Motivation of nursing undergraduate program entrants: A scoping review protocol

• Published in: PloS one 2025, Vol.20 (1), p.e0311426
• Main Authors: de Almeida Sasso, Leonila Santos, Costa, Ana Caroline Dos Santos, Engel, Ana Maria Rita Pedroso Vilela Torres de Carvalho, Tiol, Emília Batista Mourão, Valença, Fabrício Renato Teixeira, Castro, Natalia Almeida de Arnaldo Silva Rodrigues, Menezes, João Daniel de Souza, Martins, Cíntia Canato, Costa, Carlos Dario da Silva, Assoni, Maria Aurélia da Silveira, Martinez, William Donegá, Fucuta, Patrícia da Silva, Brienze, Vânia Maria Sabadoto, Lima, Alba Regina de Abreu, André, Júlio César
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Academic achievement; Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; Health sciences; Humans; Information processing; Knowledge; Learning; Library and information science; Literature reviews; Medical personnel; Motivation; Nursing; Nursing education; Professional ethics; Professionals; Search methods; Student retention; Students, Nursing - psychology
• ISSN: 1932-6203; 1932-6203
• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0311426

Motivation is of great importance in the teaching-learning process, because motivated students seek out opportunities and show interest and enthusiasm in carrying out their tasks. The objective of this review is to identify and present the information available in the literature on the status quo of motivation among nursing program entrants. This is a qualitative scoping review study, a type of literature review designed to map out and find evidence to address a specific research objective, following the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology. The objective was outlined using the PCC (Population, Concept, Context) acronym. The protocol was developed and registered on the Open Science Framework (OSF) platform under DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/EJNGY. The search strategy and database selection were defined by a library and information science professional together with the authors. The search will be carried out in the following databases: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Literatura Latino Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde, Lilacs Esp, National Library of Medicine (PubMed), ScienceDirect, Scopus, and the Web of Science platform. The researchers will meet to discuss discrepancies and make decisions using a consensus model, and a third researcher will be tasked with independently resolving any conflicts. Data extraction will involve two independent researchers reviewing each article. Documents such as original articles; theoretical studies; experience reports; clinical study articles; case studies; normative, integrative, and systematic reviews; meta-analyses; meta-syntheses; monographs; theses; and dissertations in English, Portuguese, and Spanish from 2017 to 2023 were included. The results will be presented in tabular and/or diagrammatic format, along with a narrative summary.