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Its status as a distinct construct, particularly in nursing, remains unestablished.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Evaluation<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Walker and Avant\u2019s eight\u2010step concept analysis method guided a purposive, iterative analysis of 56 sources identified across seven databases and supplementary reference checking. Evidence from brain\u2010rot research, problematic digital use, cognition, technostress, and nursing work was compared to clarify attributes, boundaries, antecedents, consequences, and empirical referents.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Key Issue(s)<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Five provisional attributes were identified: recurrent passive consumption of low\u2010quality digital content, cognitive disruption, emotional dysregulation, reduced control over engagement, and functional impairment. Temporal progression was treated as a testable course characteristic rather than an attribute. Occupational digital load, workload, shift fatigue, and limited recovery were classified as contextual vulnerabilities rather than causes. Nursing\u2010specific manifestations remain hypothetical.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion(s)<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Brain rot is regarded as a provisional conceptual configuration requiring discriminant, incremental, and longitudinal validation against established constructs.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Implications for Nursing Management<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Nurse managers should address established technology\u2010related strain and recovery needs while supporting research; brain rot\u2013specific screening, policy, or intervention is premature.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1155\/jonm\/7646151","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,22]],"date-time":"2026-10-22T05:50:28Z","timestamp":1792648228000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Brain Rot as an Emerging Concept in Nursing: A Concept Analysis for Nursing Management"],"prefix":"10.1155","volume":"2026","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0492-7615","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ebtsam Aly","family":"Abou Hashish","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Nursing Jeddah King Saud Bin Abdul-Aziz University for Health Sciences  Jeddah Saudi Arabia  ksau-hs.edu.sa"},{"name":"King Abdullah International Medical Research Center  Jeddah Saudi Arabia  kaimrc.med.sa"},{"name":"Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs  Jeddah Saudi Arabia  mngha.med.sa"},{"name":"Faculty of Nursing Alexandria University  Alexandria Egypt  alexu.edu.eg"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0001-4497-2544","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Reham","family":"Yasin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Nursing Jeddah King Saud Bin Abdul-Aziz University for Health Sciences  Jeddah Saudi Arabia  ksau-hs.edu.sa"},{"name":"King Abdullah International Medical Research Center  Jeddah Saudi Arabia  kaimrc.med.sa"},{"name":"Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs  Jeddah Saudi Arabia  mngha.med.sa"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_14_1_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/20552076251326221"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/JNN.0000000000000779"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3389\/fmed.2025.1545420"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_4_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12909-024-05482-3"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_5_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12912-025-04143-0"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_6_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12912-025-04055-z"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_7_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2196\/69651"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_8_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1370\/afm.2121"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_9_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12912-025-03371-8"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_10_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.25300\/MISQ\/2020\/14818"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_11_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.nepr.2023.103562"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_12_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12912-025-02760-3"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_13_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/NCN.0b013e3182343f14"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_14_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.nepr.2025.104277"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_15_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/02673843.2019.1590851"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_16_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph14030311"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_17_2","volume-title":"Oxford Word of the Year 2024: Brain Rot","author":"Oxford Languages","year":"2024"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_18_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2024.1370823"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_19_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/brainsci15030283"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_20_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s40359-025-03880-w"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_21_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.18863\/pgy.1644556"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_22_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s11920-025-01658-w"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_23_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/1073858415595005"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_24_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1073\/pnas.1611612115"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_25_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/wps.20617"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_26_2","volume-title":"Strategies for Theory Construction in Nursing","author":"Walker L. 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