Guidance for Specialised Cancer Nursing of People With Gynaecological Cancers: A Scoping Review

BACKGROUND: Gynaecological cancer nurses are crucial to the delivery of quality, specialised care to meet the needs of people with these cancers. The extent of evidence-based guidance to support nursing care is unknown. AIM: To identify and describe existing international guidance for specialised gynaecological cancer nursing care. DESIGN: Scoping review. METHODS: This scoping review utilised the participants, concept, context framework with narrative synthesis. DATA SOURCES: Databases including MEDLINE (Ovid), CINAHL Ultimate (EBSCO), Proquest Central (Alumni) and Google Scholar were searched on 4 April 2025 along with relevant websites and reference lists of included sources. Included sources referred to the nurse's role and provided clinical guidelines, practice recommendations or equivalent guidance on how nurses provide specialised care. Sources were limited to those published in English from 2009 to present. RESULTS: Of 1905 sources identified, 12 met the inclusion criteria. Sources were published by authors in seven countries between 2014 and 2024. Most sources related to one specific gynaecological cancer type and/or one aspect or time point of care. Sources varied in the volume of nurse relevant content. No individual source provided comprehensive nursing guidance across all gynaecological cancer types. CONCLUSIONS: Internationally published guidance for specialised gynaecological cancer nursing presents gaps in available evidence for care. We recommend comprehensive guidance resource development to meet clinical nurses' needs and improve translation of evidence-based nursing practice. IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PROFESSION AND/OR PATIENT CARE: The current lack of comprehensive published guidance for specialised gynaecological cancer nursing does not meet reported needs of nurses working in clinical practice and may be contributing to variation in nursing care delivery. TRIAL REGISTRATION: https://osf.io/ntdzj; registered 24 March 2025; Open Science Framework.