Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Participants

Newly graduated nurses

Senior staff nurses, nursing supervisors,

Preceptors, nursing students

Phenomenon of Interest

Adaptation of nurses during the transition phase

Not related to the adaptation process

during the transition phase

Context

Nursing context

Nurses in the clinical setting

Settings others than clinical context

(nursing homes, home care, welfare)

Types of study

Qualitative studies, quantitative and mixed-methods studies

Conference abstracts, discussion papers, review papers, editorials, theses and dissertations