title: An integrative review of the literature on the teaching of the history of nursing in pre-registration adult nursing education in the UK.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present an integrative review of literature on the teaching of nursing history in pre-registration adult nursing education.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Despite successive reconfigurations in healthcare systems and education policy, the teaching of the history of nursing remains contested in pre-registration curricula. Recent curriculum reviews acknowledge the need for systematic study of nursing education. To date in the UK, there has been no systematic review of the literature on the teaching of nursing history in pre-registration training programmes.
  
  
  METHODS
  An integrative review of the literature.
  
  
  METHODS
  A search of the electronic databases of CINAHL (1982-2013), HMIC (1979-2013), BNI (1994-2013) and MEDLINE (Pub Med) (1966-2013) was concluded in January 2014, using the keywords 'adult nursing', 'history' 'pre-registration', 'education' and 'teaching'.
  
  
  METHODS
  An integrative literature review was conducted. Identified titles and abstracts were screened separately by researchers for relevance and eligibility and papers were independently assessed for inclusion. Data were abstracted from included papers and quality evaluation of included papers was conducted. The papers were analysed and reported in a narrative synthesis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twelve papers were selected for review. The majority of articles were discursive papers and there was a paucity of empirical reports. Content indicated concerns for teaching nursing history in regard to curriculum policy and methods of teaching and assessment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Substantial support exists for mandatory inclusion of the teaching of historical literacy in nursing centred on the themes of health and disease, hegemony, nursing work and image and ideology. Due to space and teaching expertise issues this could ideally be achieved through the use of nursing museum visits, the usefulness of which could be critically explored in future research.
authors.affiliation: Acute Care Department, Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education, Anglia Ruskin University, Capital Park, Fulbourn, Cambridge CB21 5XA, United Kingdom. Electronic address: jacinta.kelly@anglia.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Jacinta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Hull, United Kingdom. Electronic address: r.watson@hull.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Watson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D006676:History of Nursing; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D006113:United Kingdom
keywords: Adult nursing; Education; History; Integrative; Pre-registration; Review; Teaching