Table 1.
Design, Context, Population and Geographic Location by Study
| Author et al (Year) | Study Design | Context of Practice | Study Population | Geographic Location of Study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ali & Johnson. (2017) | Qualitative Descriptive | Acute Care | 59 RNs | United Kingdom |
| Ali & Watson (2018) | Qualitative Descriptive | Acute Care/Tertiary Care | 59 RNs | United Kingdom |
| Alm-Pfrunder et al. (2018) | Qualitative | Prehospital Ambulance | 11 RNs | Sweden |
| Amoah et al. (2019) | Qualitative Exploratory | Acute Care | 6 RN, 7 patients | Ghana |
| Azize et al. (2018) | Quantitative Descriptive | Minor Injuries Unit | 20 RNs, 20 Nursing Students | United Kingdom |
| Badger et al. (2012) | Mixed Methods | Nursing Home | 101 RN Managers surveyed; 13 RN managers interviewed | United Kingdom |
| Balakrishnan et al. (2016) | Quantitative Prospective Cohort | Emergency | 12 RNs in 163 Patient encounters | United States |
| Barnes et al. (2011) | Mixed Methods | Home Care / Public Health Nursing | 17 RNs, 8 patients, 2 interpreters, 3 interpreter managers; 1304 RN-patient encounters | United Kingdom |
| Beckstrand et al. (2010) | Quantitative Descriptive | Pediatric ICU | 1047 RNs | United States |
| Bramberg & Sandman (2013) | Qualitative Descriptive | Home Care | 12 RNs, 11 Social Workers, 4 Nurse Assistants | Sweden |
| Chae & Park (2019) | Qualitative Exploratory Descriptive | Outpatient Clinic | 16 RNs | South Korea |
| Clayton et al. (2016) | Qualitative | Operating Room, Acute Care | 14 RNs | Australia |
| Coleman & Angosta (2017) | Qualitative Exploratory | Acute care | 40 RNs | United States |
| Diamond et al. (2012) | Quantitative Descriptive | Acute care | 65 RNs, 68 MDs | United States |
| Eklof et al. (2015) | Qualitative Descriptive | Public Health | 8 RNs | Finland |
| Fatahi et al. (2010) | Qualitative | Acute Care | 14 RNs | Sweden |
| Galinato et al. (2016) | Qualitative Descriptive | Acute Care- Medical Surgical | 7 RNs | United States |
| Granhagen Jungner et al. (2019) | Quantitative Descriptive | Pediatric Oncology | 151 RNs, 62 Nurse Assistant, 54 MD | Sweden |
| Hendson et al. (2015) | Qualitative Exploratory | NICU | 31 RN, 27 other providers (RT, NP, MD, students, administrative staff, SW) | Canada |
| Ian et al. (2016) | Qualitative Exploratory | Mixed | 17 RNs | United States |
| Jackson & Mixer (2017) | Qualitative Descriptive | Acute Care | 7 RN-patient dyads | United States |
| Kallakorpi et al. (2018) | Qualitative | Inpatient Psychiatric | 5 RNs, Encounters with 9 Patients | Finland |
| Kaur et al. (2019) | Quantitative Pre and Post Intervention | Oncology | 53 RNs | Australia |
| Machado (2013) | Mixed Methods | Acute Care | 11 RNs, 23 nursing technicians, 3 nursing assistants | Brazil |
| McCarthy et al. (2013) | Qualitative Descriptive | Mixed | 7 RNs | Ireland |
| Mottelson et al. (2018) | Quantitative Descriptive | Mixed Acute Care | 78 Charge RNs | Denmark |
| Patriksson et al. (2019) | Quantitative Descriptive | Neonatal | 484 RNs, 54 MDs, 320 nurse assistants | Sweden |
| Plaza Del Pino et al. (2013) | Qualitative Ethnography | Acute Care | 32 RNs | Spain |
| Rifai et al. (2018) | Inductive Qualitative | Public Health | 11 RNs | Sweden |
| Rosendahl et al. (2016) | Qualitative Exploratory Descriptive | Nursing Home | 9 Vocational Nurses, 5 Family Members | Sweden |
| Ross et al. (2016) | Quantitative Descriptive | Mixed Acute Care | 112 RNs, 48 Midwives, 64 Allied Health | Australia |
| Savio & George (2013) | Quantitative Descriptive | Acute Care | 100 RNs | India |
| Seale, Rivas, Al-Sarraj, et al. (2013) | Mixed Methods | Primary Care | 9 RNs, 36 Nurse-Patient Encounters | United Kingdom |
| Seale, Rivas, & Kelly (2013) | Qualitative Analysis of Nurse-Patient Interactions | Primary Care | 9 RNs, 36 Nurse-Patient Encounters | United Kingdom |
| Shuman et al. (2017) | Qualitative | Acute Care | 3 RNs, 3 nurse assistants | United States |
| Silvera-Tawil et al. (2018) | Mixed Methods | Acute Care | 15 RNs, 10 patients, 85 nurse-patient observations | Australia |
| Skoog et al. (2017) | Qualitative Inductive | Child Health Center | 13 RNs | Sweden |
| Squires et al. (2017) | Quantitative Descriptive | Home Health Care | RN and Physical Therapists assigned to 18,132 cases | United States |
| Squires et al. (2019) | Qualitative Exploratory Descriptive | Home Health Care | 35 RN, 3 PT, 1 OT | United States |
| Suurmond et al. (2017) | Qualitative | Pediatric Oncology | 13 RN, 12 MD | The Netherlands |
| Tay et al. (2012) | Qualitative | Oncology | 10 RNs | Singapore |
| Taylor & Alfred (2010) | Qualitative Case Study Approach | Mixed (Inpatient and Outpatient) | 23 RNs | United States |
| Tuot et al. (2012) | Quantitative Descriptive | Acute Care | 163 RNs, 116 MDs | United States |
| Valizadeh et al. (2017) | Qualitative | Pediatric Acute Care | 25 RNs, 9 patient parents | Iran |
| Watt et al. (2018) | Qualitative Inductive | Prison | 9 RNs, 30 patients | Australia |
| Watts et al. (2018) | Qualitative | Oncology | 21 RNs, 17 MD | Australia |
| Whitman et al. (2010) | Quantitative Descriptive | Schools | 1, 429 RNs | United States |
| Willey et al. (2018) | Qualitative Descriptive | Maternal Child Community Health | 26 RNs | Australia |