Nurse bias and nursing care disparities related to patient characteristics: A scoping review of the quantitative and qualitative evidence

BACKGROUND: Professional nursing practice can be used as a standard reference for implementing nursing care to help nurses provide quality care in accordance with their authorities. AIM: The review is purposed to synthesis the pieces of literature telling the development and / or application and / or assessment of a professional nursing practice to determine the crucial elements. METHODS: This study was guided by the following framework for a scoping review, using electronic databases including ScienceDirect, EBSCO, ProQuest, Pubmed, and Google Scholar within keywords of professional nursing practice, model, nurse and conceptual framework. RESULTS: Of a total of 2870 paper found, 28 papers were selected. This study seven key elements: health system competency, professional value, reward and performance evaluation, leadership, nursing care, professional development, and basic care competency. CONCLUSION: A professional nursing practice would provide the minimum standard of quality nursing practice.

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ACADEMIC GRADUATE PROGRAM IN NURSING AT UFSC: TECHNOLOGICAL, POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS

Texto & Contexto - Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/1980-265x-tce-2021-a001 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 30 ◽

Author(s):

Marta Lenise do Prado ◽

Mara Ambrosina de Oliveira Vargas ◽

José Luis Guedes dos Santos ◽

Alacoque Lorenzini Erdmann ◽

Jussara Gue Martini

Keyword(s):

Graduate Education ◽

Nursing Care ◽

Graduate Program ◽

Economic Impacts ◽

Graduate Programs ◽

Descriptive Analysis ◽

Annual Reports ◽

Nursing Science ◽

Documentary Sources ◽

Qualitative Evidence

ABSTRACT Objective: to discuss the different impacts - technological, political, social and economic - of Graduate Program in Nursing at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, problematizing their indicators and their adequacy to the field of Nursing and Health, according to the genesis and nature of Nursing care, the Nursing science and its interfaces with other fields of knowledge. Method: a study conducted in July 2021 based on documentary sources extracted from an institutional form, for evaluating graduates and annual reports of the Program in the period between 2011 and 2020. The documentary data were submitted to descriptive analysis. Results: the technological, political, social and economic impacts and their respective indicators are presented as proposed by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Level Personnel for the evaluation of graduate programs. The evaluation of the impacts of graduate education in Nursing indicated that it represents a challenge to be faced, given the difficulties identifying quantitative and qualitative evidence allowing such verification. Conclusion: important impacts of the Program are evidenced; however, the indicators and respective criteria are questioned regarding the best adequacy and completeness to the field of Nursing and Health, according to the genesis and nature of Nursing care, the Nursing science and interfaces with the other fields of knowledge. Therefore, it is urgent to invest in studies and to propose indicators and criteria to evidence the real impact of the Graduate Programs in Nursing on society.

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