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Introduction: The healthcare systems in Europe are rapidly changing due to increased complexity of healthcare needs, specifically for the ageing population with chronic disease. Patients should be supported in increasing their quality of life, well-being, health outcomes and self-management. Future nurses play a key role in providing care for patients with chronic diseases, encouraging patients’ own care by enhancing their health literacy. The aim of this study is to analyse the health literacy in nursing student literature to guide research development in this topic. Methods and analysis: A scoping review will be conducted following Arksey and O’Malley’s framework. In developing the study, we will refer to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) checklist. A systematic search will be performed by two researchers using the electronic databases of MEDLINE, ERIC and CINAHL. We will include any paper that focuses on health literacy, considering nursing students at the nursing-degree level. We will select every primary study (quantitative, qualitative and mixed method) published in peer-reviewed journals until February 2023, in either Italian or English. We have chosen to not impose a time limitation due to the lack of a literature review about health literacy and nursing student research. Ethics and dissemination: The findings of this scoping review will guide research development in this field and help researchers to increase evidence about health literacy in nursing students. We will give a strong methodological implication to develop this research area, we will identify the research gap and the effective teaching strategies to develop this skill during nursing education.

This is a systematic review study of the literature for quantitative evidence that explores the relationship between legal and illegal use of drugs among university students and academic achievement.