International current status of anesthesia nursing research / 现代临床护理

ABSTRACT

Objective To summarize the international current status of anesthesia nursing research. Methods The nursing papers were searched across the databank of PubMed and Web of science between 1946 and 2017 and 2012 and 2017,respectively to look into the external characteristics of international anesthesia nursing publications. Using the methods of common words analysis, cluster analysis and citation analysis, we analyzed high frequency subjects and highly cited articles from 2012-2017, analyzing the highlights in the anesthesia nursing. Results 5,041 articles from 1946-2017 were included. The number of articles in anesthesia nursing field was relatively small in first 30 years,increasing year by year since 1970s and speeding up since 1990s.The average number of articles from 2012-2017 was all above 150.The 5,041 articles distributed in 1,260 journals.The top 10 journals accounted for 24.36% of the total number (1228/5041).The articles were mainly published in the developed countries in Europe and America.The hot spots in anesthesia nursing research included anesthesia management and pain management,professional skills of anesthesia nurses and medical team collaboration,intervention on psychological status and complications among perioperative patients. Conclusions The research of anesthesia nursing aboard has attracted more and more attention and formed several research highlights.Domestic research in the field is still at the early stage and in the future,domestic scholars can draw on foreign research highlights to carry out relevant research.