2026 Project topics for nursing science students

Nursing research topics come with a layer that most other departments do not deal with as heavily, and that is ethical approval and access to patients or health facilities. This means that feasibility matters even more here than in most other courses. Each topic below comes with a note on what makes it realistic to actually carry out.

1. Knowledge and practice of standard precautions among nurses in a specific hospital

This topic works well because it uses a structured questionnaire targeting nursing staff within one or two accessible health facilities, and standard precautions research already has well validated instruments you can adapt.

2. Factors affecting exclusive breastfeeding practices among nursing mothers in a specific community

This topic is a strong one because it is researchable through a survey of mothers attending a specific primary health center or maternal clinic, giving you a defined, reachable population.

3. Knowledge and attitude of nurses towards pain management in postoperative patients

This is researchable within a single hospital's surgical ward, using an adapted, previously validated questionnaire, which keeps both your data collection and your instrument design manageable.

4. Nurses knowledge and practice of infection prevention and control in a specific hospital

This is a dependable topic given the strong, current body of literature on infection prevention, paired with a straightforward staff survey within an accessible facility.

5. Knowledge, attitude, and practice of family planning among women of reproductive age in a specific community

This works well as a community based survey targeting a defined age range within one local government area or health center catchment, keeping your population size realistic.

6. Assessment of nurses knowledge and attitude towards mental health and psychiatric patients

This is a strong topic with an established body of validated attitude scales you can adapt, researchable through a survey of nursing staff in one or two health facilities.

7. Factors influencing medication adherence among hypertensive patients attending a specific clinic

This topic is researchable through a patient survey within a specific outpatient clinic, with a well developed existing literature base on medication adherence to support your framework.

8. Knowledge and practice of hand hygiene among nursing students in a specific institution

This topic is a practical choice since your population, nursing students in your own or a nearby institution, is easy to access, and hand hygiene research uses well known, adaptable observation and questionnaire tools.

9. Assessment of nurses workload and its effect on quality of patient care in a specific hospital

This topics works well as a staff survey within one hospital department, ideally combined with simple workload indicators, and there is solid existing literature connecting workload to care quality.

10. Knowledge and awareness of cervical cancer screening among women in a specific community

This is a strong and current topic, and it is researchable through a community or clinic based survey that targets women within a defined age range in one location.

Here is my note on choosing from this list

I would recommend that before settling on any nursing topic, check with your department or hospital contact about what level of ethical approval and facility access you will realistically need, this is worth confirming early since it can affect your timeline more than almost any other course.

If you have picked a topic and want help structuring the full project, from proposal through to a properly written and formatted report, My team and I at ProjectPal have worked with nursing science students across various universities (both in Nigeria and abroad) on exactly this, at both undergraduate and postgraduate level (Msc and PhD). Reach out to us on WhatsApp to get started. You can also check out our topic page for more topics.