Nursing Reports, Volume 15, Issue 4

Background/Objectives: Although nursing complexity and health literacy (HL) are critical determinants of patient outcomes, their combined impact on mortality, hospital re-admissions, and emergency department (ED) visits remains poorly understood. Thi...

Background: Care plans are a critical tool in nursing education because they enhance clinical competence; however, undergraduate students often face challenges in writing them effectively, which can impact their readiness for clinical practice. While...

Background: Breast cancer is one of the main causes of mortality among women, and mastectomy has a significant effect on the body image, sexuality and psychology of women. The aim of postmastectomy rehabilitation is to improve functionality, minimize...

Background: Recent trends in public psychiatry have resulted in increasingly shorter hospital stays. In parallel, a number of patients seem to require frequent rehospitalization. Several studies have examined the subject of rehospitalization in psych...

Objective: Psychological safety (PS) is essential for health and social care professionals (HSCPs) working in high-stress environments. While much of the existing research focuses on PS within teams, less is known about HSCPs’ lived experiences...

Background/Objectives: The advent of large language models (LLMs), like platforms such as ChatGPT, capable of generating quick and interactive answers to complex questions, opens the way for new approaches to training healthcare professionals, enabli...

Background: The Caregiver Contribution to Self-Care of Diabetes Inventory (CC-SCODI) is an instrument grounded in the middle-range theory of self-care of chronic illness. It is designed to measure how caregivers support individuals with diabetes mell...

Background: The prevention of pressure injuries depends on the early and correct assessment of at-risk patients. Since risk assessment involves more than using a risk factor instrument, we intend to map the existing recommendations and statements of...

Background/Objectives: Human dignity is an inalienable value central to human rights and ethics. Professional dignity is pivotal to fostering self-esteem, job satisfaction, and high-quality care in nursing. Despite its importance, no validated tool c...

Background/Objetives: Pressure injuries pose a significant challenge in healthcare, adversely impacting individuals’ quality of life and healthcare systems, particularly in intensive care units. The effective identification of at-risk individua...