Children | Highly Cited Papers and Hot Topic Special Issues in the “Pediatric Nursing” Section
The “Pediatric Nursing” Section of the journal Children (ISSN: 2227-9067) is committed to representing issues related to nursing care provided to children of all ages and in every setting. Articles may address any aspect of clinical care, family-centered care, service delivery, public health, health education or research related to children’s health and illness from a nursing perspective or with a focus on nursing interventions. All study types with rigorous methodology and analysis are welcome. Novel commentaries with relevance to pediatric nursing will also be considered. Case reports will only be considered if they report on novel findings with important clinical implications.
Keywords:
- Child;
- Primary health care;
- Public health;
- Critical care;
- Pediatric nursing;
- Neonatal nursing;
- Maternal–child nursing;
- Family nursing;
- School nursing;
- Caregivers;
- Child health;
- Patient care management;
- Patient-centered care;
- Health education;
- Comprehensive health care;
- Continuity of patient care.
We welcome everyone to follow our section and explore topics that may be of interest to you. For more details about this section and to gain access to its latest publications, please visit https://www.mdpi.com/journal/children/sections/Pediatric_Nursing.
Here are some high cited articles published during 2024 and 2025 in this Section:
1. “Child and Family Outcomes and Experiences Related to Family-Centered Care Interventions for Hospitalized Pediatric Patients: A Systematic Review”
by Christine R. Hodgson, Renee Mehra and Linda S. Franck
Children 2024, 11(8), 949; https://doi.org/10.3390/children11080949
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/11/8/949
2. “Effectiveness of Non-Pharmacological Interventions in the Management of Pediatric Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review”
by Abel Checa-Peñalver, Cristina Lírio-Romero, Esther A. Luiz Ferreira, Sonsoles Hernandes-Iglesias, Inmaculada García-Valdivieso, Juan Manuel Pérez-Pozuelo and Sagrario Gómez-Cantarino
Children 2024, 11(12), 1420; https://doi.org/10.3390/children11121420
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/11/12/1420
3. “Vulnerability in Children with Celiac Disease: Findings from a Scoping Review”
by Lúcia Macedo, Marta Catarino, Constança Festas and Paulo Alves
Children 2024, 11(6), 729; https://doi.org/10.3390/children11060729
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/11/6/729
4. “Deciphering the Link Between Diagnosis-Related Group Weight and Nursing Care Complexity in Hospitalized Children: An Observational Study”
by Manuele Cesare, Fabio D’Agostino, Emanuele Sebastiani, Nursing and Public Health Group, Gianfranco Damiani and Antonello Cocchieri
Children 2025, 12(1), 103; https://doi.org/10.3390/children12010103
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/12/1/103
5. “Bowel Management in Hirschsprung Disease—Pre-, Peri- and Postoperative Care for Primary Pull-Through”
by Judith Lindert, Felix Schulze and Stefanie Märzheuser
Children 2024, 11(5), 588; https://doi.org/10.3390/children11050588
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/11/5/588
6. “Family-Centered Care for LGBTQ+ Parents of Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: An Integrative Review”
by Olivia Swedberg Yinger, Aubrey Jones, Keisa Fallin-Bennett, Chelsea Gibbs and Rachel H. Farr
Children 2024, 11(6), 615; https://doi.org/10.3390/children110606158020170
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/11/6/615
7. “Stress in Family Caregivers of Children with Chronic Health Conditions: A Case–Control Study”
by Jaqueline Brosso Zonta, Aline Cristiane Cavicchioli Okido, Bruna Josiane de Lima, Bianca Annie Martins, Wendy Sue Looman, Luis Carlos Lopes-Júnior, Fernanda Machado Silva-Rodrigues and
Regina Aparecida Garcia de Lima
Children 2024, 11(11), 1347; https://doi.org/10.3390/children11111347
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/11/11/1347
8. “Aquatic Therapy in Children and Adolescents with Disabilities: A Scoping Review”
by Anna Ogonowska-Slodownik, Oliwia Jakobowicz, Lyndsay Alexander, Andresa R. Marinho-Buzelli, Catherine Devion and Natalia Morgulec-Adamowicz
Children 2024, 11(11), 1404; https://doi.org/10.3390/children11111404
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/11/11/1404
To enrich the academic content of this Section and advance frontier research, we welcome proposals at https://www.mdpi.com/journalproposal/sendproposalspecialissue/children.
Relevant Special Issues:
“Nursing Care in Paediatric Intensive Care Unit”
Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Janet Yvonne Mattsson and Prof. Dr. Gunilla Björling
Submission deadline: 20 June 2026
“Emerging Challenges in Pediatric and Neonatal Acute Care: Clinical Innovation and Soft Skills Support”
Guest Editors: Dr. Silvia Marino and Dr. Milena La Spina
Submission deadline: 15 July 2026
If you have any questions about submissions or Special Issue projects, please do not hesitate to contact us at children@mdpi.com.
Children Editorial Office