Nursing education
Teaching and learning in nursing: students, educators, clinical learning, simulation and assessment. 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 education added to PubMed in each of the last 12 complete months. So far in Nov 2026: 18.
Explore the research
Choose a view. Every view covers the same 4,761 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: 347 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 education in the period, with the institution given in their most recent article.
| # | Researcher | Institution | Country | Articles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heather M Englund ORCID | University of Wisconsin Oshkosh | United States | 12 |
| 2 | Sameer A Alkubati ORCID | University of Ha'il | Saudi Arabia | 11 |
| 3 | Kristina Mikkonen ORCID | University of Oulu | Finland | 10 |
| 4 | Tuba Sengul ORCID | Koç University School of Nursing | Türkiye | 10 |
| 5 | Shaimaa Mohamed Amin ORCID | Qassim University | Saudi Arabia | 10 |
| 6 | Ebtsam Aly Abou Hashish ORCID | Alexandria University | Egypt | 10 |
| 7 | Mostafa Shaban ORCID | Cairo University | Egypt | 9 |
| 8 | Kateryna Metersky ORCID | Toronto Metropolitan University | Canada | 9 |
| 9 | Alvisa Palese ORCID | University of Udine | Italy | 9 |
| 10 | Ayman Mohamed El-Ashry ORCID | Alexandria University | Egypt | 9 |
| 11 | Fathia Ahmed Mersal ORCID | Northern Border University | Saudi Arabia | 9 |
| 12 | Areej Al-Hamad ORCID | Toronto Metropolitan University | Canada | 8 |
| 13 | Yan Wang ORCID | The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University | China | 8 |
| 14 | Debra Jackson ORCID | University of Sydney | Australia | 8 |
| 15 | Annamaria Bagnasco ORCID | University of Genoa | Italy | 8 |
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 education 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.
- AI literacy and competency in nursing education: preparing students and faculty members for an AI-enabled future-a systematic review and meta-analysisFront Med (Lausanne)34 citationsRCR 19.6
- Organisational Factors and Nurses' Well-Being in the Workplace: An Integrative ReviewJ Adv Nurs15 citationsRCR 12.8
- Generative AI at the Bedside: An Integrative Review of Applications and Implications in Clinical Nursing PracticeJ Clin Nurs15 citationsRCR 8.2
- Applications, attitudes and ethical considerations of Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) in nursing education: a scoping reviewBMC Nurs14 citationsRCR 7.0
- Immersive virtual reality based on head-mounted display in medical education: a systematic reviewBMC Med Educ13 citationsRCR 9.0
- Transforming Nursing Education with Artificial Intelligence: A Systematic Review (2010-2025)SAGE Open Nurs13 citationsRCR 6.5
- Nursing students' artificial intelligence (AI) literacy, AI self-efficacy and AI self-competency: A cross-sectional design and structural equation model analysisNurse Educ Pract12 citationsRCR 6.0
- Reimagining nursing education: Leveraging competency-based education, artificial intelligence, and simulation for a diverse and practice-ready workforceNurs Outlook11 citationsRCR 9.2
- A latent profile analysis of artificial intelligence literacy among undergraduate nursing students: a cross-sectional studyBMC Nurs11 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Student stress, resilience and well-being | 87 | 79 | 58 | 83 | 89 | 70 | 69 | 91 | 96 | 67 | 82 | 72 |
| Simulation and virtual reality | 58 | 59 | 55 | 76 | 59 | 63 | 75 | 74 | 78 | 60 | 62 | 63 |
| Clinical learning and mentorship | 37 | 41 | 34 | 56 | 53 | 37 | 55 | 63 | 52 | 50 | 53 | 65 |
| Assessment, competence and integrity | 57 | 39 | 30 | 50 | 57 | 38 | 48 | 60 | 62 | 45 | 59 | 50 |
| Generative AI and ChatGPT in teaching | 27 | 37 | 33 | 38 | 46 | 38 | 44 | 47 | 58 | 55 | 50 | 46 |
| Critical thinking and clinical reasoning | 37 | 26 | 28 | 41 | 34 | 37 | 38 | 35 | 49 | 43 | 37 | 47 |
| Transition to practice and retention | 25 | 33 | 23 | 31 | 40 | 27 | 39 | 38 | 43 | 28 | 35 | 25 |
| Active learning and flipped classrooms | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 10 |
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).
- Clinical preceptor competencies in nurse practitioner education: A scoping review and framework mappingNurse Education in Practice · Article · free full text
- The Effect of Using ChatGPT on Nursing Students' Learning and Satisfaction in a Flipped Physiology ClassroomAdvances in Medical Education and Practice · Article · free full text
- Associations of self-directed learning ability and critical thinking disposition with internship performance indicators in nursing internsFrontiers in Public Health · Article · free full text
- Nursing Student Led Blood Pressure Education in a Community Mental Health Setting: A Pre Post Test StudyInternational Journal of Mental Health Nursing · Article · free full text
- Full-time undergraduate nursing students' perceptions of professional dignity: a descriptive qualitative study of social attitudes, professional values, and self-identityBMC Nursing · Article · free full text
- From Academic Integrity to Professional Formation in Generative AI-Supported Nursing Education: Integrative ReviewJMIR Nursing · Review · free full text
- Preliminary Psychometric Evaluation of the Arabic Version of the NURS-DIAL Questionnaire Among Nursing Students in Saudi Arabia: Cross-Sectional StudyJMIR Nursing · Article · free full text
- Triage under pressure: Nursing students' learning and preparedness in a code orange simulation using CTASPloS One · 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: ("Education, Nursing"[mh] OR "nursing education"[tiab] OR "nursing student*"[tiab] OR "nurse educator*"[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 (education[ti] OR student*[ti] OR teaching[ti] OR curricul*[ti] OR learning[ti] OR educator*[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).