Nursing practice environment in primary health care: a scoping review

Pedro Ricardo Martins Bernardes Lucas*, Elisabete Maria Garcia Teles Nunes

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Abstract

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.
Translated title of the contributionAmbiente da prática de enfermagem na atenção primária à saúde: revisão scoping
Original languageEnglish
Article numbere20190479
JournalRevista Brasileira de Enfermagem
Volume73
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020

Keywords

  • Nursing
  • Health services administration
  • Work environment
  • Primary health care
  • Review

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