Role of nursing professionals for parenting development in early childhood: a systematic review of scope.
Kesley de Oliveira Reticena, Vânia do Nascimento Tolentino Yabuchi, Maria Fernanda Pereira Gomes and 3 others
PMID 31826157WHAT IT FOUND
Nine nursing roles were mapped for supporting parenting in early childhood, including education, health guidance, safe environments, relationships, care management and linking families to services.
The review reports what nurses do, not whether these roles improve outcomes.
Key findings
01Nineteen studies were included after screening.
02The review identified nine dimensions of the nursing role in parenting development in early childhood care.
03The included studies were produced from 1998 to 2016 and came from several countries, including Portugal and the United States.
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What it does not show
The review did not assess the methodological quality of the included studies. It maps nursing roles rather than testing whether those roles improve child development or parenting outcomes. The search included sources in Portuguese, English and Spanish only. Only 19 studies were included after screening. The authors state that the reviewed studies describe how nursing professionals act, not how their performance should be. The included studies were produced from 1998 to 2016 and were from several countries, so some findings may be older or less applicable elsewhere.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read the nine nursing roles as proof that they improve child development or parenting outcomes. This scoping review maps what included studies reported nursing professionals do, and it did not assess study quality or test effects.