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articles were found to be relevant to be included in our study. The results of our investigation among the searched literature are summarized as follows. 19 | P a g e Table 1. Search result DATABASES SEARCH WORDS YEAR NUMBER OF HIT SELECTED ARTICLES EBSCO (Academic Search Elite) Holistic nursing AND Nurses view or experience or perception Holistic nursing AND Challenges 2000 - 2015 75 32 6 6 EBSCO (CNAHL) Holistic nursing AND Nurses view OR perception OR Experience Holistic nursing AND Challenges 2000 - 2015 35 17 1 2 SCIENCE DRECT “Holistic nursing” AND “Nurses view” Holistic nursing AND Challenges 2000 - 2015 28 84 2 2 PUBMED “Holistic nursing” AND Nurses view Holistic nursing AND Challenges 2000 - 2015 41 69 2 0 20 | P a g e Search 381 articles Selection base on title 189 Selections based of abstract 102 Selections based on content of the article 21 Selected articles 21 Reason why article was not selected - Missing authors important criteria’s - Not related to nursing field - Not a scientific article Reason why article was not selected - Holistic nursing not taking into consideration - Does not answer authors research question Reason why article was not selected - Does not answer research question - Bias articles - Relation to holistic nursing care missing - Selected based on criteria - Selection based on requirement - Authors aim that articles meet requirement - Answer research question Figure 3 Picture of how articles where selected 21 | P a g e Including Criteria The authors set a criteria aiming to ensure that only articles that met the criteria were selected. Only academic databases such as Cinahl, Sciencedirect and Ebsco were used to search for articles for the study. All articles must be in English and be free to access. The articles must have been published from 2000-2015, this is to ensure that must findings and researches are up to date. Older articles were also taking into consideration because some carries enough information need to answer the research questions. Excluding Criteria It was important for the authors to include some criteria in excluding articles; this ensures reliability of the study and establishes articles that are relevant to this review. All articles whose material was irrelevant and non-scientific were not considered. Articles below the year 1998 were eliminated. Articles which do not meet the author’s criteria were excluded, in order to attain credibility for the study. The selection criterion is summarized in the table below. The criterion used is presented in the table below. Table 2. Including and excluding criteria table Including Criteria Excluding Criteria 22 | P a g e i. Must be retrieve from an academic database such as CINAHL, SCIENCEDIRECT, ACADEMIC SEARCH ELITE. ii. Articles in full text and relevant to the research topic iii. Articles must be in English iv. Articles publication date period between 2000 – 2015 v. Articles should be free vi. OECD Member countries i. Articles not in full text ii. Articles not written in English iii. Articles not relevant to the topic iv. Articles that are not free 5.2 Data Analysis Qualitative content analysis is a tool to describe phenomena, learn to understand and identify different processes and build new knowledge bases. (Elo & Kyngäs, 2008). The process of qualitative data analysis involves researching and finding articles that help in explaining, understanding and interpreting the topic that is been investigated. The content analysis involved reading and choosing scientific articles from different databases that were relevant to our topic and also those that answer our research questions. The research questions used helped in analyzing and creating results. (Schreier, 2012) The selection criteria focused on the content of the articles, attitude of the writers, weather the views were individual or group views and if the articles were actual or hypothetical. This involved the use of the including and excluding criteria. (Elo & kygäs 23 | P a g e 2007). 21 articles were selected and the results found were divided into categories and subcategories. Below articles chosen for analyzing listed in chronological orders are: Table 3. Summary of the articles used in content analysis Author Title Year Result Article 1 Patricia O’Regan, Teresa Wills, and Anna O’Leary Complementary therapies: A challenge for nursing practice 2010 This study show that nurses inexperience and lack of enough education affect clinical practice. Article 2 Higgins A, Barker P, Begley CM Sexuality: The challenge to espoused holistic care 2006 This study shows that the majority of nurses did not teach, support or counsel patients regarding the impact of illness, or advice on the management or treatment on sex related issues. Article 3 Alison L. Kitson, sa Muntlin Athlin, Tiffany Conroy Anything but Basic: Nursing’s Challenge in Meeting Patients’ Fundamental Care Needs 2014 Nursing’s challenge to meet patients’ basic or fundamental needs is complex. Article 4 Fawcett T.N. & Noble A The challenge of spiritual care in a multi-faith society experienced as a Christian nurse 2004 This study shows how nurse with different belief can offer the ideal of spiritual care to a patient with different belief. Article 5 Miki Goodwin, Lori Candela Outcomes of newly practicing nurses who applied principles of holistic comfort theory during the transition from school to 2012 This study insists the introduction of holistic nursing education.
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