Nursing Research during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review

• 作者: Abdulqadir J. Nashwan Ahmed S. Mohamed Nabeel F. Allobaney
• 来源期刊: 护理学期刊(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: COVID-19 Nursing Research Scoping Review NURSING
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（10）
• 页码范围: 952-959
• 页数: 8页
• 分类号: R47

摘要

<strong>Purpose:</strong> This review paper aimed to provide an overview of the published nursing research related to the COVID-19 pandemic over the last six months. <strong>Method:</strong> Online Google Scholar database was searched for COVID-19 related articles published between the 1st of Jan 2020 and 15th of June 2020. <strong>Findings:</strong> The initial search found 1930 results from combining the search between the words “nurse” and “nursing” with COVID-19. Only 48 articles met the eligibility criteria. Most of the studies focused on psychological factors (33.3%), followed by clinical practices (29.2%). The majority of the authors have an academic affiliation (70.8%), only (12.5%) have a clinical affiliation. About (21%) of the articles were funded, (90%) of this fund came from China. Most of the authors utilized the quantitative approach (27.1%);the qualitative approach has been used by (4.2%);only one article (2.1%) utilized the mixed methodology. No study used a theoretical or conceptual framework. Mainly, the nurses conducted their research independently (52.1%), while (35.4%) has been done in a multidisciplinary team;35.3% of them were done in collaboration with physicians. <strong>Conclusion:</strong> The results indicate that the nurses responded immediately to the COVID-19 pandemic by conducting researches mainly by utilizing a quantitative approach and writing a lot of editorials. To enrich the research results, nurses worked in research in collaboration with other disciplines, especially physicians. Still, the nursing research funding is under the limit. Stress and psychological factors are the primary concern for the nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic.