2025 June - 41 articles
Background: Although there is recent evidence from a range of sources that demonstrates the usefulness of assessing satisfaction with healthcare, there is still a lack of evidence regarding the satisfaction with healthcare received by adult individua...
Background/Objectives: Organizing nurses’ work is crucial for ensuring patient care quality and efficiency. Nurses’ work methods directly influence patient safety and healthcare outcomes, making them vital for effective health services. A...
Introduction: Psychomotor agitation represents a complex medical emergency, particularly challenging in prehospital settings. Since March 2020, the incidence of psychomotor agitation has significantly increased. Rationale: Emergency Medical Services...
Background: As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to advance in healthcare, limited research has explored how nursing professionals perceive its integration into clinical practice and education—particularly among those directly involved in...
Introduction: The health education curricula should explicitly recognize, define, and address the unique needs and health disparities faced by Black and LGBTQIA+ populations, as a means of ensuring that healthcare for these populations is both compre...
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a pressing global health challenge, driving the need for effective antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programmes. Despite nurses’ critical role in care delivery, their involvement in AMS remains under-recognized....
Background: Healthcare is a dynamic environment for nurses, with early career nurses (ECNs) needing to adapt and learn while also meeting care demands. Effective support systems, mentorship, and continuous professional development are vital in facili...
Background/Objectives: Leadership in nursing plays a pivotal role in the provision of high-quality healthcare. It is, therefore, of paramount importance to understand the challenges encountered by newly qualified nurses when assuming leadership respo...
Background/Objectives: All countries face a shortage of qualified nurses. Based on the social cognitive career theory (SCCT), it is assumed that individual and environmental aspects are interlinked and determinants in career choice and vocational beh...
Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate uterine prolapse (UP) among women attending a semi-urban health center for routine gynecological examinations. Specifically, the study explores the potential association between UP and various establ...
Background/Objectives: The use of standardized assessment tools within the nursing care process is a globally established practice, widely recognized as a foundation for evidence-based evaluation. Accurate translation is essential to ensure their cor...
Background/Objectives: Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a major global public health concern, significantly impacting patient safety and healthcare quality. These infections are associated with high morbidity and mortality rates, prolonged...
Background: Patients who undergo cardiac surgery and procedures often experience functional impairments. However, few studies have compared changes in physical function, cognitive function, mental health, and sleep quality before and after the interv...
Aim: This study aimed to explore the relationships between burnout, emotional intelligence (EI), and work engagement (WE) among hospital nurses. Specifically, it examined the mediating role of burnout in the relationship between EI and WE. Background...
Background/Objectives: To examine shifts and challenges in transitional care practices during COVID-19 and the adaptive strategies developed by Transitional Care Nurses (TCNs) in response. Methods: A qualitative descriptive study was conducted using...
Background/Objectives: Ostomy creation surgery is a common intervention for patients with conditions such as colorectal cancer, ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, or acute events like trauma and gastrointestinal perforation. Individuals with...
Background and Objective: Delirium, a prevalent neurocognitive disorder, frequently affects critically ill patients hospitalized in intensive care units (ICUs), leading to increased mortality, prolonged hospital stays, and higher healthcare costs. Th...
Background: Nursing students’ readiness for clinical practicums is critical to nursing education. Concerns about students’ preparedness for clinical courses have emerged due to increased student-to-educator ratios and limited hands-on pra...
Background/Objectives: Comparative analysis of work ability factors between German nurses without a migration background and Kosovar nurses working in Germany as nurses with a migration background. Methods: This is an observational cross-sectional st...
Background/Objectives: Hospital discharge of pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) patients is complex and requires multidisciplinary efforts to ensure patients/caregivers are prepared for transition to the outpatient setting. This peri...
Background: Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a chronic disease that significantly impacts individuals’ quality of life, affecting their physical, psychological, social, and environmental well-being. Objectives: This study investigates how self-care hab...
Background: Ensuring the safety of patients in the operating room, through the monitoring and prevention of adverse events is a central priority of healthcare delivery. In the professionalization of operating room nurses, the processes of identifying...
Background/Objectives: Clinical incivility is a persistent issue in nursing education and practice, with negative impacts on students, educators, and clinicians. Uncivil behaviors—such as belittling, exclusion, and dismissiveness—compromi...
Background: Nursing decision-making is pivotal for patient safety and care quality. While artificial intelligence (AI) offers transformative potential in this field, a comprehensive analysis of global research trends is lacking. Methods: We conducted...
Background/Objectives: Although psychoeducation for relatives of individuals with a first episode psychosis is important for increasing understanding of psychosis, reducing relapse rates, decreasing hospitalization duration, and improving patient fun...
Background/Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by SARS-CoV-2, required the rapid development of diagnostic tests. SARS-CoV-2, part of the betacoronavirus genus, shares characteristics with SARS-CoV-1, including its ability to survive on surface...
Background: Nurses play a fundamental role in identifying the early symptoms of sepsis and thereby contribute to early diagnosis and prevention, which decreases complications and mortality rates and lowers the cost of care. This study aimed to evalua...
Background/Objectives: Clinical debriefing is a learning tool that promotes reflection after critical incidents, improving patient safety and professional performance. TALK© is a debriefing technique designed to facilitate structured team self-r...
Background: The development of the pediatric nursing specialty in Spain is uneven, with marked differences between Autonomous Communities in training and employment. This study analyzes its evolution, current situation, and existing disparities. Mate...
Background: Roughly 18% of all patients discharged from hospitals in the United States experience an unplanned hospital readmission (UHR) within 30 days of discharge. This can be life-threatening for patients and costs the U.S. health care system bil...
Background: The ageing of the population and the progressive increase in chronic diseases represent a major challenge for healthcare systems. The community nurse case manager (CNCM) is emerging as a key figure to provide comprehensive and continued c...
Background: Educational requirements in healthcare are constantly evolving, and understanding nurses’ motivations toward continuing education is critical to designing nursing programs, developing workforce strategies, and ensuring better health...
Gender-based violence is a social problem that affects the health of women in all countries, cultures, ages and economic status; its complexity requires a transdisciplinary approach. However, this study will emphasize the care provided by nursing in...
Background: Diabetes is common among nursing home residents, with approximately one in four affected, a figure expected to rise. Despite the complexity of care required, educational support for nursing home staff remains limited. This study will aim...
Background/Objectives: Gender bias in healthcare remains a persistent challenge, partly due to gaps in gender-related knowledge among professionals. While existing instruments assess gender sensitivity and gender-role ideology, there is a lack of gen...
Background/Objectives: Nursing diagnosis is a complex process that requires clinical judgment, time, and resources and whose implementation is hindered by factors such as workload, lack of time, and resistance to computerized systems. This study aime...
Background: Eye tracking technology, when used in nursing, helps to reduce medication errors by analyzing eye movements. In education, it provides insights into student learning, cognitive load, and instructional design, allowing for more personalize...
Background/Objectives: Technological advancements are revolutionizing nursing education by improving precision, patient outcomes, and learning experiences. There is an urgent need for systematic frameworks to help nurse educators effectively integrat...
Background/Objectives: Understanding environmental experiences in residential dementia care is crucial for enhancing care practices, training, and policy. The environment’s role in dementia care is complex. Allied health and nursing professiona...
Background/Objectives: High-quality healthcare delivery relies on a on a sustainable nursing workforce. However, rising attrition rates and declining enrollment in nursing programs pose a significant challenge. A comprehensive synthesis of these fact...
Background/Objectives: Organ transplantation is a vital treatment for individuals with advanced chronic-degenerative diseases. However, the global shortage of donated organs remains a significant challenge. Improving knowledge and attitudes could pos...
