Table 2 Summary of sources included in the final analysis

1. O'shea [23], 2007, Ireland (High Income)

To explore newly qualified staff nurses’ experiences of being on clinical placement post registration, and the meanings that this experience held for them.

n=10

Newly qualified nurses,

Qualitative phenomenology,

Clinical Nursing

2. Labrague [3], 2019, Philipine (Lower-middle income)

This study describes the transition experiences of newly graduated Filipino nurses during their initial clinical placement process one-year post registration

n=15

newly graduated nurses,

Qualitative phenomenology,

Nursing Forum

3. AbuAlRub [24], 2018, Jordan (Upper-middle income)

To explore the challenges that face new Jordanian nurses in the first year of employment

n=30, Newly qualified nurses,

and n=6 key informants

Qualitative phenomenology,

International Nursing Review

4. Awaisi [17], 2015, Oman (High income)

To explore the experiences of new clinician nurses during their transition period in the Sultanate of Oman

2009 (n=15) and 2010 (n=10) cohorts of nursing clinicians, students (n=8), preceptors (n=6), clinical instructors (n=5), head nurses (n=5), and managers (n=4) who had experienced working with new clinician nurses.

Qualitative case study

International

Journal of Nursing Studies

5. Black [25], 2010, USA (High Income)

To explore the experiences, learning, and development of promising novice therapists throughout their first year of practice in the United States.

n=12,

Novice physical

therapist

Grounded theory,

Journal of the American Physical Therapy association

6. Brennan [26], 2010. UK (High income)

To explore the experiences of junior doctors during their first year of clinical practice.

n=31,

Newly qualified doctor,

Qualitative phenomenology,

Medical Education

7. Casey [27], 2004, USA (High Income)

To identify the stresses and challenges experienced by cohorts of clinician nurses.

n=270, New clinician nurses

Quantitative cross-sectional survey.

Nursing Administration

8. Clare [5], 2003, Australia (High income)

To explore the transition from undergraduate student to clinician nurse.

N=550, Clinician nurses and

N=350 directors of nursing.

Mixed methods

Collegian

9. De Bellis [4], 2015, Australia (High Income)

To identify the issues and difficulties experienced by new nursing clinicians in the clinical environment as they commence their career as registered nurses

n=21

Newly registered nurses.

Qualitative phenomenology,

Contemporary Nurse

10. Doherty [10], 2009, Australia (High Income)

To investigate the perception of new graduates on their preparation for practice, at seven

months post-graduation.

n=18

Newly registered first cohort of occupational therapists.

Quantitative cross-sectional survey,

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

11. Tryssenaar [6], 2001, Canada (High income)

The study explored the lived experience of rehabilitation students during their final placement and first year of practice.

n=6

Occupational therapist (n=3), and 3 Physical Therapy (n=3) students

Qualitative phenomenology,

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

12. Lee [18], 2003, Australia (High Income)

To explore the experiences of five new clinician occupational therapists.

n=5

New occupational therapy clinicians

Qualitative phenomenology,

Australian Journal of Rural Health

13. Mangone [28], 2016, Australia (High income)

To explore the effectiveness of addressing transitional issues during debriefing sessions for new clinician nurses and trainee enrolled nurses.

Three focus groups consisting of four to five new nursing graduates.

Qualitative study,

Contemporary Nurse

14. Nour [29], 2018, Canada (High income)

To explore the experiences of newly graduated- nurses in acute healthcare settings within Canada.

n=14

Newly registered nurses

Grounded theory,

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research.

15. Phillips [11], 2014, Australia (High income)

To identify the factors that clinician nurses believe assists them in successful transition to registered nurse practice.

Already existing 8 focus group interviews (n = 67) and participant responses to opened-ended questions from an electronic survey (n = 392)

Qualitative study.

Nurse Education in Practice

16. Regan [15], 2017, Canada (High income)

To describe new clinician nurses’ transition experiences from the perspectives of new clinician nurses and nurse leaders in unit level roles.

N = 42

New clinician nurses and nurse leaders (n=28)

Qualitative phenomenology,

Nursing Management

17. Reynolds [30], 2014, UK (High income)

To elicit the lived experience of newly qualified midwives from the

point of registration to 12 months post-registration

n = 12

Newly qualified midwives,

Qualitative phenomenology,

British Journal of Midwifery

18. Seah [7], 2011, Australia (High income)

To explore the lived experience of transition from student to practitioner within first six months of practice.

n = 8

Newly graduated cohort of Master of Occupational Therapy clinicians

Qualitative phenomenology,

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

19. Tastan [31], 2013, Turkey (Upper-middle income)

To identify the factors affecting the transition period of newly graduated nurses.

n = 234

Newly graduated nurses

Descriptive quantitative,

International Nursing Review

20. Toal-Sullivan [32] 2006, Canada (High income)

To explore the experience of transition and how beginning practitioners learn about doing practice.

n = 6

Newly graduated Occupational therapists,

Qualitative phenomenology,

British Journal of Occupational Therapy

21. Tryssenaar [33] 2001, Canada (high income)

To describe the lived experience of becoming an occupational therapist.

n=1 Newly graduated Occupational therapist, case study

Qualitative Phenomenology

British Journal of Occupational Therapy

22. Wangensteen [34] 2007, Norway (High income)

To illuminate how recently graduated nurses’ experience their first year as a nurse.

n = 12

Recently graduated nurses

Qualitative Phenomenology,

Journal of Clinical Nursing

23. Zinsmeiter [35] 2009, USA (High income)

To gain insight into the transition period of clinician nurses.

n = 9

Newly graduated nurses,

Qualitative Phenomenology,

Journal of Nursing in Staff Development

24. Bearman [36] 2011, Australia (High income)

To explore the experiences of developing professional

identities during housemanship

n=30

New graduated medical doctors, and intern supervisors (n=6)

Grounded theory,

Advancement in Health Science Education