[Impacto de la covid-19 en el estrés, la ansiedad y la depresión en personas con Trastorno Obsesivo Compulsivo: una revisión sistemática.].

Objective: The population's mental health has been compromised by a global pandemic, especially in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. The objective of this study was to evaluate the levels of stress, anxiety and depression in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder during COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: A systematic review was carried out following the PRISMA format in the electronic databases Pubmed, Scopus, Web of Science, Dialnet and Medline between the months of January and May 2023.

Development and criterion validity of the COVID-19 anxiety and fear assessment scale: a cross sectional study.

Background: The emergence of the new severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, which causes COVID-19 disease, has been a major public health challenge and an increase in the feeling of uncertainty of the population, who is also experiencing an increase in levels of anxiety and fear regarding the COVID-19 disease.

Objective: The objective of the study was the construct and criterion validation of the (AMICO, for its acronym in Spanish) to measure both constructs in the general Spanish population.

Methods: Descriptive study of psychometric validation.

Anxiety and fear related to coronavirus disease 2019 assessment in the Spanish population: A cross-sectional study.

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has affected millions of people worldwide, compromising the responsiveness of governments and states and thus generating anxiety and fear at the population level.

Objective: To assess the level of anxiety and fear of coronavirus disease 2019 in a Spanish adult population group.

Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study, using the anxiety and fear of COVID-19 assessment scale (AMICO, for its acronym in Spanish).

Direct anticoagulants and nursing: an approach from patient's safety.

In recent years, a new line of treatment for the prevention of stroke in non-valvular atrial fibrillation, the so-called direct anticoagulants or new anticoagulants has appeared. The proper management and follow-up of these patients is essential to minimize their side effects and ensure patient safety. In this article, a description of these drugs is given, analyzing their characteristics, functioning and interactions together with the most habitual nursing interventions, as well as a reflection on the implications for the practice.

[RELEVANCE OF NURSES ON THE PREANALYTIC PHASE AND PATIENT SAFETY IMPLICATIONS].

Introduction: Nowadays, the patient's safety is considered one of the pillars in a high quality clinical assistance. Inside three steps of laboratory process, it is in the first one, the preanalytical, where most mistakes are made. Nurses are very involved in the development of this period because it is where is included the sampling.

[Anticoagulant therapy clinic: moving towards Advanced Nursing Practice].

There is currently around one million people receiving oral anticoagulants in Spain. The drug most used is acenocoumarol, which requires coagulation monitoring to ensure that the patient is within its normal therapeutic range. Patients usually start this treatment in a hospital clinic and, when they are stabilised, they are referred to primary care, where they are followed-up by their community nurses.

[Post operatory blood recuperators; bibliographical review].

The authors presented this report at the Apheresis Workshop at the Mexican Congress on Transfusions. VI Annual Congress AMMTAC in Monterrey, Nuevo León district. The use of post operatory recuperators, especially in orthopedic surgery is a habitual practice nowadays.

[Security material for venous peripheral..catheterization evaluation in an emergency ward].

Venous canalization can be one of the most frequent causes of accidents due to an accidental puncture. To carry out activities which serve to lessen these misfortunes, bearing high biological risk, should become a priority for sanitary institutions and for their professionals. Inside a global strategy which deals with this aspect and with the objective of evaluating the convenience these instruments have in our center the authors made a practical evaluation on a series of them to discover their technical viability and their subjective consideration by professionals who employ them.

[Hemolysis in blood samples. Assessment in 3 extraction systems].

Blood extraction by means of a vacuum system is a technique which has been employed in our field for some time, although this method does not receive all the popularity it should. This method offers something which the classical syringe can not: greater security. Proper blood extraction leads to a decrease in problems/errors which are susceptible to appear during the pre-analysis period.