Out of the 17 primary studies included in the review,
15 were published in English and two in Portuguese. There
was diversity in relation to journals, eight were nursing specific,
two journals had more than one study – Nursing and
Simulation in Healthcare (n=2), and only two publications
were made in Brazilian journals – one in the Escola Anna
Nery Revista de Enfermagem and one in the Revista LatinoAmericana
de Enfermagem.
The primary studies included were classified into four
thematic categories: standardizing blood pressure measurement
technique (category 1); training with simulation
to act against pre-eclampsia and/or eclampsia conditions
(category 2); instruments for standardization of
care (category 3) and quality of care (category 4). Chart 2
shows the general characterization of the primary studies.
Studies one to three were grouped into the first category;
the fourth to seventh study were included in the second
category; eighth and ninth studies included in the third
category and studies from ten to seventeen make up the
fourth category.