23 papers
Nursing represents the vital bridge between clinical science and compassionate patient care, exploring everything from bedside procedures to the complex emotional needs of healing communities. This field goes far beyond basic medical tasks, investigating how caregivers influence recovery, manage chronic conditions, and support families during their most vulnerable moments.
At Gist.Science, we curate the latest research on nursing directly from medRxiv, ensuring that these critical insights remain accessible to everyone. We process every new preprint in this category, transforming dense academic findings into both plain-language overviews and detailed technical summaries so you can grasp the full scope of the work without getting lost in jargon.
Below are the latest papers in nursing, offering a fresh look at how evidence-based practice is evolving to improve lives every day.
A quantitative study of 241 student nurses in Eastern Ghana reveals that the school environment and social interaction are significant predictors of their overall satisfaction with academic programmes, highlighting the need for institutional interventions in these areas.
The authors have withdrawn their manuscript on safeguarding against hospital-acquired pressure injuries in dark skin tones because it is being substantially revised with a new perspective and different conclusions, and they request that it not be cited.
This prospective cohort study of 528 neonates in Tigray, Ethiopia, found that 41% experienced peripheral intravenous cannula-related local complications, with a median onset of 78 hours, and identified chronic illness, lack of saline flushing, non-visible veins, multiple insertion attempts, and specific insertion sites as significant independent predictors.
This paper outlines the protocol for a randomized controlled trial designed to evaluate the efficacy and underlying neuromuscular mechanisms of a 6-week Daoyin exercise program, grounded in the theory of goal attainment, compared to core stability exercises for improving pain and functional outcomes in patients with lumbar disc herniation.
This 2025 cross-sectional study at Felege Hiwot Comprehensive Specialized Hospital in Ethiopia found that only 40.1% of nurses demonstrated good documentation practice, with educational level, positive attitude, patient load, and knowledge identified as significant associated factors.
This paper outlines a systematic review protocol designed to synthesize qualitative evidence on nursing students' experiences of engagement, satisfaction, and self-efficacy in virtual reality-based education, aiming to guide evidence-based curriculum implementation and support mechanisms.
A cross-sectional study of 202 midwives in Eswatini identified significant training needs across all measured categories, with research/audit and newborn resuscitation emerging as the highest priorities to inform targeted emergency obstetrics and neonatal care programs.
This observational study of 501 ICU patients in a teaching hospital within a low-middle-income country demonstrates that the Nursing Activities Score (NAS) is a reliable tool for assessing nursing workload and effectively predicting patient mortality, with non-survivors exhibiting significantly higher scores than survivors.
This multicenter cross-sectional study of 1,036 nurses in central Vietnam reveals that higher levels of person-centered care and patient safety competence are significantly associated with a stronger patient safety culture, partly mediated by increased engagement in patient safety management activities.
This study demonstrates that social support significantly buffers the adverse psychological effects of poor sleep quality on anxiety and depression among Chinese nursing interns, suggesting that interventions should combine sleep hygiene education with strategies to enhance social support.