Department of Nursing Management, Faculty of Nursing, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
VM Medical Park Kocaeli Hospital, Kocaeli, Turkey.
J Adv Nurs. 2023 Mar;79(3):1119-1128. doi: 10.1111/jan.15527. Epub 2022 Dec 4.
This study aimed to analyse the study focus, thematic trends and evolution of studies on the leadership and care in nursing by using a bibliometric analysis.
Descriptive and bibliometric analyses were employed.
The study universe included 3558 articles on the leadership and care in the Web of Science (WoS) database. The data analysis and graphical presentation were conducted using Bibliometrix Package in R software.
Within the scope of the study, articles published by 10,255 authors in 184 different sources between 1982-2021 were reached. Five thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight author keywords were found in these studies. The most frequent author keywords included "leadership," "nursing," "nurse," "evidence-based practice," "management," "nursing leadership" and "patient safety." It was further suggested that the most frequently used trend topics in early years were "new roles," "faculty practice," "research implementation" while trend topics such as "systematic review," "older adults" and "COVID-19' have become popular in recent years.
The number of studies on the leadership and care in nursing has gradually increased over the years, and this subject has already become an active field of study in nursing research. In addition, nurse-related themes such as job satisfaction, teamwork and retention have been reviewed more intensively while patient-based and fundamental care-based themes have been less studied.
This study was the first bibliometric analysis to focus on the research focus, thematic trends and evolution of research on the leadership and care in nursing. Only a limited amount of data are available on the current knowledge structure, research focus, thematic trends and evolution of research on leadership and care in nursing. The results of this study may establish a solid ground to design further studies and provide guidance.
本研究旨在通过文献计量分析，分析护理领导力和护理方面的研究重点、主题趋势和演变。
采用描述性和文献计量学分析。
研究范围包括 Web of Science（WoS）数据库中关于领导力和护理的 3558 篇文章。数据分析和图形呈现使用 R 软件中的 Bibliometrix 包进行。
在研究范围内，共涉及 184 种不同来源的 10255 名作者发表的 5828 个作者关键词的文章，这些研究中发现了 5828 个作者关键词。最常见的作者关键词包括“领导力”、“护理”、“护士”、“循证实践”、“管理”、“护理领导力”和“患者安全”。进一步表明，早期使用的最频繁的主题是“新角色”、“教师实践”、“研究实施”，而近年来，诸如“系统评价”、“老年人”和“COVID-19”等趋势主题变得流行。
多年来，护理领导力和护理方面的研究数量逐渐增加，这一主题已经成为护理研究的活跃领域。此外，与护士相关的主题，如工作满意度、团队合作和保留，已经得到了更深入的研究，而基于患者和基础护理的主题则研究较少。
这是第一项针对护理领导力和护理方面的研究重点、主题趋势和演变的文献计量分析。关于领导力和护理方面的研究的当前知识结构、研究重点、主题趋势和演变，只有有限的数据可用。本研究的结果可能为进一步设计研究提供坚实的基础，并提供指导。
