A Study of the Trends in Korean Nursing Research on Critical Care in the Last 10 Years (2008–2017) Using Integrated Review and Key Word Analysis / 중환자간호학회지

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine the possible direction of critical care nursing research in the future by analyzing the trends of recent Korean studies.METHOD: Using a database search, we selected 263 articles on critical care nursing that were published in Korean journals between 2008 and 2017. Then, we conducted an integrative review of the contents of the selected articles and analyzed the English abstracts using the relevant packages and functions of the R program.RESULTS: The number of studies concerning critical care nursing has increased over the 10-year period, and the specific topic of each study has diversified according to the time at which it was conducted. In terms of quality, the majority of the research was published in high-level academic journals. The key words regularly studied over the past decade were knowledge, delirium, education, restraint, stress, and infection. Studies related to vancomycin-resistant enterococci infection, compliance, and standards have decreased, while studies related to death, communication, and safety have increased.CONCLUSION: Randomized controlled trials and protocol research for evidence-based critical care need to be conducted, as does research on family involvement. The key word analysis of unstructured text used in this study is a relatively new method; it is suggested that this method be applied to various critical care nursing research and develop it methodologically.