Abstract
The Japanese Society of Nursing Art and Science Technological Achievements Committee Positioning Management Team conducts activities that are widely publicized to clinical nurses by verbalizing positioning performed by nurses from existing research findings and clinical knowledge. Till date, literature reviews of the definition of positioning in nursing and the practices of clinical nurses related to positioning have published results of studies on tools devised during positioning. The present literature study was conducted to elucidate factors related to “arts (proficient skills)” in positioning performed by nurses from reports focusing on the positioning practiced by nurses. Of the 2,241 reports searched for terms related to positioning in the Japan Medical Abstracts Society database (1999-2013), 67 reports on positioning practiced by nurses were included in this study. Results revealed that factors related to “arts (proficient skills)” in positioning performed by nurses arose from the “thoughts” and “ideas” of nurses toward patients and involved practicing nursing “tailored to the patient” to comfort patients and alleviate their stress.
