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Nursing practice environment in Primary Health Care: a scoping review
Pedro Ricardo Martins Bernardes Lucas1, Elisabete Maria Garcia Teles Nunes2
1Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
Objective:
To examine the scientific evidence about the nursing practice environment in Primary Health Care.
Methods:
Three-step scoping review. 1) An initial research on CINAHL and MEDLINE. 2) A broader search using the same keywords and search terms in the remaining EBSCOHost platform databases. 3) Search the bibliographical references of the selected articles. The studies selected were from 2007 to 2018.
Results:
19 articles were included, most reported findings of the nursing practice environment and results for clients, nurses, nurse managers and the efficiency of organizations, in Primary Health Care.
Conclusion:
Improving the environment of nursing practice has consequences on the quality of nursing care, with increased results for clients, nursing and Primary Health Care.
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