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 202 OF 704 · NEWEST FIRST

• RNOther2025Factors associated with the diagnosis of Brain Death in hospitals in the State of Sergipe.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PIn hospitals in Sergipe, adults suspected of brain death were more likely to have the diagnosis confirmed if they lived near the capital, and less likely if they were older or had cancer.
• SLPSystematic Review2025Interventions to promote child development in institutionalized children: a scoping review.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PCaregiver training and changes in institutional routines were mapped as the main ways to promote development in children living in care institutions. Reported outcomes were positive, but the review cannot show which components worked.
• RNQualitative2025Bereaved Families' Experiences of Treatment Withdrawal and End-Of-Life Care in the Intensive Care Unit: An Exploratory-Descriptive Qualitative Study.Nursing in critical careSeven bereaved ICU families described shock, emotional strain, and coping through faith. They wanted private, regular updates, bedside presence, and simple care participation, such as bathing, rubbing cream, or holding hands.
• RNSystematic Review2025Decisional Conflicts in Kidney Replacement Therapy for Patients With Grade 5 Chronic Kidney Disease: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis.Journal of renal carePatients choosing kidney replacement therapy often felt afraid, uncertain, poorly informed, and pushed by family or doctors. Ask about these conflicts before deciding, and support choices with clear, timely information.
• PTOTSLPRNNarrative Review2025An overview of clinical presentation and management of long COVID.The Nurse practitionerLong COVID can be considered when symptoms persist beyond 12 weeks and alternative causes are excluded. Management is supportive: screen cardiac risk before exercise, use graded exercise, fluids, salt and compression for POTS, and refer to PT, OT, speech and swallowing rehab.
• RNOther2026Development of the Preparation for Community-Based Labor and Birth Instrument Centering Black Perspectives in the United States: A Participatory Adaptation.Journal of midwifery & women's healthA childbirth-confidence questionnaire was adapted for people planning home or birth-center births, centering Black perspectives and adding items on safety, dignity, and racial identity. It is a tool for conversation, not yet a tested measure of birth outcomes.
• RNQualitative2026The Experiences of Service Providers Who Care for Homeless Pregnant or Early Parenting Women.The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieresService providers caring for homeless pregnant women described navigating punitive systems and resource gaps by extending their roles into advocacy. They found meaning in small, incremental client successes, despite facing professional stigma and ethical distress when colleagues treated clients with judgment.
• RNSystematic Review2026Nursing Interventions to Support Family Caregivers of Patients on Haemodialysis: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review.Journal of advanced nursingNursing-led caregiver programmes for haemodialysis families mostly improved quality of life, depression, anxiety and self-efficacy, but burden results were mixed. Use structured education, coping, support and follow-up, not information alone, because effects can fade.
• RNSystematic Review2025Summary of the Best Evidence on Skin-Mucosal Care in Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis.Advances in skin & wound careSkin-mucosal care recommendations for SJS/TEN include early eye assessment, daily oral and swallowing checks, leaving detached epidermis in place, and avoiding adhesive devices.
• RNOther2025Exploring Factors Influencing Physical Inactivity During the First Trimester of Pregnancy: A Convergent Mixed-Methods Study.Nursing open51.2% of surveyed Shanghai pregnant women were physically inactive in the first trimester; only 2.1% met activity guidelines. Interviews linked inactivity to discomfort, fear of harming the baby, work demands, family advice, weather, and cultural rest beliefs.
• RNOther2025Effect of a new nursing organization management mode constructed by appreciative inquiry on gynecological tumor patients in the perioperative period.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PGynecological tumor surgery patients in an appreciative inquiry nursing model had better resilience, quality of life, fewer pelvic floor symptoms, shorter postoperative recovery, and higher satisfaction than routine nursing patients.
• RNQualitative2025Perceptions Regarding mHealth for Self-Care Among Older Adults With Chronic Heart Failure, Family Caregivers and Health Care Professionals: A Qualitative Study.Nursing openPatients, caregivers and clinicians see mHealth as promising for heart failure self-care, wanting automatic symptom monitoring and direct communication with staff. However, they identify major barriers: older patients struggle with complex interfaces and poor vision, while staff lack the time and funding to maintain these systems.
• RNOther2025Spatial analysis of maternal mortality in Pernambuco before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.Revista brasileira de enfermagemMaternal deaths in Pernambuco rose during the pandemic: 242 of 467 deaths occurred in 2020-2022, and the 2020 maternal mortality ratio was 77 per 100,000 live births, up from 47.2 in 2019. Priority clusters were in the Agreste region.
• RNQualitative2025Employing Yarning to Explore the Impact of Endorsed Midwives in an Aboriginal Medical Service.Nursing openIn one Aboriginal Medical Service, midwives with prescribing endorsement and Aboriginal women described maternity care as flexible, comprehensive and built on personal relationships. Women valued continuity and cultural safety, and wanted the same midwives to follow them through birth.
• RNSystematic Review2025Decision-Making for Older Patients in Acute Prehospital Situations: A Scoping Review.Scandinavian journal of caring sciencesFor older patients needing urgent care outside hospital, transfer decisions are shaped by staff confidence, hierarchy, fear of blame and what family or carers know, not just clinical signs.
• RNOther2025Sociodemographic Profile of Pediatric Hemodialysis during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Challenges for Sustainable Development.Revista brasileira de enfermagemFive of twenty children on hemodialysis and their caregivers had asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. The study links this vulnerability to socioeconomic factors like reliance on public transport and low income, rather than clinical outcomes.
• PTOTOther2025Interprofessional Simulation-Based Training to Facilitate ABCDEF Bundle Implementation.American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care NursesSixteen ICU clinicians rated a 90-minute interprofessional simulation training as realistic and relevant. After training, more reported comfort with awakening trials, non-pharmacologic agitation management, and team mobilization of ventilated patients.
• RNSurvey2025Risk factors for harmful alcohol consumption: a multilevel analysis.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemAmong 373 primary care users in São Paulo, 17.1% had risky or harmful alcohol use and 1.8% probable dependence. Men, younger adults, people identifying as black, and high income were more likely to report risky or harmful use. Associations only, not causes.
• RNSurvey2026Stigma and healthcare professional support among adults with diabetes in Japan: A cross-sectional study.Japan journal of nursing science : JJNSJapanese adults with diabetes who reported more support from doctors and nurses had lower stigma scores. The links were clearer in those under 65 than in those 65 and older.
• RNNarrative Review2026Procedural and Therapy Peripheral Intravenous Catheters: A Framework for Safety, Quality and Patient-Centred Care.Journal of advanced nursingA proposed bedside question sorts peripheral IV catheters into short procedural or overnight therapy use, with matching choices for site, device, disinfection, dressing, monitoring, documentation and removal.
• RNSystematic Review2026Interventions to Prevent Patient- and Visitor-Perpetrated Violence Against Nurses in the Emergency Department: A Scoping Review.Journal of advanced nursingMost ED violence interventions target nurses' skills before an incident, not the environment or the aggressor. Simulation training and risk checklists are common, but evidence on whether they actually stop assaults is inconsistent and often short-term.
• RNSurvey2026Awareness of the Vaginal Microbiome and Willingness to Undergo Vaginal Microbiota Transplant.Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNNMost respondents were willing to try experimental vaginal microbiota transplant for infections, pain or sexually transmitted infection risk, but only 24 (11.4%) knew it existed. Safety and effectiveness are unknown.
• RNQualitative2026Parent and adolescent perspectives on decision-making involvement: A qualitative comparison in sickle cell and diabetes clinics.Patient education and counselingClinicians were described as helping adolescents take part in decisions by asking them directly, giving information, building rapport, and seeking input. In diabetes, parents often led the conversation. In sickle cell, clinicians sometimes spoke to parents rather than adolescents.
• RNOther2025Experiences of Emotional Healing After Figurines Intervention in Rural Thai Primary School Children: A Mixed-method Study.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyChildren with mild-to-moderate depressive symptoms reported gaining self-awareness, emotional healing, and personal growth after using figurines. Their depression scores decreased, but the small sample and lack of control group mean this shows potential, not proven efficacy.
• RNQualitative2025The Chain of Cannulation: A Qualitative Comparison of the Cannulation Process and European Guidelines.Journal of renal careRenal guidelines described the same fistula cannulation steps but differed on scab care, disinfectant, pain and needle technique. The British guideline added patient involvement and MRSA screening. This is a checklist, not tested care.
• RNOther2025Patient-Controlled Sedation During Gynaecological Procedures-Aspects of Patient Satisfaction, Feasibility and Cost Per Patient: Empirical Research Quantitative.Nursing openPatient-controlled propofol sedation allowed 128 gynaecological procedures to be completed safely without anaesthesiologists present. Most patients reported no or mild pain, and 86% were very satisfied. Direct costs for IUD insertion were 85% lower when performed in the outpatient clinic rather than the day surgery unit.
• RNCohort2025Post-COVID-19 Consequences in Relatives of Severely Ill Patients: Results of the Prospective Multicenter NeNeSCo Study.Clinical nursing researchRelatives of ICU COVID survivors had more anxiety and caregiver strain than relatives of ward survivors. By 15 months, anxiety scores fell but clinically relevant anxiety stayed similar, while caregiver strain rose. Passive coping was linked to anxiety, depression, PTSD symptoms, and strain.
• RNSurvey2025Health literacy among main caregivers of Children with Special Health Care Needs: a cross-sectional study.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemMost caregivers of hospitalized children with special health needs reported limitations in managing their own health, finding good information, and feeling supported, while being able to engage with providers. Schooling and income were linked with these health literacy levels.
• RNQualitative2025Desperate for Sleep: Exploring Parental Perceptions of Melatonin Use Among Adolescents With Neurodevelopmental Disorders.Journal for specialists in pediatric nursing : JSPNParents of adolescents with autism or ADHD said melatonin helped sleep and seemed natural, but many switched brands, changed doses, and paused it seasonally. These are perceptions, not evidence that melatonin works.
• RNQualitative2025Surviving families: experiences of losing a family member to suicide.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemBereaved families described suicide as unexpected and hard to understand, even after preventive efforts. They reported shared guilt toward themselves, relatives, and services, plus grief mixed with anger, relief, and later lessons.
• RNQualitative2025The Lived Experiences of Family Caregivers in Caring for Older Adults at Risk of Falls: A Phenomenological Study.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyNot knowing how to prevent falls, being exhausted, and making home changes were described by family caregivers of older adults at risk of falls. They also faced stigma around walking aids and relied on traditional healers after falls.
• PTRNSurvey2025Machine Learning Techniques for Identifying Lifestyle Factors Associated With Low Back Pain in Adults Aged 50 and Older Using Data From the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.Nursing & health sciencesIn Korean adults aged 50 and older, lifestyle factors were associated with chronic low back pain. Female sex, older age, activity limitation, stress, low walking, high sitting, smoking, and diet appeared in a predictive model, but it was not strong enough for screening.
• PTRNOther2025Frailty and mobility in hospitalized older adults: an analytical cross sectional study.Revista brasileira de enfermagemFrail hospitalized older adults had much lower mobility than non-frail and prefrail patients. Prefrail and non-frail patients did not differ. This association was measured at admission, so it cannot show frailty caused the mobility loss.
• RNOther2026Capturing Gender Identity Through Documentation: A Program Evaluation of a Rural Mental Health Clinic.Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)A rural clinic recorded gender identity for 95% of 101 children and adolescents in 2023, compared with none of 3 in 2020. The paper did not measure whether this improved mental health or patient care.
• RNQualitative2026The Lived Experience of the Trusting Nurse-Patient Relationship Among Patients Admitted to Internal Medicine Wards.Journal of advanced nursingPatients described trust growing from feeling safe, then from nurses noticing them, listening, staying briefly, and offering small comforts. Nurses' authenticity mattered more than time spent. Hurried or task-only care undermined trust.
• RNSystematic Review2026Comparing sugammadex to neostigmine and their effects on delirium and postoperative cognitive function: A systematic review.Journal of perioperative practiceSugammadex did not reduce postoperative delirium or cognitive dysfunction compared with neostigmine. One small study reported better recovery scores, but the authors said they were unlikely clinically important.
• RNQualitative2026'Being an Outsider' and 'Being an Insider': A Focused Ethnography of Family Members' Visitation Experiences in an Adult ICU.Journal of advanced nursingIn a Chinese adult ICU with brief daily visits, families described being kept outside as powerless and uninformed. They made the waiting area a shared support space, using a designated visitor to bring back condition updates.
• RNQualitative2025Experiences of Mothers with Substance Use in the Care of Children in the First Year of Life: A Qualitative Content Analysis.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyMothers with substance use described trying hard to feed, weigh, and soothe their infants, while also sometimes choosing drugs over care. They relied on family or online advice and feared stigma.
• RNQualitative2025Quality midwifery care during childbirth at a midwife obstetric unit: A qualitative study.CurationisBirthing women reported verbal abuse, ignored complaints, little support and no companion. Midwives said they provided information and safe delivery but lacked staff and management support. Women and midwives disagreed about quality care.
• RNQualitative2025Factors influencing early introduction of complementary feeding in children under 2 years in Limpopo province.CurationisYoung mothers whose malnourished children were admitted described cultural beliefs and not knowing which foods were suitable as factors in feeding their children early. They said they had not received clear feeding information.
• RNOther2025The Effect of Training Based on the Family-centered Empowerment Model on the Self-efficacy and Self-esteem of Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy: A Quasi-experimental Study.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyChemotherapy patients who took five weekly family-centered empowerment training sessions with an active family member reported higher self-efficacy and self-esteem two weeks later than patients who received routine ward care.
• RNPilot2025Anxiety and vital signs in cancer patients and music students before and after a music intervention: a quasi-experimental pilot study.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemIn 18 chemotherapy patients, anxiety ratings fell after live music, but systolic blood pressure and heart rate rose. With no control group and chemotherapy ongoing, music cannot be credited.
• RNQualitative2025Stressors experienced by informal caregivers: implications for home care for dependent older adults.Revista brasileira de enfermagemInformal caregivers of dependent older adults described sleep deprivation, physical exhaustion, and financial strain as primary stressors. They relied on coping strategies like prayer and music, but these were insufficient to manage the high levels of emotional and physical overload they experienced.
• RNOther2025Complementary therapies for the management of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children: a scoping review.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem65 complementary therapies were mapped for children with ADHD, including neurofeedback, physical activity, yoga, supplements and diets. Evidence was mixed and often inconclusive, so benefits cannot be assumed.
• RNSystematic Review2025Reproductive Donors' Needs and Preferences: A Mixed-methods Systematic Review.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyReproductive donors wanted clear information, support, counselling, clarity about payment policies, rights over contact, and respectful care. For clinicians, this means asking donors what they need instead of assuming donation is satisfactory.
• RNSurvey2025Gender Differences in Willingness to Be Evaluated for Living Kidney Donation.Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.)Men with a relative who had kidney disease reported higher willingness to be evaluated for living donation than women, 71.5% versus 64.2%. When the relative was actively seeking a transplant, men reported 13.1% higher willingness after accounting for other differences.
• OTQualitative2025The Impact of a Leadership Support Programme on Care Home Residents and Their Families: A Qualitative Study From the Perspective of Participating Care Home Leaders.International journal of older people nursingCare home leaders described using emotion cards, image cards and family-tree questions to ask residents and relatives what mattered during moves. They reported more sharing of feelings and more involvement in decisions.
• RNSystematic Review2025Quality of life assessment instruments for radiodermatitis in cancer patients: scoping review.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemSkin-related quality-of-life tools were used across 32 studies in cancer patients with radiodermatitis, mainly Skindex-16 and DLQI. Both have Portuguese validation, but there is no consensus on the best instrument for assessing radiodermatitis impact.
• RNOther2025What Is 'Missed Nursing Care' During an Emerging Infectious Disease? A Concept Analysis.Nursing openMissed nursing care during emerging infections meant close-contact care was suboptimal, prioritised or interrupted. The analysis linked it to staffing, equipment, communication and nurse fatigue, but did not test whether addressing these improves patient outcomes.
• RNCohort2025Availability, access and feeding practices associated with malnutrition in children under 24 months in Mozambique.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemIn a Mozambican town, malnutrition in children under 24 months was associated with feeding practices, household food reserves and food insecurity. Growth monitoring should ask about food access and complementary feeding.