Publications by authors named "Ana B Rivas-Paterna"

Aim: To evaluate the impact of an educational intervention focused on teaching students to create infographics to improve pharmacology learning.

Design: This is a comparative study.

Methods: The population was 250 nursing students who had to create two infographics in groups related to the content that had been addressed in pharmacology in two different moments.

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Introduction. In pediatric intensive care units, a large number of drugs are used, many of which are prescribed for condition beyond those established in their summary of product characteristics (off-label and unlicensed drug prescriptions). The objective of this study was to describe drug use and estimate the prevalence of off-label and unlicensed drugs in a pediatric intensive care unit of a tertiary care Spanish hospital.

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Unlabelled: At the present time, failure to follow prescribed treatments is a problem of deep draft of health systems. The problem is both clinical and economic. Nurses are main responsible, within the health system, to ensure the proper monitoring of therapeutic guidelines agreed with the patients, by themselves or by other health care professionals.

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