24.08.2026journal-article
Healthcare
Marwa Abd Elrahman Gaber Khalifa, Rasha Kadri Ibrahim, Abdelaziz Hendy, Nada Alqarawi, Fawzia Mohamed Mohamed Badran, Eman Hassan Mohamed Ali, Shaimaa Mahamed Araby Ebraheem
Background: The transition from nursing education to professional practice requires nurse interns to consolidate clinical competence, develop professional identity, and establish future expectations within their work environments. Aim: This study examined the associations among perceived work environment, professional identity, and dispositional hope among nurse interns and assessed whether perceived work environment and professional identity remained independently associated with dispositional hope after adjustmen …
24.08.2026journal-article
Home Health Care Management & Practice
Lianfeng Wang, Junlin Chen, Othman Talib
Objective: To synthesize evidence on nurse-mediated telehealth follow-up for adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) after hospital discharge, focusing on nursing roles and acute care utilization outcomes. Methods: This systematic review followed PRISMA 2020 guidance. PubMed, Web of Science, CINAHL, and Embase were searched from inception to January 31, 2026. Randomized controlled trials and controlled nonrandomized intervention studies were included when adults with COPD received postdischarge tel …
24.08.2026journal-article
Global Nursing Insights
Efe Gençler, Özlem Sinan
Aim: The present study aimed to determine the adults’ attitudes towards earthquakes and the influencing factors of attitudes towards earthquakes.Material and Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. The sample of the study consisted of 466 adults selected using a cluster sampling method from two different neighborhoods in a city in Türkiye. Data were collected using a questionnaire based on relevant literature and the Attitudes Towards Earthquake Scale. The descriptive statistics were used in the anal …
24.08.2026journal-article
Nursing Reports
Elisabeth M. Weiss, Markus Canazei, Siegmund Staggl, Laura Staller, Katharina Kreiger, Bernhard Holzner, Verena Dresen
Background/Objective: Web-delivered psychoeducational tools offer scalable options for managing elevated stress. Passive psychoeducation that delivers self-guided content without active psychotherapy techniques or homework may be particularly accessible at low costs. The present study examined the acceptability and preliminary effectiveness of a seven-week app-based passive psychoeducational stress-management program in an unselected cohort of nursing students. Methods: In this parallel-group randomized controlled …
24.08.2026journal-article
Nursing in Critical Care
Meng Huang, Meng Lv, Jiayu Huang, Yan Lin
ABSTRACT Background Existing research has focused mainly on high‐risk medication errors, contributory factors and process‐based interventions; less is known about nurses' everyday safety work in paediatric intensive care. Aim To explore how nurses maintain high‐risk medication safety in paediatric intensive care. Study Design A descriptive qualitative study using purposive sampling, critical incident interviews and inductive content analysis at a tertiary children's hospital in China. Results Ten nurses participate …
24.08.2026journal-article
Journal of Gerontological Nursing
Yu-Ping Chang, Vanessa Cameron, David E. Vance, Juh Hyun Shin
Purpose: To explore nurses' experiences caring for older people living with HIV (OPLWH). Method: Individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 nurses to explore their perspectives, challenges, and insights related to providing care for OPLWH. Results: Using thematic analysis, we identified seven themes that were further organized into four overarching domains to enhance coherence and alignment: (1) Health Care System and Structural Challenges , (2) Clinical and Functional Care Needs , (3) Psychosocia …
24.08.2026journal-article
Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
Thye Peng Ngo, Sasha N. Skinner, Neal Benowitz, Marlene Martin, Maya Vijayaraghavan
Abstract Background Tobacco use remains prevalent among patients hospitalized in safety-net settings, where co-occurring psychosocial and structural needs complicate treatment and contribute to persistent health disparities. However, little is known about how nurse-led tobacco treatment programs within addiction consult services are implemented, prioritized, and sustained. This study estimated tobacco use prevalence and correlates and examined multilevel factors influencing the implementation and sustainability of …
24.08.2026journal-article
Nursing
Kerri Hensler, Barbara Alba, Nicole George
Abstract: Nurses have up to four times more patient contact than physicians, positioning them as central drivers of communication in health care. Effective communication directly influences patient outcomes, teamwork, staff engagement, and the overall care experience. Today's nurses operate within a highly diverse environment that includes four generations in the workforce and up to eight generations of patients, each with distinct values, expectations, and communication preferences. This article examines how gener …
24.08.2026journal-article
International Journal of Public Health and Nursing
Magdy Nabil Maher Eryan, Ma. Julita Sibayan, Beryl Ben Mergal, Joyosthie Orbe
Healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) remain a persistent challenge in intensive care units (ICUs), contributing to increased morbidity, mortality, and healthcare expenditures. Despite established infection prevention and control (IPC) protocols, gaps persist between institutional policies and actual nursing practices, particularly in resource-constrained healthcare settings. Limited qualitative evidence from the Philippines highlights the need to understand the lived experiences of ICU nurses in controlling hea …
24.08.2026journal-article
Global Nursing Insights
Medine Koç, Havva Tel, Mustafa Başak, Hatice Tel Aydın, Çağdaş Akkaya, Özge Kısaoğlu
Aim: In many ways, the diagnosis of cancer affects the individual's mental health as well as their physical health. Cancer patients may experience a complex emotional state, loneliness, and isolation at different levels during the disease process. This study was conducted to determine the mental status and loneliness of patients diagnosed with cancer.Material and Methods: This descriptive study was conducted with 185 patients diagnosed with cancer. The research data were collected with the Brief Symptom Inventory a …
23.08.2026journal-article
Sage Sphere International Journal
Gladys Mendoza Canaviri
Introduction. Antibody-mediated rejection is an important cause of late kidney graft loss and may require complex immunomodulatory interventions, including therapeutic plasmapheresis. Methodology. This clinical case report describes a 45-year-old male patient with a history of deceased-donor kidney transplantation and chronic active antibody-mediated rejection, confirmed by kidney biopsy and the presence of donor-specific antibodies (DSA). Six sessions of therapeutic plasmapheresis with albumin and saline replaceme …
23.08.2026journal-article
Journal of Research in Nursing
Bernardete Costa Regalado, José Joaquim Marques Alvarelhão, João Filipe Fernandes Lindo Simões
Background: Admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) significantly impacts patients and their families, and unmet family needs can lead to post-intensive care syndrome–family (PICS-F), highlighting the importance of nursing support and family-centred care. Aims: To examine the association between the clinical status of critically ill patients (CIPs) and the perceived needs of their next of kin (NOK) in an ICU. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 140 dyads of CIPs and their NOK in a Portuguese ICU. …
23.08.2026journal-article
Journal of Child Health Care
Arina R. Brunekreeft-Budding, Ingrid I. E. Staal, Nicole R. A. Vullings, Willemieke Kroeze, Erik-Jan Smits, Gerben J. Westerhof
Using digital health interventions in prevention programs for families with young children is often optional for parents. In preventive youth health care, nurses routinely discuss availability and suitability of this option with parents. It remains unknown what drives parental decision-making and which factors influence the decision regarding use of e-consults. This study aimed to identify which nurse and parent factors are related to the parents’ decision. Data of 718 parents and 41 nurses were collected. It turne …
23.08.2026journal-article
Journal of Advanced Nursing
Kechi Iheduru‐Anderson, Roberta Waite, Teri A. Murray
ABSTRACT Aim To map the extent, range, and characteristics of Paulo Freire's critical pedagogy in nursing education scholarship, with Pedagogy of the Oppressed as the centering text, and to examine how this scholarship moves from citation to praxis. Design Scoping review. Methods Joanna Briggs Institute scoping review methodology was followed using the Population, Concept, and Context framework. Two independent reviewers screened sources at title and abstract and full‐text stages; disagreements were resolved by con …
23.08.2026journal-article
Journal of Research in Nursing
Asta Heikkilä, Minna Stolt, Maija Hupli, Jouko Katajisto, Boris Miha Kaučič, Katarzyna Kwiecień-Jaguś, Helena Leino-Kilpi, Leena Salminen, Riitta Suhonen
Background: Evidence-based practice is an internationally accepted healthcare standard grounded in research utilisation. Validated instruments allow evaluation of nursing education against European Union competence requirements. Aim: To assess the psychometric properties of the Competence in Research Utilisation (CompRU) instrument among graduating nursing students using data from three European countries. Methods: Data were collected from graduating nursing students ( n = 648) in Finland, Poland and Slovenia betwe …
23.08.2026journal-article
International Nursing Review
Kazumi Kubota
ABSTRACT Aim To propose design requirements for decision‐grade nursing policy intelligence that can translate nursing workforce and professional development signals into implementable policy action for the 2040 horizon. Background Health systems planning for 2040 face population ageing, fiscal constraint and rising care complexity. The central problem is not only estimating nursing supply but converting signals on workforce flows, career development, workload, supervision capacity, retention and service outcomes in …
23.08.2026journal-article
Nursing Inquiry
Amina Silva
ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence is increasingly integrated across nursing education, practice, research, and healthcare systems, yet its long‐term sustainability, economic viability, and organizational implications remain uncertain. This raises the question of how the profession should adapt when both rapid integration and cautious delay carry risk. In this discussion paper, I introduce two concepts to examine that question. The AI adaptation paradox describes the simultaneous pressure on nursing to accelerate AI …
23.08.2026journal-article
Nursing & Health Sciences
Soon Yeng Soo Hoo, Kathryn Kynoch
ABSTRACT The use of Patient‐Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) and Patient‐Reported Experience Measures (PREMs) in cardiovascular disease (CVD) healthcare is an area of global growing interest for improving patient clinical outcomes. Historically, PROMs and PREMs have evolved over the last three decades through the development of standardized measurement sets and integration with digital and Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems to support benchmarking and quality improvements in health servicing. As the global preva …
23.08.2026journal-article
Journal of Advanced Nursing
Lucas Lorran Costa de Andrade, Laura Cavalcanti de Farias Brehmer, Elisiane Lorenzini, Kássia Janara Veras Lima, Sabrina Blasius Faust, Wagner Ferreira Monteiro, Amélia Nunes Sicsú, Flávia Regina Souza Ramos
ABSTRACT Aim To examine the dimensions and meanings of the work environment of Primary Health Care nurses in relation to organizational conditions and professional practice. Design Sequential explanatory mixed‐methods study. Methods This study was conducted with Primary Health Care nurses in Manaus, Brazil. The quantitative phase included 243 participants using a validated work environment scale, analysed descriptively and compared across health districts. The qualitative phase involved 16 interviews analysed throu …
23.08.2026journal-article
Journal of Clinical Nursing
Hui Yan, Jie Zhu, Xinyue Wu, Guihui Luo, Shurui Gao, Xuting Li, Hao Xu, Man Ye
ABSTRACT Aims To explore the trajectories of supportive care needs and identify influencing factors in lung cancer surgical patients. Design Prospective cohort study. Methods Data from 287 patients at a Chinese tertiary hospital were collected at admission (T0), 2 weeks post‐surgery (T1), 3 months (T2), 6 months (T3) and 1 year post‐surgery (T4). Latent class growth models were used to identify supportive care need trajectories, and logistic regression was used to analyse influencing factors. Results Three trajecto …
23.08.2026journal-article
Journal of Clinical Nursing
Micaella Sotera Hansen, Ronald Lynel Castelino, Raymond Li, Neevika Manoharan, Jacqueline Bloomfield, Connie Van
ABSTRACT Aim To identify and describe the medication information needs and preferences of caregivers of children with cancer, and the factors that support or impede those needs being met. Design Qualitative descriptive study guided by reflexive thematic analysis. Methods Between November 2024 and July 2025, semi‐structured interviews were conducted with 13 caregivers purposively recruited from a tertiary paediatric oncology centre in Australia. Data collection and analysis proceeded concurrently using reflexive the …
23.08.2026journal-article
International Nursing Review
Zhengyi Ma, Hangna Qiu, Dongrun Liu, Juntong Jing, Yongkang Fu, Guangli Lu, Chaoran Chen
ABSTRACT Aim To explore the effect of psychological contract on turnover intention among young nurses and to investigate the mediating roles of psychological capital and job performance. Background The high turnover rate of young nurses poses a significant risk to the stability of the nursing workforce and organizational effectiveness. Although psychological contract has been recognized as an important factor influencing employee retention, how it affects turnover intention in young nurses remains underexplored. Me …
23.08.2026journal-article
Journal of Clinical Nursing
Vinciya Pandian, Cynthia Bradley, Veronica Coutinho, Michael Ackerman
ABSTRACT Simulation has become an essential strategy for advancing nursing practice, clinical competence, patient safety and healthcare system performance. As care environments become increasingly complex, nurses must be prepared to respond to high‐acuity situations, integrate emerging technologies, communicate effectively within interprofessional teams and contribute to quality improvement and systems transformation. This editorial introduces a special issue focused on simulation as a strategic driver of contempor …
23.08.2026journal-article
Borneo Nursing Journal (BNJ)
Nadia Shafa Salsabella, Setiana Andarwulan, Yuni Khoirul Waroh
Persalinan pada ibu primigravida, terutama ketika memasuki kala I fase aktif, sering disertai munculnya kecemasan yang dapat memengaruhi kenyamanan ibu selama proses persalinan. Pendekatan nonfarmakologis seperti pelvic rocking yang dipadukan dengan aromaterapi lemon–lemongrass dapat digunakan sebagai salah satu upaya untuk membantu mengendalikan kecemasan tersebut. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui efektivitas kombinasi pelvic rocking dan aromaterapi lemon–lemongrass terhadap tingkat kecemasan ibu bersalin …
