This article provides a review of Finnish nursing research between 195
8 and 1995. It is based on an analysis of the articles published in th
e Finnish Yearbook of Nursing from 1958-1988, in Nursing Science (Hoit
otiede) from 1989-1995 as well as all licentiate and doctoral theses i
n nursing. The overview describes the content, sources of information
and level of analysis in the works concerned.