Nursing care and clinical practice
Clinical nursing: nursing interventions, nurse-led care and patient outcomes across settings. A daily snapshot from PubMed: how much is published, on what, by whom and where. Statistics are updated on the first of each month (last: 1 November 2026); the newest free articles every day (last: 2 November 2026).
New articles each month
PubMed · November 2025 to October 2026 · updated monthly, last on 1 November 2026Articles on nursing care and clinical practice added to PubMed in each of the last 12 complete months. So far in Nov 2026: 17.
Explore the research
Choose a view. Every view covers the same 7,009 articles, November 2025 to October 2026.
What the research is about
PubMed · November 2025 to October 2026 · updated monthly, last on 1 November 2026Main subject of the articles, grouped from a nursing-research point of view.
An article can count in more than one topic, so the percentages add up to more than 100.
How the studies were done
PubMed · November 2025 to October 2026 · updated monthly, last on 1 November 2026The research design, matched on words in the title or abstract and on PubMed publication types.
Approximate: an article may match more than one design, and some match none.
Where the authors are
PubMed · November 2025 to October 2026 · updated monthly, last on 1 November 2026Articles with at least one author address in each country (top 15).
Gulf (GCC) countries together: 293 articles. An article with authors in several countries counts for each.
Oman, the Gulf and the Eastern Mediterranean
PubMed · November 2025 to October 2026 · updated monthly, last on 1 November 2026Articles with an author in each of the 22 countries of the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region. Countries with no articles are not shown.
GCC: Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain. By author address.
International collaboration
PubMed · November 2025 to October 2026 · updated monthly, last on 1 November 2026How often authors from different countries write together, worked out from every author address in PubMed.
Countries most often in international teams
Counts in the list are international articles that include the country.
Most active researchers
PubMed · November 2025 to October 2026 · updated monthly, last on 1 November 2026Authors with the most articles on nursing care and clinical practice in the period, with the institution given in their most recent article.
| # | Researcher | Institution | Country | Articles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mostafa Shaban ORCID | Jouf University | Saudi Arabia | 19 |
| 2 | Yang Yang | Fuwai Hospital | China | 16 |
| 3 | Alvisa Palese ORCID | University of Udine | Italy | 16 |
| 4 | Beatrice Mazzoleni ORCID | Humanitas University | Italy | 15 |
| 5 | Shankar Shanmugam Rajendran | The TN Dr MGR Medical University | India | 15 |
| 6 | Yan Zhang ORCID | Handan Central Hospital | China | 14 |
| 7 | Abdulaziz M Alodhailah ORCID | King Saud University | Saudi Arabia | 14 |
| 8 | Jing Li ORCID | Fudan University | China | 13 |
| 9 | Yan Wang ORCID | Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine | China | 13 |
| 10 | Stefano Mancin ORCID | IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital | Italy | 13 |
| 11 | Na Li | The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University | China | 13 |
| 12 | Yu Zhang ORCID | Hubei University of Medicine | China | 13 |
| 13 | Jing Zhang ORCID | Zhejiang University School of Medicine | China | 12 |
| 14 | Sameer A Alkubati ORCID | University of Hail | Saudi Arabia | 12 |
| 15 | Daniela Cattani ORCID | Humanitas University | Italy | 12 |
Counted from author names in PubMed. Two people with the same name can be merged, and one person who writes their name in different ways can be split; an ORCID link appears when the article gives one. Article counts measure activity, not quality.
Most active universities and institutions
PubMed · November 2025 to October 2026 · updated monthly, last on 1 November 2026Institutions named in author addresses on the most articles in the period.
Matched on the institution name as written in addresses, so the same university written in different ways may be split.
Journals publishing the most
PubMed · November 2025 to October 2026 · updated monthly, last on 1 November 2026The 12 journals with the most articles on nursing care and clinical practice in the period.
Most-cited articles of the period
PubMed · November 2025 to October 2026 · updated monthly, last on 1 November 2026The 10 articles from the period that other PubMed articles have cited most so far.
- Caring Amid Complexity: Intensive Care Nurses' Perceptions and Experiences of End-Of-Life Care-A Qualitative StudyNurs Crit Care12 citationsRCR 6.0
- Exploring the Intersection of Nursing Leadership and Artificial Intelligence: Scoping ReviewJMIR Nurs11 citationsRCR 5.9
- Artificial intelligence applications in intensive care unit nursing: A narrative review (2020-2025)Digit Health11 citationsRCR 5.6
- Psychosocial Factors That Influence Occupational Stress in Operating Room Nurses' Working Environment: A Scoping ReviewWorkplace Health Saf11 citationsRCR 5.5
- Burnout and Compassion Fatigue Among ICU Nurses: A Systematic Review of Predictors, Protective Factors and Workforce Retention InterventionsNurs Crit Care11 citationsRCR 5.5
- Effects of clinical learning environment on the professional identity of Chinese nursing students: multiple mediating effects of learning engagement and stress-related growthBMC Nurs10 citationsRCR 8.3
- Pathway to Excellence Designation, Nurse Work Environment, and Hospital Quality and Safety: A Multi-State Hospital StudyRes Nurs Health10 citationsRCR 5.0
- Effectiveness of nurse-led mHealth interventions on symptom outcomes in adult patients with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysisBMC Nurs10 citationsRCR 4.6
- Promoting evidence-based nursing through collaboration, autonomy, and agency: A qualitative case studyInt J Nurs Sci9 citationsRCR 7.8
- Missed Care Prevalence and Associated Factors in Acute Care Settings: A Systematic Review and Meta-AnalysisInt J Nurs Pract9 citationsRCR 4.5
Citations: how many PubMed articles have cited it (NIH iCite). RCR (Relative Citation Ratio): citations compared with other articles in the same field and year. 1.0 is average; 2.0 means cited twice as much as usual. New articles have had little time to be cited, so this list changes quickly.
How each topic changed, month by month
PubMed · November 2025 to October 2026 · updated monthly, last on 1 November 2026Number of new articles each month. Choose up to four topics or types of AI to compare. Point at a dot to see the exact number.
Show all numbers as a table
| Topic | Nov 2025 | Dec | Jan 2026 | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mental health and psychological care | 149 | 145 | 138 | 129 | 147 | 134 | 159 | 188 | 177 | 154 | 140 | 142 |
| Critical, emergency and perioperative care | 140 | 134 | 147 | 135 | 143 | 136 | 147 | 178 | 155 | 150 | 143 | 139 |
| Maternal, child and newborn care | 78 | 82 | 77 | 85 | 89 | 79 | 81 | 92 | 109 | 88 | 85 | 88 |
| Pain and symptom management | 79 | 77 | 82 | 70 | 87 | 77 | 80 | 92 | 100 | 103 | 80 | 92 |
| Chronic disease and self-management | 65 | 54 | 52 | 50 | 65 | 67 | 58 | 58 | 96 | 75 | 64 | 75 |
| Patient safety, falls and pressure injuries | 55 | 43 | 48 | 53 | 50 | 57 | 56 | 54 | 53 | 63 | 58 | 58 |
| Older adults and dementia care | 47 | 41 | 51 | 34 | 51 | 49 | 53 | 50 | 62 | 67 | 42 | 64 |
| Palliative and end-of-life care | 34 | 34 | 15 | 18 | 27 | 18 | 23 | 27 | 21 | 29 | 24 | 22 |
| Digital care and telehealth | 26 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 25 | 34 | 32 | 16 | 25 | 26 |
Newest free articles
Updated daily · last on 2 November 2026Listed automatically each day from PubMed records added in the last 14 days that are free to read and match this field in the title. Editorials, comments and letters are left out. Not reviewed by our team, so read each paper critically (see Lesson 5).
- The Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy in the Relationship Between Knowledge and Palliative Care Practices Among ICU Nurses in Timor-Leste: A Cross-Sectional StudyNursing Open · Article · free full text
- Predictors of Success Outcomes in Nurse-Led Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy for Nephrolithiasis: A Prospective Observational StudyNursing Open · Observational study · free full text
- Patient-Centred Quality of Nursing Care: A Cross-Sectional Study of the Level and Associated Factors as Perceived by PatientsNursing Open · Article · free full text
- Global Landscape of Telehealth Interventions for Type 2 Diabetes Self-Care: A Scoping Review of Nursing Roles, Care Models, and OutcomesPatient Preference and Adherence · Review · free full text
- Nurse-Led Longitudinal Screening and Care Transitions for Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms After Acute Type A Aortic Dissection: A 12-Month Retrospective Longitudinal Cohort StudyJournal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare · Article · free full text
- Artificial intelligence-enabled nursing surveillance for pediatric cancer immunotherapy: integrating biomarkers, patient-reported outcomes, and long-term toxicity managementFrontiers in Medicine · Review · free full text
- Psychometric properties of a short knowledge test to evaluate awareness of external ventricular drain care practices among Chinese nurses: a Rasch model analysis of an efficient 7-item self-reported assessment toolFrontiers in Public Health · Article · free full text
- Nurses' knowledge and practice on patient safety in tertiary medical college hospitals in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional studyFrontiers in Health Services · Article · free full text
Terms used on this page
- Added to PubMed
- The date an article record entered PubMed. We count by this date so each article is counted once, in one month.
- Free full text
- PubMed links to a version you can read without paying.
- Citations
- How many articles in PubMed have cited this article (from NIH iCite).
- RCR (Relative Citation Ratio)
- An NIH measure that compares an article’s citations with others in the same field and year. 1.0 is average; above 1.0 means it is cited more than usual.
- International collaboration
- An article whose authors give addresses in two or more countries.
- GCC
- Gulf Cooperation Council: Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain.
- Eastern Mediterranean Region
- One of WHO’s six regions: 22 countries from Morocco to Pakistan, including Iran and the Gulf states.
How we count
Source: PubMed. Statistics are recalculated on the first day of each month (last 1 November 2026); the newest-article list and the 7-day count every day (last 2 November 2026). Counts are by the date each record was added to PubMed. Main search: ("Nursing Care"[mh] OR "Nursing Process"[mh] OR "nursing care"[tiab] OR "nursing intervention*"[tiab] OR "nurse-led"[tiab]). “Free full text” uses PubMed’s free full text filter. Topics, types of AI, designs and specialties use extra search terms in the title or abstract. Countries use author addresses; the collaboration share reads every author address in each record. Journals are counted from every record in the period. Citations and RCR come from NIH iCite. The article list uses a stricter search in the title: (nurs*[ti] AND (care[ti] OR intervention*[ti] OR "nurse-led"[ti] OR patient*[ti])). Counts are approximate: the main search also catches articles that mention nurses and AI without being mainly about either, and recent months grow a little as PubMed adds records. PubMed does not cover every nursing journal (CINAHL is not free).