Mapping application, facilitators, and barriers to virtual nursing for inpatients in acute care hospitals: a scoping review protocol

Key Points

• The aim is to identify barriers and facilitators to implementing virtual nursing for inpatients in acute care settings.
• Conducting a scoping review of relevant literature.
• Mapping application of virtual nursing strategies in acute care.
• Analyzing factors impacting the success of virtual nursing.
• Identified key barriers that hinder the implementation of virtual nursing.
• Recognized facilitators that could enhance virtual nursing practices.
• Outlined existing gaps in the current literature on virtual nursing.