Clinical Nursing Care and Blood Transfusion Nursing
A special issue of Nursing Reports (ISSN 2039-4403).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025
Special Issue Editors
Interests: patient safety; educational technologies; clinical simulation; blood transfusion and transfusion reactions; nursing process; emergency, critical adult and elderly health; perioperative nursing
Interests: patient safety; educational technologies; clinical simulation; blood transfusion and transfusion reactions; nursing process; emergency, critical adult and elderly health; perioperative nursing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Clinical nursing practice, at all its different levels of complexity, requires technical–scientific knowledge, relational skills, ethical sensitivity, and the ability to continually adapt to changes in healthcare. In this scenario, clinical nursing and blood transfusion nursing stand out as fundamental areas to ensure the safety and quality of care.
Blood transfusions, in particular, involve multiple stages that require the nursing team to be technically prepared, pay strict attention to protocols, and be able to respond immediately to adverse events. These challenges make the strategic role of care technologies even more evident, as they help with the traceability of blood components, the reduction in errors, clinical monitoring, and the secure documentation of care.
This Special Issue aims to bring together scientific evidence and innovative experiences in the field of clinical nursing and the context of transfusion nursing and nursing care technologies. The aim is to strengthen the construction of knowledge that qualifies patient-centered care, based on evidence and appropriate technologies. For this Special Issue, we welcome the submission of original research articles (qualitative, quantitative, or mixed) and systematic, integrative, or scoping reviews.
Topics of interest of this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Good practices in clinical nursing care in hospital and outpatient units;
- Care protocols in transfusion care;
- Technologies applied to nursing;
- Patient safety and traceability of blood components;
- Continuing education and technical skills of the nursing team;
- Humanization, ethics, and culture in clinical and transfusion care;
- Innovation and the use of technological devices in monitoring and decision support;
- Evidence-based nursing in the care of patients using blood components;
- Successful experiences with care technologies in clinical contexts.
We invite researchers, teachers, professionals, and nursing students to submit their work and experiences. This is an opportunity to increase the visibility of excellent clinical practices, strengthen nursing practice, and integrate care with technological innovation with sensitivity, rigor, and responsibility.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Francisco Mayron Morais Soares
Dr. Elaine Cristina Negri
Dr. Luciana Mara Monti Fonseca
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nursing care
- blood transfusion
- nursing and technology
- clinical nursing practice
- patient safety
- health technologies
- transfusion safety
- nursing protocols
- healthcare innovation
- blood management
- patient monitoring
- transfusion reactions
- healthcare quality
- evidence-based nursing
- blood compatibility
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