2026 March - 27 articles
Background/Objectives: Head and neck cancer survivors experience many late toxicities following radiation therapy. This study aims to identify symptom clusters of late toxicities and their related factors in head and neck cancer survivors. Methods: A...
Background/Objectives: Secondary traumatic stress (STS) affects healthcare professionals indirectly exposed to patients’ trauma, and emergency personnel may be particularly vulnerable. Evidence from Romania is limited. Methods: We conducted a c...
Background/Objectives: Research that systematically identifies the components of a psychosocial workplace environment tailored to people with mental illness is limited. This scoping review aimed to map the existing literature and clarify the key conc...
Background/Objectives: Oral mucositis (OM) is a common complication in onco-hematological patients undergoing chemotherapy and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, negatively affecting comfort, nutrition, and quality of life. Despite existing ass...
Background: Australia’s increasingly multicultural landscape has seen a rise in culturally and linguistically diverse populations, many of whom face subtle and systemic forms of discrimination known as “new racism”. Objective: Under...
Objectives: This study aims to identify factors associated with medication errors among home care nurses in Italy, focusing on the relationships between knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors, and assessing how sociodemographic and professional characte...
Background/Objectives: While caregiver burden in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is well documented, the association between informal support and patient-reported outcomes (PROs), particularly health-related quality of life (QoL) and psychological w...
Background: Professional identity and ethical integrity are foundational to nursing practice and are shaped in part by educational experiences. This study evaluated an online Holocaust and genocide educational seminar delivered to fourth-year Bachelo...
Patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD) and their caregivers experience extensive physical, psychological, and social burdens and needs for resources. However, empirical evidence on patients’ and caregivers’ specific reported use of...
The exponential growth of artificial intelligence has transformed global information ecosystems, introducing complex technological challenges that extend far beyond its computational capabilities [...]
Background: Fatigue is a multidimensional and subjective experience, and it is one of the most common symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS), affecting up to 80% of patients and acting as a major driver of work disability. Despite its clinical significa...
Background/Objectives: Pain is a common symptom for hospitalised older adults. Pain is not always adequately assessed, which can lead to inadequate pain management and adverse patient outcomes. Thus, new technology-driven pain assessment tools have b...
Health research often requires human participants to complete one or more study-related tasks (fill out questionnaires, attend an interview, undergo an experimental treatment, etc [...]
Digital health technologies are being used in healthcare more than ever, which has implications for the daily work of nurses. As the newest members of the nursing profession, new graduate nurses (NGNs) experience great change during the transition to...
Background/Objectives: Disasters have a substantial impact on health systems and populations worldwide, with increasing frequency, mortality, and economic losses associated with natural hazards. The United Nations emphasises that disasters result fro...
Background/Objectives: Undergraduate nursing students experience high levels of stress and depressive symptoms. This study investigated the prevalence of stress and depressive symptoms among undergraduate nursing students and analyzed the sociodemogr...
Background/Objectives: The rapid expansion of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and large language model-based chatbots has accelerated their adoption in higher education, including nursing. This scoping review mapped the use of AI-based chatbo...
Background/Objective: Nursing students commonly use social networking sites during clinical practicums, and excessive use may interfere with their attention, performance, and training during clinical placements. However, the relationship between prob...
Introduction: Currently, REBOA (Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta) is an emerging technique for resuscitation in patients presenting severe pathology in hemodynamic shock refractory to conventional treatments. The REBOA techni...
Background/Objectives: To identify existing evidence on strategies for standardising nursing handovers in paediatric hospital settings, given their impact on communication, safety, and quality of care. International bodies such as the WHO and The Joi...
Background/Objectives: Evaluation of students in practicums is essential in their training process. Mobile technologies enable formative assessments in training, enhance feedback, and improve students’ clinical competence and self-efficacy. Nev...
Background/Objectives: This study aimed to analyze the perceptions and experiences of health professionals regarding teamwork as an interprofessional competency within the context of Intensive Care Units (ICUs) in a Brazilian public teaching hospital...
Background/Objectives: Evidence on postmortem grief care for family caregivers after home-based end-of-life care is limited. This scoping review aimed to map the content and effects of such interventions for adult family caregivers after home deaths....
Background/Objectives: Pressure injuries and falls are frequent hospital adverse events. Identifying high-risk periods may help guide preventive strategies. In this exploratory study, we aimed to estimate the time from hospital admission to the occur...
Background: Teamwork promotes the quality and safety of care. The TeamSTEPPS® program enhances communication and teamwork among healthcare professionals and students, as well as the associated benefits. Currently, there are no studies that compre...
Background/Objectives: Nutritional management is central to the care of patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), yet malnutrition often remains under-recognized due to gaps in nursing knowledge and competencies. This study aimed to develop and v...
Background/Objectives: Integrating technology with caring is essential in modern healthcare, yet the clinical applicability of nursing theories remains underexplored. Locsin’s Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing (TCCN) theory emphasiz...
