Clinical practice developed by nurses in primary care in different countries: scoping review

Abstract

Introduction: the expansion of the nurse's clinical practice in Primary Health Care is constantly being discussed and it is necessary to know how it is developed in different countries. Objective: to map the clinical practice developed by nurses in Primary Health Care in different countries. Materials and method: scoping review, following the method proposed by the Joanna Briggs Institute and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews protocol. Conducted from November 2021 to August 2022 in national and international databases. Results: of the 1,279 articles found in the databases searched, 14 made up the final sample. The contents were synthesized into three categories: 1) Best clinical practices, 2) Use of strategies tools in clinical practice, and 3) Clinical practice actions. Conclusions: the clinical practice actions involved nursing consultations in oncology, prenatal care, chronic diseases, depression and coronary heart disease. The tools that help in clinical practice were nursing protocols, The International Classification of Nursing Practice, and The International Classification of Public Health Nursing Practice.