16th International Family Nursing Conference , Dublin, Ireland, 21/06/23
Background and Purpose: There is a growing interest by nursing leaders in endorsing the IFNA Position Statements (IFNA-PSs) when caring for families alongside the more conventional construct of nursing knowledge. This scoping review aims to provide an overview of the published literature on IFNAPSs promoting quality family care; in particular, it aims to identify how IFNA-PSs are reported within earlier literature.
Methods: We searched OVID (MEDLINE, PsychINFO, CINAHL), Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI), the Cochrane library and Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), and Google Scholar for relevant studies. Eligible studies cited IFNA-PSs, including quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods studies, editorial, discussion, and commentary papers. All studies were screened by independent reviewers following a priori protocol, according to the JBI methodology for scoping reviews.
Results: The search identified 118 references published between 2013 and 2022. StudiesResults: The search identified 118 references published between 2013 and 2022. Studies varied in terms of their methodology and scope of research. About three-quarters of studies cited IFNA-PSs for general citation purposes. However, the remaining quarter utilized at least one of the IFNA-PSs in combination with other strategies to influence family system care. The direct outcomes of IFNA-PSs dissemination were rarely considered, mainly related to the limited number of intervention studies and the fact that most work underlying the connection between the use of IFNA-PSs and patient or family outcomes is more theoretical than empirical.
Conclusions and implications: While the development of IFNA-PSs is relatively new, the increasing number of IFNA-PSs citations is a testimony to the fact that they are valuable tools to help bring about positive change in the practice, education, research, and policy of family nursing. Future research should (1) widen the type and scope of the IFNA-PSs in research, (2) expand the use and application of IFNAPSs in new clinical and educational contexts, and (3) widen the type of participants considered in intervention studies.
Diana Arabiat; Teresa Gutierrez-Aleman; Norma Krumwiede; Nadin Abdalrazeq; Akiko Araki; Petra Brysiewicz; Lucila Castanheira Nascimento; Laurence Di Benedetto; Maria do Céu Barbieri Figueiredo; Virginia Jones et al.