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The implementation of the nursing process in lower-income countries: An integrative review
Mojgan Lotfi1, Vahid Zamanzadeh1, Leila Valizadeh2
1Department of Medical Surgical Nursing Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Tabriz Iran.
Aims:
This review study aimed to investigate the strategies for implementing the nursing process in the clinical practice and the assessment of the implementation rate of this process in clinical settings of lower-income countries.
Design:
An integrative review.
Method:
The search was conducted of EMBASE, MEDLINE, CINAHL, Scopus and ISI databases from 1975-July 2018. Following the formation of the research team, two researchers independently selected the eligible studies; finally, 39 articles were approved by the research team for this study.
Results:
The researchers identified three themes: Effects of implementing the NP in clinical settings, Development and application of electronic software in the NP and Factors affecting the implementation of the NP. This review revealed that nurses and nursing managers in hospitals are interested in implementing the nursing process in the form of widely and continuously. But the necessary infrastructure, such as manpower, electronically or manually tools, has not yet been provided, and the implementation of the nursing process is done either imperfectly or not done.
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