Global Nursing-a literature review in the field of education and practice

Mia Kraft; Anne Kästel; Henrik Eriksson; Ann-Marie Rydholm Hedman

doi:10.1002/nop2.79

Global Nursing-a literature review in the field of education and practice

Nurs Open. 2017 Apr 9;4(3):122-133. doi: 10.1002/nop2.79. eCollection 2017 Jul.

Authors

Mia Kraft¹, Anne Kästel¹, Henrik Eriksson¹, Ann-Marie Rydholm Hedman¹

Affiliation

¹ The Swedish Red Cross University College Department of Care and Nursing Stockholm Sweden.

PMID: 28694976
PMCID: PMC5500985
DOI: 10.1002/nop2.79

Abstract

Aim: To describe key findings of Global Nursing in empirical nursing studies.

Design: A literature review using descriptive data synthesis of peer-reviewed articles in the field of nursing education and practice.

Methods: This review of Cinahl Complete, PubMed, PsycINFO and Scopus was undertaken using the search strategy "global nursing". Independent title/abstract and full-text screening was undertaken, identifying original articles written in English.

Results: A total of 472 titles and 170 abstracts were read through. Seventy-three articles were included for full-text review. Twenty published studies of Global Nursing with multiple research methodologies fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Findings were described with five categories. Global Nursing Arena, Global Nursing Working Environments, Global Nursing Workforce Management, Global Nursing Competencies and Global Nursing Networking were shown to be crucial when Global Nursing was addressed in the literature.

Keywords: global nursing arena; global nursing competencies; global nursing education; global nursing networking; global nursing practice.

Publication types

Review