Implementation of Nurse Prescriptions throughout the Public Health System in Catalonia (2021-2022).

Background: Nurses in Catalonia have always prescribed health advice, health products, and medication in line with the professional competency of the discipline. Legislation about nurse prescriptions and the implementation of nurse prescribing varies widely among different countries. This article reports data regarding nurse prescribing in Catalonia in 2021 and 2022.

Exploring nurses' experiences: Abandoning the profession and migrating for improved opportunities.

Aim: This study explores nurses' experiences in migration for employment and professional abandonment in Barcelona (Spain).

Methods: Employing a mixed-design approach comprising 1) a qualitative descriptive phenomenological study, followed by 2) a subsequent cross-sectional study, 20 and 225 nurses participated in each study, respectively. Qualitative data, gathered through 4 focus group discussions, underwent inductive thematic analysis, following the Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research (COREQ) guidelines, while quantitative data were descriptively analyzed.

Opinion on the benefits of nurse prescribing in Catalonia. Consensus of health professionals and managers.

Objective: To study the level of agreement among health professionals and managers in Catalonia on the benefits of nurse prescribing (NP).

Method: An online Real Time Delphi was conducted to collect the level of agreement of health professionals and managers. Participants voted in a 6-point scale (1 low benefit and 6 high benefit) for 12 items describing benefits of NP.

Experiences of Spanish nurses in the rollout of nurse prescribing: a qualitative study.

Introduction: Nurse prescribing has legal recognition in Spain, after a long regulatory process, with confusing, changing legislation that does not fully coincide with the reality of nurses' practice. There is currently no research available on how nurses have experienced the rollout of nurse prescribing. The objective of this study is to describe the experiences of nurses in the rollout of nurse prescribing in the province of Barcelona, Spain.

[Nursing University Education in a New Healthcare Setting].

Nursing university education has to respond to the challenges of the 21st century. Health conditions are highly complex with associated social problems. The universities should train nurses with a transforming vision, by defining study plans, preventive approach and promoting health, in a context of community health.

Developing Evidence-Based Practice questionnaire for community health nurses: reliability and validity of a Spanish adaptation.

Aims And Objectives: This study aimed to translate the community nursing version of the Developing Evidence-Based Practice questionnaire, adapt the Spanish translation to the primary care context in Spain, and evaluate its reliability and validity.

Background: Instruments available in Spanish to date are not designed to rigorously evaluate barriers and incentives associated with evidence-based practice implementation in community health nursing.

Design: Classical Test Theory approach.