum nurse-to-patient ratios in Queensland hospitals significantly reduced nurse burnout and job dissatisfaction. Nurses reported better patient safety and quality of care, with a 24% lower odds of high burnout and 27% lower odds of job dissatisfaction post-policy.
• RNQualitative2025Addressing Weight-Related Bullying in Schools: Youth Perspectives on School Policies and Interventions.The Journal of school health71.6% of youth respondents had seen weight-related bullying. They wanted education, consequences, and policies naming weight, but some said school weight checks and letters about weight could make things worse.
• RNCohort2025Social Connectedness and Successful Nursing Home Discharge After Heart Failure Hospitalization.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationIn veterans after heart failure hospitalization who entered skilled nursing care, staff-rated high social connectedness was linked to successful community discharge within 90 days. It was an association, not proof that boosting connection causes better discharge.
• RNOther2025Association of Language Barriers and Depression Among Latino and Non-Latino White US Nursing Home Residents.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationDepression was common among nursing home residents, but Latino residents were less likely to have depression documented, especially those needing a Spanish interpreter. This may signal under-recognition, not lower need.
• RNCohort2025Biobehavioral correlates of multidimensional fatigue in men with prostate cancer: A secondary data analysis.European journal of oncology nursing : the official journal of European Oncology Nursing SocietyIn men with prostate cancer receiving radiation, general, physical, and mental fatigue worsened during treatment, while emotional fatigue improved. After treatment, general, physical, and mental fatigue improved, but emotional fatigue stayed steady.
• RNQualitative2026Frail Older Patients' Experiences During Boarding in the Emergency Department: A Qualitative Study.Journal of advanced nursingFrail older patients waiting in an emergency department described feeling forgotten and unsure who was responsible, with unmet pain, hunger, thirst and privacy needs. They still trusted nurses and hoped care would come when ward admission arrived.
• RNQualitative2026A Nurse-Led, School-Based Social and Educational Intervention for Siblings of Children With Cancer (SUPREME): Process Evaluation of Perceived Impacts.Journal of advanced nursingSiblings and parents described the nurse-led programme, with preparatory meetings and a class session, as helping them feel normal through clear cancer information, trust, and shared responsibility for explaining the illness.
• RNQualitative2026A Descriptive Qualitative Study of Patient and Carer Perspectives on the Acceptability of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation.Journal of advanced nursingPatients valued TAVI for relieving breathlessness and restoring independence, but discharge left them anxious due to missing information about the procedure's success and physical limits. Carers reported feeling uninformed about what happened during surgery and how to support recovery.
• RNQualitative2026Nurses' Role in Transitional Care During Intensive Care Unit Family Meetings for Patients With Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation.Journal of advanced nursingNurses in ICU family meetings for patients with prolonged mechanical ventilation acted as transitional care liaisons, communication facilitators and family supporters, but spoke beyond introductions in only 19 of 76 recorded English meetings.
• RNQualitative2026"Losing My Femininity": Sexual Health Experiences of Arabic Women After Mastectomy.Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing SocietyArabic women after mastectomy described losing their femininity and feeling ashamed, often hiding their bodies from partners. Many continued sex out of duty to avoid divorce, despite pain and low desire. Partner reactions and cultural taboos heavily influenced their emotional recovery and sexual well-being.
• RNCohort2025Racial and Rural Disparities in Stroke Discharge Disposition Stratified by 90-Day Survival Status.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationBlack, Hispanic, and other-race stroke patients who died during hospitalization or within 90 days after discharge were less likely than non-Hispanic White patients to be discharged to hospice or other care. Among longer survivors, no clear race or rurality differences appeared.
• RNPilot2025Health-Related Values Discussions With Patients Receiving Allogeneic and Autologous Stem Cell Transplant and Chimeric Antigen Receptor Therapy (CAR-T): Implementation of an Early Nurse Practitioner-Led Primary Palliative Care Intervention.Journal of hospice and palliative nursing : JHPN : the official journal of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses AssociationNurse-led values discussions with 31 stem cell transplant or CAR-T patients were feasible and acceptable, and the program has since served over 150 patients and families. This shows feasibility, not improved outcomes.
• RNSurvey2025Family Members' Psychosocial Support in Palliative Inpatient Care: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of family nursingFamily members of palliative inpatients said psychosocial support was mostly as much as desired, but information was the weakest area. They wanted more proactive discussion of prognosis, support providers, ward routines, and consistent staff.
• RNQualitative2025Methodological Insights From Evaluating a Family Member's Voice Reorientation Programme: An Interpretive Descriptive Approach.Nursing openParticipants described the FAMVR programme, which combined family recordings, nurse training, readiness checks, templates, iPad playback and timed delivery, as orienting and calming, while handover, documentation and family delirium education gaps remained. No component can be separated.
• RNSurvey2025Validity and Reliability of the Korean Version of the Self-Care Self-Efficacy Scale for Patients With Heart Failure: A Psychometric Evaluation.International journal of nursing practiceIn 159 Korean patients with heart failure, a 10-item self-care confidence scale produced consistent scores and related to symptoms and physical function as expected. Scores averaged 36.24 on a 0 to 100 scale and were lower in NYHA classes III/IV.
• RNQualitative2025A Family Camp for Families Where a Parent Experiences Mental Health Challenges: A Qualitative Evaluation.International journal of mental health nursingParents and children said a weekend Family Camp combining family activities, peer connection, creative play and nature gave them time to connect and talk about mental health, but parents found it emotionally exhausting. This reports experiences, not measured effects.
• OTSystematic Review2025Smart Glasses for Older Adults With Cognitive Impairment: A Scoping Review.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationSmart glasses for older adults with cognitive impairment are mostly early prototypes or low-quality studies. Tested glasses had marginal to good usability, but weight, fall fear, distraction, and navigation problems remain concerns.
• RNSurvey2024Comparative Study of Diabetes Knowledge, Attitudes, Family Support, Self-efficacy, and Self-management Behaviors Between Cancer Survivors With Diabetes and Diabetes Patients Without Cancer.Cancer nursingCancer survivors with diabetes reported less diabetes knowledge, less family support, and lower uptake of eye and HbA1c tests than patients without cancer. Self-efficacy did not differ significantly.
• PTOTQualitative2026A qualitative exploration of child, caregiver, and clinician perspectives on mental health in children with osteogenesis imperfecta.Journal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and communityChildren with osteogenesis imperfecta, their caregivers and clinicians described frequent worry about fractures, low mood from functional limits, isolation and stigma. Support and mental health referrals were seen as helpful, but access was often poor.
• RNSystematic Review2026Women's Experiences of Care and Support Following Postpartum Psychosis: A Meta-Ethnography.Journal of advanced nursingWomen with postpartum psychosis described delayed recognition, traumatic separation from infants in general psychiatric units, stigma, medication conflicts, and relief from mother-baby units, tailored information, psychological support and peer support.
• RNQualitative2026Lives Transformed-The Experiences of Significant Others Supporting Patients With Severe Burn Injury: A Narrative Inquiry.Journal of clinical nursingSignificant others of adults with severe burns in ICU described advocating for pain relief and daily care while neglecting their own eating, sleep and health. None sought formal psychological support for themselves, even as they took on long-term carer roles.
• PTOTSLPRNQualitative2026Exploring the Healthcare Experiences and Preferences of LGBT+ People: An Online Asynchronous Focus Group Study.Journal of advanced nursingLGBT+ patients described healthcare in Ireland as fragmented and often unsafe, citing misgendering, heteronormative assumptions, and a lack of competent providers. They relied on word-of-mouth to find care, with rural patients feeling particularly excluded from services.
• RNSurvey2025Patient-Centred Communication as a Mediator of Nurses' Safety-Care Activities.Scandinavian journal of caring sciencesPatient-centred communication skills linked nurses' clinical competency and safety culture awareness to their actual safety-care activities. These skills mediated the relationship, explaining part of how individual and organisational factors translate into safer bedside practice.
• PTOTRNRCT2025Pulmonary Rehabilitation Exercise Package for Enhancing Health in Elderly COPD Patients With Frailty: An Experimental Study.The journal of nursing research : JNRA 4-week pulmonary rehabilitation package significantly reduced shortness of breath and improved walking distance and leg strength in frail older adults with COPD compared to routine care. It also reduced frailty scores at one month. The intervention included breathing exercises, bed exercises, and education.
• RNCase Report2025MULTIDISCIPLINARY NURSING FOR A PATIENT WITH MULTIPLE PRIMARY CANCERS.Gastroenterology nursing : the official journal of the Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and AssociatesOne patient with three cancers received coordinated nursing for chemotherapy side effects, nutrition, and anxiety. He left the hospital walking after 24 days and was stable at three months. This describes care for one person, not proof that the team approach works.
• RNMeta-Analysis2025Effects on Weight Gain and Length of Hospital Stay of Day and Night-Cycled Light Exposure in Premature Infants: A Meta-Analysis.The journal of nursing research : JNRIn premature infants, day/night cycled light was associated with 7.52 fewer hospital days than dim or continuous bright light. Weight gain evidence was less certain.
• RNSystematic Review2025Patterns and Influencing Factors in the Nurse-Patient Relationship in Hospitals' General Wards: An Integrative Review.Scandinavian journal of caring sciencesPatients wanted genuine human-to-human contact. Nurses often stayed emotionally distant because workload, task-based care and self-protection made relational work hard. Patients then experienced care as cold and efficient.
• RNQualitative2025Barriers to and Facilitators of Shared Decision-Making Implementation in Fertility Preservation for Patients With Cancer: A Qualitative Study.Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of NursingPatients and providers described shared decision-making for fertility preservation failing when oncology teams lacked awareness or fertility teams proceeded without verifying understanding. Time pressure, high costs, and lack of counseling compensation were major barriers. Structured referrals and specialized nurse coordinators facilitated access.
• RNQualitative2025Unpacking the Mystery of the Ontario Healthcare System in Canada: Ukrainian Temporary Migrants and Healthcare System Navigation.The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieresUkrainian temporary migrants described Ontario healthcare as hard to navigate because of language barriers, long waits, uncovered dental care, mental health stigma, and rushed visits. They wanted more time, clearer explanations, and help finding services.
• RNOther2025International Pain Outcomes (IPO) - Brazilian Portuguese version: cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric validation.Revista brasileira de enfermagemA Brazilian Portuguese postoperative pain questionnaire was understood by patients and gave consistent scores when two researchers used it. It can help nurses assess pain, side effects, sleep, mobility and satisfaction after surgery.
• RNOther2025Cleaning and disinfection in neonatal intensive care units: correlation of evaluation methods.Revista brasileira de enfermagemCleaning checks in two neonatal units varied. ATP readings and microbial counts lined up only on some surfaces, and the units had different ATP clean thresholds.
• OTQualitative2025Caregivers' Experiences Taking Care of Children and Teenagers With Autism Spectrum Disorders During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Thailand: A Qualitative Approach.Journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing : official publication of the Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nurses, IncFifteen Thai caregivers of children and teenagers with autism described lockdowns as followed by social withdrawal, self-stimulation, snacking and screen time. They described taking over developmental and daily-care training and feeling stress. Some relied on local volunteers for medicine and food.
• RNOther2026Research Priorities for Nursing and Allied Health: A Priority-Setting Project Using a Partnership Approach.Journal of advanced nursingPatients, carers and clinicians in two Australian hospitals prioritised access, patient journey, streamlining care, dementia and delirium, mental health, older adults, carers, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and workforce. These are nursing and allied health research priorities, not tested care changes.
• RNSystematic Review2026Community-Based Initiatives to Improve Maternal and Newborn Health in High-Income Settings: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review.Journal of midwifery & women's healthPeer support in high-income countries consistently improves maternal mental health and breastfeeding rates, with 9 of 10 studies showing benefit. Social support alone is often ineffective, but gains value when combined with health education. Women valued connectedness and practical information.
• PTRNCase Report2026Review of Perioperative Care in Elderly Patients With Esophageal Hiatal Hernia and Cardiopulmonary Disease.Gastroenterology nursing : the official journal of the Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and AssociatesAn 86-year-old man with a large hiatal hernia and heart failure completed laparoscopic repair after multidisciplinary prehabilitation, monitoring, and infection care. He left hospital 11 days after surgery and had no symptoms at 3 and 6 months.
• RNOther2025Complementary Interventions Using Technology for Individuals With Infertility Using Assisted Reproductive Technology: A Scoping Review.Nursing & health sciencesTechnology-based education, counselling, and lifestyle coaching for infertility treatment was reported to improve knowledge, stress, anxiety, coping, diet, and satisfaction. It did not show better fertility-related quality of life, health behaviours, or pregnancy rates.
• RNQualitative2025A Qualitative Study of Ecological Momentary Assessment of Suicide Risk for Persons Living With HIV in Philadelphia, PA, USA: Feasibility, Acceptability, and Ethical Implications.The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANACTen adults living with HIV reported daily suicide-risk prompts increased self-awareness and sometimes motivated action. Some skipped questions or underreported suicidal thoughts because of fear of hospitalization or stigma. Participants wanted clearer warnings about which answers could lead to hospitalization.
• RNSystematic Review2025Definitions of the elements of the NANDA-I nursing diagnosis "Imbalanced Energy Field": an integrative review.Revista brasileira de enfermagemThe elements of a NANDA-I nursing diagnosis about energy field imbalance were defined from 14 studies of therapeutic touch, Reiki and mixed practices. The diagnosis is not validated, and these therapies are not proven to work.
• RNCase-Control2025Sleep, physical activity, and pregnancy symptoms: Factors associated with cognitive performance in early pregnancy.MidwiferyIn early pregnancy, memory learning scores were lower than controls. Physical symptoms were associated with worse memory interference, and longer sleep with better executive task scores. Stress, depression and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity were unrelated.
• OTRNCohort2025Skilled Nursing Facility Population Characteristics and Length of Stay: A Prospective Cohort Study.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationResidents dependent in daily activities and those with vascular or surgical devices stayed longer in a skilled nursing facility; dependence in daily activities was the strongest factor tied to longer stays.