Autonomous competences and quality of professional life of paediatric nurses in primary care, their relationship and associated factors: A cross-sectional study.

Aims And Objectives: To identify the autonomous competences and quality of professional life of paediatric nurses in primary care, their relationship and possible associated factors.

Background: The autonomous competences of paediatric nurses vary among healthcare providers in Catalonia, Spain. Autonomy is related to quality of professional life, but little is known about autonomous competences and other factors contributing to paediatric nurses' quality of professional life.

A qualitative model for evaluating and improving nursing governance in medium- and long-term intermediate care.

Aim: To evaluate nursing governance in intermediate care in Catalonia Spain and propose improvements.

Background: Drawing on two existing models, the Magnet model and the corporate governance model, we propose that good nursing governance requires nursing leaders to apply the following dimensions: transformational leadership, transformational culture, commitment and sustainability, authority, scientific evidence, transparency and communication, and teamwork.

Method: A qualitative, exploratory study conducted in two phases.

[New technologies and nursing. Use and perception of primary health care nurses about electronic health record].

Objective: To analyze the nurses make use of electronic health records (EHR) and assess their perception of it.

Method: A descriptive cross-sectional observational study was conducted in 2010 analyzing the nurses' perceptions of adult and pediatric consultations of primary health care teams in Baix Llobregat (Catalonia) in which the EHR is used. The study variables were: registration of care, continuity of care, training, usability and sociodemographic composition of the sample.

New technologies and nursing: use and perception of primary healthcare nurses about electronic health record in Catalonia, Spain.

This study was aimed to analyze and assess the use and perception of electronic health records (EHRs) by nurses. The study sample included 113 nurses from different shifts of primary health facilities in Catalonia, Spain, devoted to adult as well as pediatric outpatients using EHRs throughout the year 2010. A majority of the sample (87.

[Adverse reactions to iodinated contrast media].

Objective: The aim of the study is to determine the incidence of adverse reactions to iodinated contrast media and to characterise them in a group of outpatients, inpatients and emergency patients in a private hospital in Barcelona.

Method: A retrospective cohort study was carried out over a 60 months period, from February 2002 to February 2007, analysing the patients who underwent to iodinated contrast radiological examinations. Adverse reactions were evaluated from the manual record format developed following the requirements of the Quality Assurance Program in Radiology.