Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Research Protocols
Date Submitted: Jul 11, 2023
Date Accepted: Oct 10, 2023
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Robotics in Nursing: A Scoping Review Protocol
ABSTRACT
Background:
Globally, healthcare systems are challenged by the shortage of healthcare professionals, including nurses. The decline in the nursing workforce is primarily attributed to an aging population, increased demand for healthcare services, and a shortage of qualified nurses. These factors, combined with the physical and emotional needs of the profession, have resulted in burnout and attrition among nurses. Robotics in nursing offers the potential to alleviate some of the workforce challenges by augmenting and supporting nurses in their roles.
Objective:
The objective is to identify the available evidence on robots used in supplementing nursing and their related tasks in direct clinical care, identifying the impacts on nurses, patients, the healthcare system and the economy, and the nurses' perceptions of these robots on patient and clinical care.
Methods:
The JBI methodology for scoping reviews will guide the scoping process. The Medline (Ovid), EMBASE (Ovid), Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) Plus with Full Text (EBSCOhost), Scopus, Cochrane Library, and IEEE Xplore electronic bibliographic databases will be used to retrieve articles. In addition, other sources such as the grey literature, Google Scholar, dissertations, theses, registries, blogs, relevant organizational websites, and conferences, including the reference lists of retrieved review studies and key journals, will be hand-searched to identify relevant articles. Two reviewers will independently screen retrieved articles at each stage of the screening process and independently extract data from the included studies. A third review will be consulted to help decision-making if conflicts arise. The PRISMA-ScR checklist will be used as a guide in reporting the scoping review.
Results:
Basic qualitative content analysis and descriptive statistical analysis methods will be used to report finding. Study findings will be reported in tables, frequencies, and narratively based on the extracted information
Conclusions:
The impact of robotics in nursing in clinical care is understudied and limited literature exists. The review is expected to describe the current evidence on the integration and impact of robots and robotics into nursing clinical practice. The findings will provide evidence to identify new research areas and provide direction for further research to guide nursing practice and policies on using and integrating nursing robots. Clinical Trial: Not Applicable
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