Aim: To obtain consensus on barriers and facilitators to nurse prescribing following its recent introduction in Spain.
Design: A three round online Delphi survey and focus group.
Methods: An exploratory method was used with three consecutive rounds of questionnaires based on anonymity and feedback, and a focus group.
Nurse Educ Today
November 2023
Background: Tobacco cessation intervention has a positive impact on quality of care. For health professionals, limited competency in this area may be associated with poor training during their academic programs. There is a clear need to further develop and implement training programs to improve tobacco cessation knowledge, skills, and attitudes among healthcare students.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnxiety is one of the most common problems among nursing students. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) is used to detect anxiety in this population; however, its length hinders speedy detection. For this reason, a faster and more efficient instrument is needed for early detection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To explore the perception of education and professional development of final-year nursing students who carried out health relief tasks during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a global health emergency. This situation has exacerbated the need for additional healthcare employees, forcing the Spanish government to incorporate volunteer nursing students as auxiliary health staff.
Background: Despite technological advances and specialist training of neonatal teams, perinatal deaths still occur. Such events are traumatic experiences for the parents and increase the risk of pathological grieving. Nursing is one of the main sources of support.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe aim of this critical review was to clarify recommended fluid intake for older people. A literature search of published articles and guidelines on fluid intake recommendations until April 2020 was carried out using PUBMED, Scopus, Cochrane, and Google Scholar. In this review, we focused on people over 65 years old at different care levels.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe study aimed to describe the characteristics and circumstances of falls in the community-dwelling older adult population. This was a cross-sectional observational and descriptive study involving primary health care centers in Lleida and Castellón de la Plana, Spain. Randomized sampling was used to include 966 individuals aged 75 years or older residing in single-family homes and in possession of a health care card.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Nurses are in a privileged position to detect environmental risks among children. The objective was to determine attitudes, knowledge, and skills related to children's environmental health in undergraduate nursing students.
Method: A cross-sectional study was designed in eight universities (n = 2,462) from September 2017 to June 2018.
Objective: To estimate the prevalence of falls and to identify their associated factors in community-dwelling elderly.
Design: A descriptive, cross-sectional study.
Setting: Primary Health Care, Lleida.