[Nurse managers with management education has any influence in the patient outcomes?]

To know the available scientific evidence on the influence of nurse manager training in management on patient outcomes in hospitals.

It was conducted a review of the literature available in the databases PubMed, Medline, CINAHL and Cochrane Library. The limits of the search were published articles written in English and/or Spanish in the last 10 years (2002-2012).

207 articles were found and after applying the above limits were reduced to 147. After a first reading of the title and abstract the authors extended the searching to some relevant journals in nursing management area and the technique of snow ball was used. Finally, a total of 56 papers related to the research question were valided. After a close reading of these 56 articles, six were selected linking with the aim of this study.

It has been detected little evidence in this area of nursing. After this review it is suggested to study this issue in the Spanish context in order to cover the need for training of nurse managers with the help of professors in graduate programs at Universities.