Advanced practice nursing in Brazil: bibliometric analysis of dissertations and theses

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the scientific production on Advanced Practice Nursing based on dissertations and theses published in Brazil. Method: A bibliometric study, with a descriptive approach based on documents, carried out in the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel Theses and Dissertations Bank, Scientific Electronic Library Online, Virtual Health Library, Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences and institutional repositories, from October to November 2023. Results: Of the 25 scientific productions identified, 16 are dissertations and nine are theses. Most were published in 2022 (40.0%), in the Southeast region (60.0%), especially at the Faculdade Israelita de Ciências da Saúde Albert Einstein, through a professional master’s program in nursing (20.0%). Family health was the most evident area of specialty in the sample (36.0%), and the prevalent level of complexity was Primary Health Care (76.0%). Conclusion: The scenario of scientific productions on the subject in the country has begun to advance in recent years, but is still incipient. The mapping of theses and dissertations on Advanced Practice Nursing points to the emerging need to meet the demands arising from the health sector at an international and national level.