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Bereaved Parents and Perceptions of Hope

When confronted with poor outcomes, hope remains essential, but defining it becomes more challenging. Nurses may struggle to understand how to incorporate hope into care, regardless of patient outcomes.

Nursing February 13th 2026

Tags: GRIEF/DEATH/MORTALITY PALLIATIVE CARE PARENT-PROVIDER COMMUNICATION PEDIATRIC CANCER

Critical Care Nurse

The Impact of Nurses’ Work Environment on Mental Health and Suicide

Although health care workers’ well-being has been recognized as a national priority, nurses continue to suffer and die by suicide.

Nursing February 13th 2026

Tags: CRITICAL CARE MENTAL HEALTH NURSE WELL-BEING SUICIDE WORKPLACE SAFETY

Nurse.com

The Most Dangerous Winter Olympic Sports and How Nurses Support Them

The Olympic environment demands rapid yet precise clinical judgment, often with limited time and high public visibility.

Emergency/Trauma Nursing February 13th 2026

Tags: CRITICAL CARE SPORTS MEDICINE TRAUMA

OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

Overview and Summary: Artificial Intelligence in Nursing and Healthcare

“Like many people, I often oscillate between excitement about the potential for AI to benefit humanity, while at other times I am fearful of ways it may be misused or cause harm.” – Ann Wieben, PhD, MS, BSN, RN, NI-BC

Nursing February 13th 2026

Tags: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT (CDS) MEDICAL ETHICS NURSING EDUCATION

Journal of Advanced Nursing (JAN)

‘Something Was Missing’: A Qualitative Study of Parents’ Expectations in Weight-Related Health Care for Children

The societal influences, including parental weight stigma, affect how parents perceive their child’s weight and respond to health care recommendations.

Pediatric Nursing February 13th 2026

Tags: OBESITY/WEIGHT MANAGEMENT PARENT-PROVIDER COMMUNICATION PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH & CLINICAL TRIALS WEIGHT STIGMA

MDLinx

Targeting the Cause, Not the Symptom: The New Paradigm in Pediatric Hearing Care

“Now that we have a treatment for genetic deafness, our hope is that this will spur universal genetic testing in all kids with hearing loss.” —Lawrence Lustig, MD, CHORD study investigator

Medical Genetics February 12th 2026

Tags: GENE THERAPY GENETIC TESTING GENOMICS HEARING LOSS/TINNITUS

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