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SynthesisInternational wound journal2020

Nurses are research leaders in skin and wound care.

Georgina Gethin, Sebastian Probst, Carolina Weller, Jan Kottner, Dimitri Beeckman

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Synthesis in International wound journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Nurses are research leaders in skin and wound care.International wound journal · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Georgina GethinSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5859-8357
Sebastian ProbstSchool of Nursing & Midwifery, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9603-1570
Carolina WellerSchool of Nursing & Midwifery, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8016-1060
Jan KottnerDepartment of Dermatology and Allergy, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Dimitri BeeckmanSchool of Nursing & Midwifery, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3080-8716

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The World Health Assembly declared 2020, the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. Recent editorials and commentaries support the leading role of nurses and midwives as frontline caregivers emphasizing the need to invest in the nursing workforce worldwide to meet global health needs. Today nurses are also leaders in research and one example is skin and wound care. In order to reflect on the contribution of nurses as researchers we conducted a systematic review of published articles in five international leading wound care journals in the years 1998, 2008 and 2018. We aimed to determine the type of research publication and percentage of nurses as first, second or senior authors. The place in the authorship was selected as indicative of leadership as it implies responsibility and accountability for the published work. Across the years 1998, 2008 and 2018, 988 articles were published. The overall proportion of nurse-led articles was 29% (n = 286). The total numbers of articles increased over time and so too did the nurse-led contributions. Nurse-led research was strongest in the design categories 'cohort studies' (46%, n = 44), 'systematic reviews' (46%, n = 19), and 'critically appraised literature and evidence-based guidelines' (47%, n = 55).Results of this review indicate that, in addition to the crucial clinical roles, nurses also have a substantial impact on academia and development of the evidence base to guide clinical practice. Our results suggest that nurse led contributions were particularly strong in research summarizing research to guide skin and wound care practice.

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NursesNursing StaffHumansLeadershipNurse's Roleleadershipnursingskin carewound care

Identifiers

PMID32840060
PMCPMC7949020

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