Exploring the role of nurses in inpatient rehabilitation care teams: A scoping review

Healthcare professionals' perceived challenges and solutions when providing rehabilitation to persons living with dementia—A scoping review

“…However, the views of nurses who work in rehabilitation settings are underrepresented in these studies with only one identified study focusing specifically on the perspectives of rehabilitation nurses when caring for persons living with dementia. It is well known that the role of the rehabilitation nurse as part of the rehabilitation team is not well defined (Ehrlich et al, 2022) and not respected (Digby et al, 2018), even though their contribution is crucial to achieve rehabilitation outcomes, especially within the context of persons living with dementia. Whilst there is some evidence of sub‐optimal nursing care in geriatric rehabilitation hospitals (Digby et al, 2018b), their perspectives about rehabilitating persons with dementia are rarely sought, as this scoping review indicates.…”

The Role and Contributions of Nurses in Stroke Rehabilitation Units: An Integrative Review

“…Finally, the notion of nursing invisibility, particularly in rehabilitation, has been previously noted. 27 The work of rehabilitation nurses has been critiqued as invisible to nurses, patients, families/caregivers, and other members of the interdisciplinary team. 27 This invisibility is attributed to the poorly defined nature of nurses’ rehabilitation work, the lack of clarification of role expectations and boundaries, 28 the perception that nursing voices are often excluded from formal communications during decision-making, the lack of value given to nursing care during team conferences, 20 and the view that nurses’ work occurs in invisible spaces and is taken for granted.…”

“… 27 The work of rehabilitation nurses has been critiqued as invisible to nurses, patients, families/caregivers, and other members of the interdisciplinary team. 27 This invisibility is attributed to the poorly defined nature of nurses’ rehabilitation work, the lack of clarification of role expectations and boundaries, 28 the perception that nursing voices are often excluded from formal communications during decision-making, the lack of value given to nursing care during team conferences, 20 and the view that nurses’ work occurs in invisible spaces and is taken for granted. 27 Attempts have been made to promote visibility of nursing contributions to stroke rehabilitation, but the role of nurses in interprofessional rehabilitation teams has remained unclear, 29 , 22 misunderstood, or misinterpreted.…”

“… 27 This invisibility is attributed to the poorly defined nature of nurses’ rehabilitation work, the lack of clarification of role expectations and boundaries, 28 the perception that nursing voices are often excluded from formal communications during decision-making, the lack of value given to nursing care during team conferences, 20 and the view that nurses’ work occurs in invisible spaces and is taken for granted. 27 Attempts have been made to promote visibility of nursing contributions to stroke rehabilitation, but the role of nurses in interprofessional rehabilitation teams has remained unclear, 29 , 22 misunderstood, or misinterpreted. 30 One of the attempts to increase visibility of nursing contributions to rehabilitation is the development of competencies for stroke rehabilitation nurses.…”

“I’d Rather Do It Single-Handed”—Nursing Students’ Struggles with Group Assignments: A Qualitative Study

“…Furthermore, nursing is intra-professional teamwork, as nurses work with peers in routine practice. While much research has paid attention to nurses' roles in the multidisciplinary team [5][6][7], less has explored collaborative practice within nurse teams [8,9].…”