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Clinical Nursing Research (CNR) is a leading international nursing journal, published eight times a year. CNR aims to publish the best available evidence from multidisciplinary teams, with the goal of reporting clinically applicable nursing science and phenomena of interest to nursing. Part of CNR’s mission is to bring to light clinically applicable solutions to some of the most complex problems important to nursing. This requires the efforts of diverse investigative teams. CNR publishes articles that are of interest to all the following disciplines: nursing, psychology, social work, medicine, exercise science, public health, physical therapy, occupational therapy, respiratory therapy, pharmacy, engineering, sociology, anthropology, health communication, and computer science. View full journal description

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Antipsychotic Drug Use from Acute Care Admission to Discharge and 1 Month Post Discharge Among Older Adults Living with Dementia

  • Elizabeth Galik PhD, CRNP
  • Barbara Resnick PhD, CRNP
  • Marie Boltz PhD, GNP-BC
  • Rachel McPherson PhD
  • Ashley Kuzmik DrPH, MPH
  • Nayeon Kim PhD
  • Shijun Zhu PhD, DrE
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Predicting Falls With the Morse Fall Scale: A Retrospective Assessment at the Veterans Health Administration

  • Peter J. Hoover MS
  • Terri L. Blumke BS
  • Anna D. Ware MPH, MS
  • Malvika Pillai PhD
  • Amber L. Wake MSN, RN
  • Kiran Rai RN, DNP
  • Jennifer S. Lee MD, PhD
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Food Insecurity, Advanced Anthropometric Indices, and Central Obesity in Older Adults: Implications for Geriatric Nursing Assessments

  • Tasneem Ahmed Shoulkamy PhD
  • Asmaa A. Ibrahim PhD
  • Rasha Ahmed Fouad PhD
  • Saieda Abdelhameed PhD
  • Safaa Rabea Osman PhD
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Why Is the One-Group Pretest–Posttest Design Still Used?

  • Thomas R. Knapp EdD, FAAN
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Cognitive Interviewing Methodologies

  • Keith Meadows PhD, CMRS
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When Psychiatric Services Become a Waiting Room: Situational Analysis of Involuntary Commitment and Treatment as Experienced by Patients and Nurses

  • Pierre Pariseau-Legault RN, PhD, LLM
  • David Pelosse RN, MScN
  • Emmanuelle Bernheim LLD, PhD
  • Marie-Hélène Goulet RN, PhD
  • Guillaume Ouellet PhD
  • Lisandre Labrecque-Lebeau PhD
  • Jean-Daniel Jacob RN, PhD
  • Dave Holmes RN, PhD, FAAN, FCAN
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Designing and Using Surveys in Nursing Research: A Contemporary Discussion

  • Siobhan O’Connor BSc, CIMA CBA, BSc, RGN, PhD
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Unveiling the Strong Black Woman Schema—Evolution and Impact: A Systematic Review

  • Ashley K. Parks MS, FNP-BC
  • Laura L. Hayman PhD, MSN, FAAN
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Implementation of Tunneled Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters Placement in Cancer Patients: A Randomized Multicenter Study

  • Yuan Sheng MSN
  • Li-Hong Yang BSN
  • Yan Wu MSN
  • Wei Gao MSN
  • Sheng-Yi Dongye MMSc
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Motivators and Barriers to COVID-19 Vaccination in Young Adults Living in the USA

  • Young-Me Lee PhD, RN
  • Shannon D. Simonovich PhD, RN
  • Suling Li PhD, APRN, FNP-BC
  • Lily Amer BS
  • LeAnne Wagner MFA
  • Janet Hill MFA
  • Roxanne Spulark DNP, APRN, FNP-C
  • Elizabeth Aquino PhD, RN
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Clinical and Socio-Demographic Variables Associated With Long COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Study

  • Zohreh Mahmoodi
  • Giti Bahrami
  • Ehsan Shahrestanaki
  • Hamed Seddighi
  • Nooshin Ghavidel
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