Nurses' roles in health promotion practice: an integrative review
Open Access
- 10 August 2012
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Health Promotion International
- Vol. 28 (4), 490-501
- https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/das034
Abstract
Nurses play an important role in promoting public health. Traditionally, the focus of health promotion by nurses has been on disease prevention and changing the behaviour of individuals with respect to their health. However, their role as promoters of health is more complex, since they have multi-disciplinary knowledge and experience of health promotion in their nursing practice. This paper presents an integrative review aimed at examining the findings of existing research studies (1998–2011) of health promotion practice by nurses. Systematic computer searches were conducted of the Cochrane databases, Cinahl, PubMed, Web of Science, PsycINFO and Scopus databases, covering the period January 1998 to December 2011. Data were analysed and the results are presented using the concept map method of Novak and Gowin. The review found information on the theoretical basis of health promotion practice by nurses, the range of their expertise, health promotion competencies and the organizational culture associated with health promotion practice. Nurses consider health promotion important but a number of obstacles associated with organizational culture prevent effective delivery.Keywords
This publication has 54 references indexed in Scilit:
- Advancing Population-Based Health-Promotion and Prevention Practice in Community-Health NursingAdvances in Nursing Science, 2011
- Community health: an evolutionary concept analysisJournal of Advanced Nursing, 2009
- Developing the scope of practice and education for advanced practice nurses in FinlandInternational Nursing Review, 2009
- Empowerment and its application in health promotion in acute care settings: nurses’ perceptionsJournal of Advanced Nursing, 2009
- Using action research to change health-promoting practiceNursing & Health Sciences, 2007
- Findings from non‐participant observational data concerning health promoting nursing practice in the acute hospital setting focusing on generalist nursesJournal of Clinical Nursing, 2007
- Accident and Emergency nurses’ attitudes towards health promotionJournal of Advanced Nursing, 2005
- A holistic approach to the promotion of older hospital patients’ healthInternational Nursing Review, 2005
- Promoting PreventionJournal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 2003
- Implementing health promoting nursing: the integration of interpersonal skills and health promotionJournal of Advanced Nursing, 1998