Publications by authors named "Jose Maria Galan Gonzalez-Serna"

In recent years, there has been an exponential increase in studies demonstrating the positive effects of the religiosity/spirituality (R/S) approach on patients' physical and mental health. In mental health units, patients want professionals to be sensitive to their spiritual and/or religious needs, which is a fundamental aspect of a holistic approach to patients. Qualitative research with an exploratory and descriptive design with an ethnographic-phenomenological approach through in-depth interviews with sixteen professionals from Spanish mental health units.

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Objective: to develop and validate a scale to evaluate nursing attitudes in relation to hospitality for the humanization of nursing care. Participants: the sample consisted of 499 nursing professionals and undergraduate students of the final two years of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program.

Method: the instrument has been developed and validated to evaluate the ethical values related to hospitality using a methodological approach.

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Objective: To control the physical symptoms in end-of-life pharmacological management involves major intervention. The aim of this article is to review the relevant issues in the management of clinical nursing situation and drugs commonly used in palliative sedation in agony.

Methodology: Nursing management in Palliative Sedation recommended by scientific literature search in Scopus, CINAHL, Medline-PubMed and Google Scholar, with key words "palliative sedation", "pharmacology", "nursing care" and "palliative care" are selected.

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This paper introduces the concept of refractory spiritual suffering in the terminal patient, the factors that influence it, the possibility of their assessment and care approach emphasizing the role of nurse care to despair for identification and relief through the use of taxonomy NANDA-NOC-NIC (NNN). We conclude that it is necessary to incorporate into the care routine screening of spiritual suffering, assessment, prevention and interdisciplinary care. When direct care nursing developed aimed at improving levels of hope that the patient achieves his spiritual suffering terminal decline.

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Healthcare today requires the rapport of diverse professionals to give a comprehensive response to the needs and requirements of the population's health. Codes of ethics are the normative expression of secular reflection on the ethical values of the professions. In this study we aim to identify ethical values shared by various professionals codes of conduct and propose a method for evaluating the ethical estimate.

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