Experimental classroom games: a didactic tool in palliative care.

Objective To evaluate the effect of a games-based intervention on palliative care nursing students' scores on the Collett-Lester Fear of Death Scale. The challenge was to innovate and integrate grief-related theory and experiences into the classroom. Method Quasi-experimental study.

Co-operative Networks and their Influence on Engagement: A Study with Students of a Degree in Nursing.

At present, the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) emphasizes the importance of collaborative learning in University education. Previous studies have found evidence to support collaborative activities; however, none have analyzed the influence of contact networks among students on their engagement and performance. This paper reports an intervention with nursing degree students aimed at facilitating an interdependent network to promote engagement and improve academic performance.

[Psychological distress in health sciences college students and its relationship with academic engagement].

Objective: To determine the prevalence of psychological distress and its relationship with academic engagement (absorption, dedication and vigor), sex and degree among students from four public universities.

Method: A non-experimental,comparative correlational, quantitative investigation without intervention.

Study Population: 1840 nursing and physical therapy students.

Tobacco use amongst nursing and physiotherapy students: a cross sectional questionnaire survey.

Aim: The aim of this research was to evaluate the prevalence, knowledge and attitudes of tobacco use in the students of the School of Health Sciences in the Campus of Ponferrada (University of León, Spain). Two-hundred and sixty-six (88.3% of respondents) students were assessed by a confidential questionnaire, which was distributed, completed by the students and collected in the same session.