Comparison of menstrual disorders in hospital nursing staff according to shift work pattern.

Aim And Objective: To assess the association between work in a rotating shift schedule and menstruation characteristics among nurse staff in a prospective study.

Background: Rotating shifts have been linked to alterations in the reproductive cycle. In the case of menstrual alterations, the conclusions are not clear.

[Making decisions. A conceptual approximation].

Decision making is constant in all aspects of the nursing field, including management, professional development, investigation and assistance. But, What can be stated about the mechanisms and procedures which lead us to adopt a decision? By means of the considerations taken into account, and bearing in mind that in our country there are no research articles which deal with decision making in nursing, the authors make a bibliographical review which contributes to a critical discussion about this topic and which brings to bear elements of reflection for decision making in daily nursing practice. First, the authors deal with the origins and the evolution of decision making models in clinical practice so that they may later analyze decision making in nursing.