Aim And Objectives: To describe nurses' perceptions of sexual healthcare for people with physical and/or intellectual disabilities.
Background: Nurses are responsible for meeting the fundamental needs of people with physical and/or intellectual disabilities, yet there are still issues when it comes to their sexuality. Sexual assistants can help people with physical and/or intellectual disabilities to meet their sexual needs, but little is known about these invisible, unregulated care providers.
The COVID-19 pandemic caused an international health emergency situation where nursing took on a fundamental role. The high number of patients in hospital ICUs led to a shift in nurses' working conditions and workload. The objective of this study was to describe the experiences of nurses who worked in ICUs during the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMigratory movements are a political, social, and public health issue on a global scale. Access to sexual and reproductive health services for irregular migrant women (IMW) is a public health issue. The aim of this study is to identify qualitative evidence of IMW's experiences of sexual and reproductive health care in emergency and primary care settings.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Invisible violence against women (IVAW) can be understood as the set of attitudes, behaviors, and subtle beliefs that men use to subordinate women and that are culturally accepted. These behaviors can be a risk factor for intimate partner violence (IPV), so it is important to design tools that allow us to detect it early. The aim of this study was to design and psychometrically assess a questionnaire for the detection of invisible violence against women (Q-IVAW).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: To explore and understand the experiences of patients with advanced illness in relation to dignity during end-of-life care in emergency departments.
Design: Qualitative study based on Gadamer's hermeneutics.
Methods: Between September 2019 and February 2020, 16 in-depth interviews were carried out with advanced illness patients who attended emergency departments.
Perinatal death is the death of a baby that occurs between the 22nd week of pregnancy (or when the baby weighs more than 500 g) and 7 days after birth. After perinatal death, parents experience the process of perinatal grief. Midwives and nurses can develop interventions to improve the perinatal grief process.
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