Critical care nursing role in low and lower middle-income settings: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

A scoping review was conducted to answer the question: How is critical care nursing (CCN) performed in low-income countries and lower middle-income countries (LICs/LMICs)?

Design

Scoping review guided by the JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis.

Data sources

Six electronic databases and five web-based resources were systematically searched to identify relevant literature published between 2010 and April 2021.

Review methods

The search results received two-stage screening: (1) title and abstract (2) full-text screening. For sources of evidence to progress, agreement needed to be reached by two reviewers. Data were extracted and cross-checked. Data were analysed, sorted by themes and mapped to region and country.

Results

Literature was reported acr

SUBMITTER: Macey A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8728409 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature