{"title":"Non-pharmacological pain relief in dialysis: commentary on a self-controlled study.","authors":"Pernilla Garmy","doi":"10.1177/17449871251370464","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17449871251370464","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"17449871251370464"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12443725/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145114534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Senior nursing students' perspectives on nursing management: a qualitative study.","authors":"Ana Luiza Ferreira Aydogdu, Busra Disbudak","doi":"10.1177/17449871251370631","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17449871251370631","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Theoretical and practical classes in nursing management are part of nursing programmes; however, students often state a need for more preparation to apply leadership and management skills in clinical settings, highlighting the need for innovative educational approaches. This gap between theoretical preparation and the practical application of leadership and management skills underscores the importance of understanding students' views on what constitutes effective nurse management.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study aimed to explore final-year nursing students' perspectives on the essential skills, practice and attitudes that nurse managers should demonstrate.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This is a descriptive qualitative study. It comprises written narratives of 35 senior undergraduate nursing students. Data were collected between 23 November 2023, and 4 December 2023. Descriptive thematic analysis was undertaken.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Five themes were identified: (1) What makes a successful nurse manager, (2) Perspectives on effective leadership in nursing, (3) Fostering empowerment in the nursing team, (4) Building and strengthening team cohesion in nursing and (5) Effective care delivery models. Students believe nurse managers should take on a more effective leadership role.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Nursing students' reflections can be utilised to update nursing curricula, to improve student leadership and managerial knowledge and skills as they enter the workforce.</p>","PeriodicalId":47172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Nursing","volume":"30 5-6","pages":"622-640"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12500597/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145252978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Why is it important how the nursing profession is perceived?","authors":"Pernilla Garmy","doi":"10.1177/17449871251347172","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17449871251347172","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"17449871251347172"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12436337/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145081976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The impact of nurse-led disease management education on outcomes of patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a randomised controlled trial.","authors":"Ayten Dağ, Zeliha Tulek, Emire Seyahi","doi":"10.1177/17449871251328936","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17449871251328936","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Compliance to treatment is often poor in ankylosing spondylitis (AS), and it is well known that treatment compliance has a significant impact on patient outcomes.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study was carried out to investigate the effect of a nurse-led disease management education programme on outcomes of patients with AS. The study was conducted as a randomised controlled experimental study.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 122 patients, 61 in the intervention group and 61 in the control group, participated in this study. All patients were using TNF-α inhibitors. Patients were assessed using Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI), Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index (BASFI), Compliance Questionnaire on Rheumatology (CQR), Ankylosing Spondylitis Quality of Life Scale (ASQoL) and Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Mean age of the intervention and the control group were 42.6 (±9.9) and 44.8 (±8.6) years, respectively. Although all scale scores were similar at baseline, by the end of the study, the mean scores for BASDAI (<i>p</i> < 0.001), BASFI (<i>p</i> = 0.026), ASQoL (<i>p</i> < 0.001), TSK (<i>p</i> = 0.001) and CQR (<i>p</i> < 0.001) in the intervention group showed significant improvement.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Nurse-led disease management education is effective in improving patient outcomes. Continuous education and counselling should be provided to patients, their families and caregivers.</p>","PeriodicalId":47172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"17449871251328936"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12420644/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145041957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Overcoming barriers in getting research published: a commentary.","authors":"Vinod Ravindran","doi":"10.1177/17449871251347851","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17449871251347851","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"17449871251347851"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12417461/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145041994","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Perspective: Sorted: an experimental interpretive poetry piece on injectable medications care at the end of life.","authors":"Bella Madden, Ben Bowers","doi":"10.1177/17449871251357097","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17449871251357097","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Nursing","volume":"30 5-6","pages":"643-648"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12405444/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145233758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beyond the cherry on top: positioning nutrition where it belongs.","authors":"Francesca Tabacchi","doi":"10.1177/17449871251362662","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17449871251362662","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"17449871251362662"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12405192/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145001629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Colin J Crooks, Joe West, Tasso Gazis, Joanne R Morling, Mark Simmonds, Irene Juurlink, Steve Briggs, Simon Cruickshank, Susan Hammond-Pears, Dominick Shaw, Timothy R Card, Andrew Fogarty
{"title":"Improving patient flow: ethnicity and socio-economic status associated with delayed discharge from hospital in patients with COVID-19 infection: An observational epidemiological study.","authors":"Colin J Crooks, Joe West, Tasso Gazis, Joanne R Morling, Mark Simmonds, Irene Juurlink, Steve Briggs, Simon Cruickshank, Susan Hammond-Pears, Dominick Shaw, Timothy R Card, Andrew Fogarty","doi":"10.1177/17449871241310384","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17449871241310384","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Understanding the reasons for delays in leaving hospital once an in-patient is considered ready for discharge is important to inform the development of interventions to improve patient flow through resource-stressed healthcare systems.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>To identify risk factors for delayed discharge from hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study population was all patients admitted with COVID-19 infection from February 2020 to September 2021 to a large UK teaching hospital.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Data were available from 7929 admission events with a median delay of 0.20 days from being considered medically safe for discharge and the discharge date. Age older than 60 years (+2.23 days), White ethnicity (+1.58 days compared to SE Asian), living in an area of increased affluence (+0.13 days per decile decrease in deprivation) and having two or more comorbidities (+1.82 days; compared to no comorbidities) were associated with delayed discharge.There was a total potential saving of over 22,000 bed-days if all patients had been discharged when they were considered medically safe.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Early identification of patients at an increased risk of a delayed discharge may allow development of appropriate anticipatory interventions, and inform policymakers to help identify and minimise bottlenecks at the institutional level.</p>","PeriodicalId":47172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"17449871241310384"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12397081/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144973914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lea Godino, Camilla Elena Magi, Mattia Ricco, Domenica Gazineo
{"title":"Italian cross-cultural validation of the Scale for the Image of the Nursing Profession.","authors":"Lea Godino, Camilla Elena Magi, Mattia Ricco, Domenica Gazineo","doi":"10.1177/17449871251347157","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17449871251347157","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Despite being a university-educated, evidence-based profession, nursing's social image often lags behind its professional reality, particularly in Italy.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>To translate and validate the Scale for the Image of the Nursing Profession (SINP) for the Italian context.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study followed a six-phase process. A single sample was randomly split for exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Internal consistency was assessed using Cronbach's alpha. Test-retest reliability was evaluated using Pearson's correlation coefficient (r) on a convenience sample.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The demographic characteristics of the two sub-groups (sub-group A: <i>N</i> = 874; sub-group B: <i>N</i> = 873) were uniformly distributed (<i>p</i> > 0.05). EFA on 42 items in sub-group A identified five dimensions explaining 54.7% of the variance, removing 12 items with low factor loadings (<0.50). CFA in sub-group B confirmed the robustness of the five-dimensional structure. The overall questionnaire showed strong internal consistency (α = 0.84) and excellent test-retest reliability (<i>r</i> = 0.99, <i>p</i> < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The I-SINP is a reliable, culturally sensitive tool for assessing public perceptions of nursing in Italy. It provides a valuable resource for policymakers, educators and organisations in enhancing the visibility and recognition of the nursing profession, providing a solid foundation for improving its societal image and, thereby, supporting recruitment and retention within the profession.</p>","PeriodicalId":47172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"17449871251347157"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12394205/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144973943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Motivation, Barriers, and Trust: Supporting Early Breast Cancer Treatment: a commentary.","authors":"Katarina Sjövall","doi":"10.1177/17449871251347825","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17449871251347825","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47172,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"17449871251347825"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12394201/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144973946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}