Use of Action Research in Nursing Education

Table 1

Overview of review articles’ focus, participants/researchers, and data collection tools.

Area of nursing education	Number of articles	Participants/researchers	Data tools
Theory	7	Students, instructors, supervisors	Surveys, semistructured feedback sessions and interviews, focus groups, reflective journaling
Clinical	12	Patients, community or health agency, nurses, nursing students	Surveys, questionnaires, qualitative data collection
Curriculum	23	Faculty, students, nurses, educators, physicians, preceptors, administration, community members, nurse midwives, managers, government professionals, industry, community health providers	Interviews, surveys, field notes, diaries, team meetings, end semester reflection meetings, focus groups, questionnaires, workshop, reflective journals, curriculum documents, teacher notes, patchwork text, exams, group reports, class participation, observations
Graduate	13	Students, instructors, supervisors (clinical partners), community health staff, users of services/carers	Meeting notes, description of process, self-reflective process, surveys, focus groups, interviews, discussion, reflective writing