Nurses' Roles and Challenges to Providing Care for Tropical Diseases: A Scoping Review
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Title
Nurses' Roles and Challenges to Providing Care for Tropical Diseases: A Scoping Review
Subject
Disease Vectors, Nurse's Role, Tropical disease
Description
Tropical diseases are associated with tropical regions, but global access travel, climate change, and
environmental factors affecting disease vectors may spread to non-endemic countries. This review reinforces the
view of nurses' roles and challenges to providing care for tropical diseases. This scoping review search included:
SCOPUS, PubMed, EBSCO Medline, Science Direct, and citation search: Google Scholar. Studies included if
the population was nurses or part of a multidisciplinary or provider intervention on tropical diseases and
original English articles between 2011 and 2021 with various methods. From 773 studies identified, 23 met the
inclusion criteria. Three themes emerged: 1) nurses role as health providers, educators, motivators, leaders,
collaboration, and coordination; 2) providing safe working and job satisfaction; and 3) The role of organizations,
health systems, and policymakers. There were also three challenges: 1) lack of skills, knowledge, and training for
nurses, 2) the stigma of tropical diseases, 3) sociocultural approach. The role and practice of nursing in tropical
diseases vary across healthcare settings, influenced by nurses' stigma, knowledge, training, job safety, and
satisfaction. Nurse lack knowledge and training compared to other health workers. Potential to increase nurseparticipation with a sociocultural approach and involving nurse's leadership roles require further research
environmental factors affecting disease vectors may spread to non-endemic countries. This review reinforces the
view of nurses' roles and challenges to providing care for tropical diseases. This scoping review search included:
SCOPUS, PubMed, EBSCO Medline, Science Direct, and citation search: Google Scholar. Studies included if
the population was nurses or part of a multidisciplinary or provider intervention on tropical diseases and
original English articles between 2011 and 2021 with various methods. From 773 studies identified, 23 met the
inclusion criteria. Three themes emerged: 1) nurses role as health providers, educators, motivators, leaders,
collaboration, and coordination; 2) providing safe working and job satisfaction; and 3) The role of organizations,
health systems, and policymakers. There were also three challenges: 1) lack of skills, knowledge, and training for
nurses, 2) the stigma of tropical diseases, 3) sociocultural approach. The role and practice of nursing in tropical
diseases vary across healthcare settings, influenced by nurses' stigma, knowledge, training, job safety, and
satisfaction. Nurse lack knowledge and training compared to other health workers. Potential to increase nurseparticipation with a sociocultural approach and involving nurse's leadership roles require further research
Creator
Yayu Nidaul Fithriyyah, Haryani
Source
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Nm_habi02UqFwkbtAVw-YbFxSVnPU39M
Publisher
Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta
Date
2022
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
Rights
p-ISSN: 1979-2697
e-ISSN: 2721-1797
e-ISSN: 2721-1797
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Text
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Citation
Yayu Nidaul Fithriyyah, Haryani, “Nurses' Roles and Challenges to Providing Care for Tropical Diseases: A Scoping Review,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed February 10, 2026, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/10633.