A systematic integrated literature review of systematic integrated literature reviews in nursing

• Published in: The Journal of nursing education Vol. 51; no. 11; pp. 632 - 640
• Main Authors: Im, Eun-Ok, Chang, Sun Ju
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States SLACK INCORPORATED 01-11-2012
• Subjects: Definitions; Doctoral Dissertations; Doctoral Programs; Doctoral Students; Education, Nursing, Graduate - methods; Graduate studies; Guidelines; Humans; Literature reviews; Nursing; Nursing education; Nursing Informatics - methods; Nursing Research - methods; Research Design; Researchers; Review Literature as Topic; Systematic review
• ISSN: 0148-4834; 1938-2421
• DOI: 10.3928/01484834-20120914-02

As faculty members, we frequently find that first-year doctoral students in nursing are confused about how to conduct a systematic integrated literature review. This could be due to its vague definition and a lack of recent literature that provides directions for conducting a systematic integrated literature review. This article aims to provide directions for conducting a systematic integrated literature review by identifying the essential components of published literature reviews in nursing. To achieve this goal, the literature was searched by using the keywords nursing, systematic, and review in multiple databases. A total of 267 articles were selected and are included in this systematic integrated literature review. The articles were then sorted by study design and analyzed in six areas of interests. Finally, a practical guideline for conducting systematic integrated literature reviews is proposed based on the analysis of the literature.