Trends analysis in nursing studies in Korea from the perspective of a nursing metaparadigm : using topic modeling analysis method

Purpose : The purpose of this study is to analyze the keywords of the papers published in the Korean Journal of Nursing from the perspective of a nursing metaparadigm in order to confirm the characteristics of the recent nursing studies. Methods : Text mining was conducted using online journal information to analyze 844 papers published in 26 nursing journals from January 1 to December 31, 2021, from the perspective of a nursing metaparadigm. Results : Four topics could be derived via topic modeling analysis. The main keywords constituting the first topic were nurses, care, experience, Korea, research, development, Koreans, COVID-19, patients, and health, and the title was “Disease and Personal Experience : Human and Environment.” The main keywords constituting the second topic were factors, health, behavior, patients, women, research, life, cancer, influence, and Koreans, and the title was “Minority and Health-related Behavior : Human and Health.” The main keywords constituting the third topic were nursing, influence, student, care, factors, influence, patients, hospitals, clinics, and cancer, and the title was “Health and Influencing Factors : Health and Environment.” The main keywords constituting the fourth topic were effects, programs, patients, considerations, interventions, development, nurses, education, care, and adults, and the title was “Nursing and Scientific Evidence : Nursing.” Conclusion : Nursing research includes at least one of the paradigms of human, environment, health, and nursing even when new science and technology are introduced and interdisciplinary convergence occurs due to changes in the times, and it is confirmed that the value of the nursing metaparadigm does not change.