The effectiveness of nursing: a review

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Summary: This paper describes the findings of a literature review of the effectiveness of nursing. Three journals were selected in which this type of study was most likely to be published. A diversity of attempts to measure nursing effectiveness with various types of patient was found. Generally, however, there was a lack of rigour in study design and sample sixes were too small to be able to draw conclusions. No studies were found which undertook a cost‐effectiveness analysis of nursing interventions. Suggestions for the way forward in measuring nursing effectiveness are given, together with questions to be addressed by nursing research.