Table 1 Search strategies in the databases selected in the study, 2022

PUBMED

 (((nursing care[mh] OR nursing care OR nurses[mh] OR nursing[mh] OR nurse* OR nursing*) AND (“drug resistance, microbial”[mh] OR microbial drug resistanc* OR antimicrobial drug resistanc* OR antibiotic resistanc* OR drug resistance, bacterial[mh] OR bacterial drug resistanc* OR antibacterial drug resistanc*)) AND (antimicrobial stewardship[mh] OR antimicrobial stewardship OR antibiotic stewardship)) AND (English[lang] OR Portuguese[lang] OR Spanish[lang])

EMBASE

 (‘nurse’/exp OR ‘nurse’ OR ‘nurses’ OR ‘nursing’/exp OR ‘nursing’ OR ‘nursing care’/exp OR ‘nursing care’) AND (‘antimicrobial stewardship’/exp OR ‘antibiotic stewardship’ OR ‘antimicrobial stewardship’) AND (‘antibiotic resistance’/exp OR ‘antibacterial drug resistance’ OR ‘antibacterial resistance’ OR ‘antibiotic non-susceptibility’ OR ‘antibiotic nonsusceptibility’ OR ‘antibiotic resistance’ OR ‘antimicrobial drug resistance’ OR ‘antimicrobial resistance’ OR ‘bacterial drug resistance’ OR ‘bacterial resistance’ OR ‘bacterium resistance’ OR ‘drug resistance, bacterial’ OR ‘drug resistance, microbial’ OR ‘microbial drug resistance’ OR ‘resistance, antibiotic’) AND [embase]/lim AND ([english]/lim OR [portuguese]/lim OR [spanish]/lim)

BVS

 (“nursing care” OR “cuidado de enfermagem” OR “cuidados de enfermagem” OR “atencion de enfermaria” OR nurse* OR nursing OR enfermeir* OR enfermer*) AND (“antimicrobial stewardship” OR “antibiotic stewardship” OR “gestao de antimicrobianos” OR “administração de antibioticos” OR “programas de optimizacion del uso de los antimicrobianos” OR “administracion de antibióticos”) AND ( db:(“LILACS”) AND la:(“pt” OR “es” OR “en”))

CINAHL

 (((“nursing care” OR nursing OR nurse*) AND (“microbial drug resistance” OR “microbial drug resistances” OR “antimicrobial drug resistance” OR “antimicrobial drug resistances” OR “antibiotic resistance” OR “antibiotic resistances” OR “bacterial drug resistance” OR “bacterial drug resistances” OR “antibacterial drug resistance” OR “antibacterial drug resistances”)) AND (“antimicrobial stewardship” OR “antibiotic stewardship”))

SciELO

 (“nursing care” OR “cuidado de enfermagem” OR “cuidados de enfermagem” OR “atencion de enfermaria” OR nurse* OR nursing OR enfermeir* OR enfermer*) AND (“antimicrobial stewardship” OR “antibiotic stewardship” OR “gestao de antimicrobianos” OR “administração de antibioticos” OR “programas de optimizacion del uso de los antimicrobianos” OR “administracion de antibióticos”)