Introduction:

The nursing professional performance is a category to be considered for assessing the quality of care offered and the well-being of professionals. Colombia, a country with experience in the training of these professionals and with innovative ideas, offers outcomes derived from research that investigates the topic. However, no inquiries are identified that reveal the regularities in the conceptions and elements that favor an overview in this setting.

Objective:

To determine the general conception of the nursing professional performance in the Colombian setting.

Methods:

A systematic literature review of original and review articles was performed, together with quantitative and qualitative studies. The search strategy adopted was the use of keywords or descriptors in the Spanish language, connected by the logical operator AND. The keywords used were desempeño [performance]; profesional [professional]; enfermería [nursing]. We analyzed 95 articles published between 2013 and 2018, found in the database SciELO, in order to having full research resources. Content analysis was carried out, and identification of meanings in repetitive forms was included.

Conclusions:

The systematization of the investigations addressing the nursing professional performance in its dimensions favored the identification of the elements that stand out in the general conception of this category in the Colombian setting. More and more researchers are joining to investigate this area. The general problems that professionals face condition the need to undertake new research that strengthens social recognition.

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