Concepts (topics)	Categories (themes)	Codes	Literature
Conceptualization of global nursing	The concepts of global nursing are clarified by integrative methods of previous research on global nursing practices	Clarification of global health	Clark et al. (2016), Cesario (2017), Edmonson et al. (2017), Evans‐Agnew et al. (2016), Gennaro et al. (2016), Gimbel et al. (2017), Wilson, Mendes, et al. (2016), Wilson, Moran, et al. (2016)
		Clarification of global nursing	Gimbel et al. (2017), Luyben et al. (2017), Wilson, Moran, et al. (2016)
		Clarification of sustainability	Benton & Shaffer (2016), Collins et al. (2018), Goodman (2016), Griggs et al. (2017)
		Clarification of global alliance	Gresh et al. (2017)
		Cultural competencies of global health nursing	Cantey et al. (2017), Cruz et al. (2017), Milton (2016), Warren et al. (2016)
Environmental health	Environmental health is the central theme of literatures on global nursing.	Impacts of climate change and extreme weather events	Divakaran et al. (2016), Nicholas and Breakey (2017), Goodman (2016), Griggs et al. (2017), Veenema et al. (2017), Williams and Downes (2017)
		Health damage caused by atmospheric pollution	Nicholas and Breakey (2017)
		Spread of infectious diseases via water and food	Nicholas and Breakey (2017), Veenema et al. (2017)
		Exposure to ultraviolet rays	Nicholas and Breakey (2017)
		Complex humanitarian emergencies (CHEs) and natural disasters	Williams and Downes (2017)
Infection diseases	There are many articles on nursing interventions associated with the prevention, treatment and spread of infectious diseases	Ebola haemorrhagic fever	Edmonson et al. (2017), Ferranti et al. (2016), Lori et al. (2017), McGillis Hall and Kashin (2016)
		Zika fever	Forman et al. (2017), Phillips and Neyland (2016), Visovsky et al. (2016)
		Tetanus	Carter and Viveash (2017)
		Global infectious diseases and vaccinations	Edmonson et al. (2017), Macintosh et al. (2017)
Security efforts	Efforts for safety of refugees and healthcare workers are considered important in nursing	Safety and health issues for immigrants in conflict zones and racism against immigrants	Al‐Natour et al. (2016), Forman et al. (2017), Moyce et al. (2016), Ogunsiji (2016), Sevinç et al. (2016)
		Human trafficking and organ trade among the poor	Corfee (2016), Edmonson et al. (2017), Fraley & Aronowitz (2017), Scannell et al. (2018), Stevens and Berishaj (2016), Twigg (2017)
		Lack of safety for nurses working in conflict zones	O'Connor (2017), Taha and Westlake (2017)
Global shortage of nursing personnel	The focus is on the lack of a global nursing staff	Shortage of nursing staff and causes for turnover	Kinghorn et al. (2017), Kurth et al. (2016), Leineweber et al. (2016), Liu et al. (2016)
		Socio‐economic and ethical issues associated with transferring nurses to supplement the nursing staff shortage	Lum et al. (2016), Mikkonen et al. (2016), Moyce et al. (2016), Newton et al. (2016), Salami et al. (2016), Shaffer et al. (2018)
		Deterioration of healthcare situation in home country	Efendi et al. (2017)
		Investing in global labour development	Downing et al. (2016), Floyd & Brunk (2016), Krubiner et al. (2016), Kurth et al. (2016), Salmon & Maeda (2016), Spies et al. (2017)
		Global leader placement and partnership	Bryant‐Lukosius et al. (2017), Ferguson et al. (2016), Gower et al. (2017), Holland & Magama (2017), Rosser et al. (2017), Rumsey et al. (2017), Shin et al. (2016), Stone et al. (2016)
Diversification of study abroad programmes	International study programmes incorporate flexible methods, such as foreign culture experience within one's own country, integration with service learning and joint online programmes with other countries.	Experiential programmes that allow students to stay in their own country while connecting with people and cultures of other countries in real time via the Internet	Falleiros de Mello et al. (2018), Leung et al. (2017), Utley‐Smith (2017), Wihlborg and Friberg (2016), Ziemba et al. (2016)
		Attempt to enter a region with diverse cultural backgrounds in the country for a certain period of time to promote cross‐cultural experiences	Lane et al. (2017), Tanaka et al. (2018)
		Efforts to have students engage in volunteer work with service‐learning functions	Brown (2017), Ryan‐Krause (2016), Underwood et al. (2016), Wade et al. (2017)
		Strategic global partnerships and global health programmes	Chan et al. (2018), Currie et al. (2018), Garrido et al. (2016), Lake et al. (2017), Napolitano & Duhamel (2017), Parfitt & Nahar (2016), Stringer et al. (2016)