2026 July - 47 articles
Background/Objectives: Advancing clinical competence within contemporary healthcare systems requires innovative educational approaches that bridge professional silos. While Interprofessional Education (IPE) is globally recognized as a mechanism to en...
Background/Objectives: Dependency-related skin injuries (DRSIs) are a significant health issue that exacerbates in critically ill patients, as their clinical condition (immobility, hemodynamic instability, use of diagnostic and therapeutic devices, m...
Purpose: Breast cancer has been recognised as a chronic condition, with survivors experiencing long-term physical and psychosocial effects following treatment. Supporting breast cancer survivors to self-manage their health can optimise health-related...
Background/Objectives: Self-management intervention strategies are recommended to address the needs of breast cancer survivors (BCSs) who have cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Despite the benefits, these strategies are often suboptimally implemented,...
Background: Postoperative pain is a significant continuous clinical problem for patients in surgical units. This study aimed to examine surgical nurses’ attitudes toward the use of non-pharmacological techniques in postoperative pain management...
Background/Objective: Social media platforms have become increasingly integrated into nursing students’ academic and daily lives, influencing how health-related information is accessed, evaluated, and shared. At the same time, eHealth literacy...
Background/Objectives: The assessment of clinical competencies in nursing education requires valid and reliable instruments, especially for essential procedures such as the placement of a cervical collar in the care of polytrauma patients. The object...
Elder abuse is internationally recognized as a growing problem of the 21st century that requires urgent intervention and action. This review aimed to synthesize evidence on the prevalence and risk factors of elder abuse between 2010 and 2022. A total...
Background/Objectives: Adolescent pregnancy remains a global public health challenge associated with adverse outcomes for both mothers and newborns. This study aimed to use two instruments and several multivariate techniques to identify a minimal set...
Background/Objectives: In rural settings, work, family, and environmental conditions are closely intertwined, requiring Primary Health Care to recognize care needs arising from productive work and everyday family responsibilities. This study aimed to...
Background/Objectives: Human trafficking is the use of force, fraud, or coercion to compel a person to provide labor or sex and has become a public health crisis. This scoping review aimed to identify known risk factors for trafficking among North Am...
Pain is highly prevalent during hospitalization, and inadequate assessment contributes to avoidable suffering, prolonged length of stay, and increased resource use. Nurses play a central role in pain assessment, timely analgesic administration, patie...
Background/Objectives: Climate change is a major global health challenge with direct implications for public health. As frontline health professionals and agents of change, nurses must develop competencies to address climate-related health issues and...
Background/Objectives: Sexual health is frequently under-addressed after stroke, despite its relevance to intimacy, identity, relationships, and rehabilitation. This convergent mixed-methods study integrated sex-specific screening with descriptive na...
Background: Bronchiectasis is a chronic respiratory condition characterised by irreversible airway dilation and recurrent infections, resulting in significant symptom burden and frequent healthcare utilisation. Although nurses are central to chronic...
Background/Objectives: The employment of migrant nurses requires structured support from local nursing staff. However, multiple challenges persist in facilitating effective collaboration. We aimed to clarify the efforts made by Japanese nurses and id...
Background: Moral distress is a significant concern in nursing, particularly among newly graduated registered nurses transitioning into professional practice. Limited experience, high workloads, and exposure to ethically challenging situations may ne...
Background/Objectives: This study aimed to assess technostress and burnout levels among healthcare practitioners, explore the relationships between technostress, perceived organizational support (POS), and burnout, and examine whether POS mediates th...
Background/Objectives: Nursing is characterised by demanding working conditions, including long working hours and staffing shortages. Although Decent Work (DW) has been proposed as a framework for improving labour conditions, existing measures do not...
Background/Objectives: Sexualized drug use (SDU) and chemsex have emerged as a growing public health concern globally, reflecting complex intersections between sexual practices, psychoactive substance use, and structural vulnerabilities. In Brazil, h...
Background/Objectives: As the frequency and impact of global disasters intensify, the role of nursing in disaster management has become increasingly vital. Analyzing the evolution of disaster nursing research can inform preparedness strategies and en...
Background: Simulation-based education (SBE) is increasingly integrated into medical curricula to enhance clinical reasoning, reflective practice, and experiential learning in safe educational environments. Evaluating learners’ satisfaction is...
Background: The transition to motherhood represents a critical life phase marked by profound biological, psychological and social changes. During this period, women’s nutritional practices are shaped not only by physiological needs but also by...
Background/Objectives: Attitudes toward end-of-life care (EOLC) are a key component of nursing practice. This study aimed to assess nursing students’ attitudes toward EOLC and their perceived preparedness to manage end-of-life situations. Metho...
Background: In-hospital falls are common adverse events associated with injuries, functional decline, prolonged length of stay, and increased healthcare costs, which require effective and sustained nursing interventions. Objective: To identify, throu...
Objective: To map the scientific evidence and identify knowledge gaps regarding the health of Black and Sexual and Gender Minority populations within the global context of health education. Introduction: Health education curricula should explicitly r...
Background/Objectives: Norway’s ageing population includes many older adults living alone who receive home care and are at increased risk of loneliness. Loneliness is the subjective sense of unmet or imbalanced social needs, shaped by culture a...
Background/Objective: Colleges and universities worldwide are experiencing an increase in students from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Nursing students who study in a second language face both theoretical and practical challenges within...
Background/Objectives: Health systems across Europe are increasingly challenged by population ageing, multimorbidity, and persistent inequities in access to care. Community Nursing has emerged as a promising approach to strengthening preventive, comm...
Background: Chemsex, or sexualized drug use, exists along a continuum ranging from non-problematic, consensual recreational practice across diverse populations to problematic behaviors linked with clinical vulnerabilities, substance dependence, or co...
Background/Objectives: Critical thinking in healthcare settings is essential in nursing and is a key element of delivering high-quality patient care. However, the disconnect between theoretical knowledge and practical application, along with pressure...
Background: Older adults undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) often experience substantial physical and psychosocial challenges that may adversely affect their quality of life. Perceived social support, coping, and health literacy are...
Background: Patient non-attendance for scheduled diagnostic examinations represents a persistent challenge for healthcare systems and may reflect organizational and access-related barriers. Prolonged waiting times for diagnostic examinations like mag...
Background/Objectives: The aim of the study was to explore the specific relationships between sleep quality, physical activity levels, and demographic characteristics (age, education level, and work experience) in night shift nurses working at hospit...
Background: Nurse–patient communication is a nurse-associated, interprofessionally delivered care-process indicator captured by the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS), but its hospital-level association wi...
Background/Objectives: Undergraduate nursing students consider bioscience courses essential to their education and clinical practice, yet they often find them challenging. This study explored the associations among achievement goal orientations, perc...
Background/Objectives: Formal level of education and length of professional experience are widely thought to shape both how often nurses report adverse events and how safe they perceive their workplace to be for patients. Large multicentre data from...
Background: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic condition characterized by persistent inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. Sexual dysfunction is a common but often overlooked consequence of IBD, affecting approximately half of women...
Background: Maternal postpartum hospital readmissions represent profound implications for maternal health outcomes and potential gaps in quality of maternal care. Objective: This study aims to synthesise evidence on risk factors for maternal postpart...
Background/Objectives: Chronic kidney disease and hemodialysis have a significant impact on patients’ lives. Social and clinical factors may influence perceived disease burden and the availability of social support, both of which are relevant f...
Background/Objectives: Parental stress during neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission affects parental well-being, bonding, and neonatal outcomes. Reliable assessment requires instruments adapted to the linguistic and cultural context of each p...
Background: Postpartum depression is a prevalent maternal mental health concern during the early postpartum period. Nevertheless, limited evidence is available regarding this condition among postpartum women in Yunnan Province, China. Objectives: To...
Background: Clinical reasoning is a vital competency for safe nursing practice, yet no validated Arabic instrument exists to assess this skill among nursing students in Saudi Arabia. Aim: This study aimed to translate, culturally adapt, and psychomet...
Introduction: Applying the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) framework, this study examined longitudinal associations among activities of daily living (ADL) limitations, participation, and well-being among comm...
Background/Objectives: Patient- and family-initiated abuse of nurses is widely recognized as workplace violence, but it also raises a distinct professional-regulatory question: when may a nurse end or restrict an established therapeutic relationship...
Background/Objective: Island Health has offered a New Graduate Transition Program (NGTP) since 2005 and refreshed its existing curricular program for the 2022 to 2024 new nurse graduates as the BC healthcare system entered pandemic recovery. Methods:...
Background: Research on nursing interventions for breast cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy is increasing. However, comprehensive mapping and synthesis regarding the field’s overall knowledge structure and development remain limited. This...
