Sustainable nursing actions in health service waste management: a scoping review

TL;DR

This paper reviews scientific literature to identify sustainable nursing practices for managing health service waste.

Contribution

It provides a scoping review of sustainable nursing actions in health service waste management.

Findings

Most studies focused on material reduction, recycling, and reuse in waste management.

Eighteen studies were analyzed, mostly published in 2023 in Europe.

A diagram was created to summarize key sustainable nursing practices.

Abstract

to map evidence in the scientific literature about sustainable nursing actions in health service waste management.

a scoping review, carried out in the Scopus, Web of Science, ScienceDirect, Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE/PubMed), Embase, Google Scholar® databases and manual search in reference lists. The study was structured according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews recommendations.

the final sample consisted of 18 studies, most of which were published in 2023, in Europe, in English, with a quantitative approach and classified as level V of evidence.

the sustainable nursing actions in waste management that most prevailed in the sample were related to material reduction, recycling and reuse. A diagram was created with the main sustainable nursing practices in health service waste management.

mapear evidências na literatura científica acerca das ações sustentáveis de enfermagem no gerenciamento de resíduos de serviços de saúde.

revisão de escopo, realizada nas bases de dados Scopus, Web of Science, Science Direct, Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE/PubMed), Embase, Google Scholar® e busca manual nas listas de referências. O estudo foi estruturado de acordo com as recomendações do Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews.

a amostra final foi composta por 18 estudos, que foram publicados em sua maioria em 2023, no continente europeu, no idioma inglês, com abordagem quantitativa e classificados com nível V de evidência.

as ações sustentáveis de enfermagem no gerenciamento de resíduos que mais prevaleceram na amostra estavam relacionadas à redução, reciclagem e reutilização de materiais. Foi elaborado um diagrama com as principais práticas sustentáveis de enfermagem no gerenciamento de resíduos de serviços de saúde.

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