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Submissions from 2026
The Relevance of Climate Change and Sustainability in Nursing Education: A Cross-Sectional Study of Students’ Perspectives, Jennie Aronsson, Marie Elf, Paul Warwick, Riccardo LoMartire, and Anna Anåker
AI-Assisted Tailored Intervention for Nurse Burnout: A Three-Group Randomized Controlled Trial, Gumhee Baek and Chiyoung Cha
Evidence-Based Practice Improves Patient Outcomes and Healthcare System Return on Investment: Findings From a Scoping Review, Linda Connor, Jennifer Dean, Molly McNett, Donna M. Tydings, Amanda Shrout, Penelope F. Gorsuch, Ashley Hole, Laura Moore, Roy Brown, Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, and Lynn Gallagher-Ford
Costs and Cost-Effectiveness of Improved Nurse Staffing Levels and Skill Mix in Acute Hospitals: A Systematic Review, Peter Griffiths, Christina Saville, Jane Ball, Chiara Dall'Ora, Paul Meredith, Lesley Turner, and Jeremy Jones
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Burnout in Magnet Hospitals: Opportunities for Organizational Intervention, Lori Kennedy, Heather Brom, Karen B. Lasater, Nancy M. Albert, Barbara Holmes Gobel, Christi DeLemos, Lisa M. Williams, Linda H. Williams, and Linda H. Aiken
Mediating Role of Lifestyle Factors in the Resilience–Job Satisfaction Relationship among nurses: A descriptive correlational study, Lena I. Serafin, Katarzyna Wesołowska-Gorniak, Angeli Malewska, Karolina Kruszewska, Justyna Kujawa, and Bozena Czarkowska-Pączek
Prevalence of and Factors Associated With Nurse Burnout in the US, Megha K. Shah, Nikhila Gandrakota, Jeannie P. Cimiotti, Neena Ghose, Miranda Moore, and Mohammed K. Ali
Sustainability in Undergraduate Nursing Clinical Simulation: A Mixed Methods Study Exploring Attitudes, Knowledge and Practices, Bangyun Wang, Louise Sheehy, Astrid Frotjold, Tamara Power, and Gemma Saravanos
Nursing Leadership Strategies in a New Paradigm for Nursing's Economic Value, Marianne Weiss, Sharon H. Pappas, Maureen Chadwick, Beth Oliver, and Olga Yakusheva
Personal and Work-Related Factors Associated With Nurse Resilience: An Updated Systematic Review Using Meta-Analysis and Narrative Synthesis, Fiona Yu, Deborah Raphael, Lisa Mackay, Melody Smith, and Ritin Fernandez
Submissions from 2025
Psychological Stress and Coping Strategies among Nursing Students during the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study, Khin Thandar Aung and Noor Atikah Mat Ail
Enhancing Nurse Empowerment Through Dynamic xMOOCs using the 4D Developmental Model, Khin Thandar Aung and Rafiza Abdul Razak
Development of Comforturn: A Smart Mattress System for Automated Patient Repositioning using the 4D Development Model (A Concept Paper), Khin Thandar Aung, Nur Alya Farhana Suhaimi, Nik Nur Aisyah Nik Sukriman, Nurul Ain Zakaria, Nur Adila Zaidi, Khin Thuzar Aung, and Rafiza Abdul Razak
Enhancing Hand Hygiene Compliance among ICU and NICU Visitor Families: The Impact of Advanced Nursing Roles, the Barriers and Challenges: A Review, Siti Azuna Abu Bakar, Khin Thandar Aung, and Sahrom Abdullah
Clinical Nurses' Perceived Educational Value of Nursing Journal Clubs, Jennifer de Beer, Elham Alsanea, Joynalyn Barrios, Shahd Brnawi, Wejdan Barayan, Wadea Beheri, and Emily Lenore Heaphy
Workplace Dignity Amongst Clinical Nurses, Jennifer de Beer, Hawazen Rawas, and Wadea Beheri
Relationship Between Musculoskeletal Disorders and Productivity Loss Among Hospital Nurses: An Analytical Cross-Sectional Study With Secondary Data Analysis, Minkyung Kang, Inah Kim, Chang Park, and Ari Min
Piloting a Simulated Electronic Health Record in Cambodia for Nursing Students in a Nursing Informatic Course, Eam Mao, Tricia Hester, Sreypeov Tun, Monirath Soun, and Cheryl D. Parker
The Nursing Human Capital Value Model, Olga Yakusheva, Kathryn A. Lee, and Marianne Weiss
Organizational Return on Investment in Nursing: A Systematic Review, Olga Yakusheva, Kathryn Lee, Alissa V. Fial, and Marianne E. Weiss
Submissions from 2024
Compounding stress: A mixed methods study on the psychological experience of miscarriage amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Madeline Fernandez, Alison Swift, Christyn Dolbier, and Kaitlin Guard Banasiewicz
Nursing students' views of using virtual reality in healthcare: A qualitative study, Mohamad M. Saab, Margaret Landers, David Murphy, Billy O'Mahony, Eoghan Cooke, Michelle O'Driscoll, and Josephine Hegarty
Submissions from 2023
Motivating older adults through immersive virtual exercise (MOTIVE): A randomized pilot study, Brittany Drazich, Debora Anokye, Shijun Zhu, Jejomar Teleb, Elizabeth Galik, Luana Colloca, and Barbara Resnick
Submissions from 2022
Scoping review of factors affecting Philippine nurse licensure examination outcomes, James Montegrico and Ryan Michael F. Oducado
Submissions from 2021
Nurse motivation, engagement and well-being before an electronic medical record system implementation: A mixed methods study, Rebecca M. Jedwab, Alison M. Hutchinson, Elizabeth Manias, Rafael A. Calvo, Naomi Dobroff, Nicholas Glozier, and Bernice Redley
