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.

[Shortage of nurses in Spain: from the global case to particular situation. SESPAS Report 2024].

The nursing shortage is a multi-causal phenomenon that affects all countries and currently a global concern. The shortage of nurses jeopardizes the sustainability of health systems and the population health outcomes. Spain has historically had no difficulties in attracting new generations of nurses.

Experiences of Telenursing in Overcoming Challenges and Applaying Strategies by COVID-19 Patients in Home Isolation: Qualitative Study in Primary Care.

During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a significant increase in the use of telenursing to provide care for patients at home. However, the quality of the patient experience when nurses rely on technology instead of personal contact has not been thoroughly investigated. This study aimed to understand the perspectives of COVID-19 patients in home isolation who received telenursing from primary care nurses during the initial phase of the pandemic.

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.

Fanny Bré in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939): The meaning of nursing care in the international brigades.

Fanny Bré was a volunteer nurse in the International Brigades, who fought in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) on the side of the democratically elected Republican government. The objective of this study is to understand the relationship between Bré's antifascist ideas, her conception of care and the activities she carried out in the Spanish hospitals of Casa Roja (Murcia), Villa Paz (Selices, Cuenca) and Vic (Barcelona). We use narrative biography to describe Bré's personal, political and professional trajectory.

Defining competencies for nurse anaesthetists: A Delphi study.

Aim: To define the competencies of nurse anaesthetists in the hospitals of Catalonia on the basis of their clinical practice through a consensus-building process.

Design: We used the Delphi method to determine consensus among a group of 16 nurse anaesthetists.

Methods: Between February and June 2020, we administered a questionnaire of 142 questions distributed among seven domains: expert, communicator, collaborator, manager, health advocate, scholar and professional.

Confidence in a Vaccine against COVID-19 among Registered Nurses in Barcelona, Spain across Two Time Periods.

Objective: To report the vaccine hesitancy (VH) for a vaccine against COVID-19 in registered nurses in Barcelona, with measurements taken at two stages, prior to the vaccination campaign and once 75% vaccination coverage had been reached.

Methods: A self-completed online survey was administered in December 2020 and again in July 2021 through the College of Nurses of Barcelona. It measured the prevalence of VH against a government-approved vaccine recommended by their employer, their intention to be vaccinated, perceptions of disease risk and vaccine protection, attitudes and beliefs to vaccination and social norm.

High hiring rate of nurses in Catalonia and the rest of Spain hides precarious employment from 2010 to 2019: A quantitative study.

Aim: This study aims to describe the hiring of nurses in Catalonia and the rest of Spain over 10 years.

Background: Precarious employment (PE) has negative consequences for nurses' quality of life and work performance.

Methods: Quantitative study using a retrospective, longitudinal, descriptive design.

Psychological Distress, Burnout, and Academic Performance in First Year College Students.

Background: The first years of university can be very challenging for students. Previous research has focused on the study of the prevalence of burnout and of psychological distress in medical students. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of psychological symptoms and burnout reported by first-year students, the relationship between these variables and their academic performance, and the differences between health and non-health sciences students.

Spanish nurses' experiences with personal protective equipment and perceptions of risk of contagion from COVID-19: A qualitative rapid appraisal.

Aims And Objetives: Explore nurses' experiences and perception of risk regarding the use of personal protective equipment during the first wave of the pandemic in Spain.

Background: The contribution of our study is to use qualitative methods to understand nurses' experiences and perceptions of the risk of the contagion linked to the shortage of PPE during the first wave of the pandemic, whose explosive start strained health systems around the globe.

Design: Qualitative descriptive design according to the Rapid Research Evaluation and Appraisal model.

Alcohol Use and Sexual Violence among Nursing Students in Catalonia, Spain: A Multicentre Cross-Sectional Study.

(1) Background: Sexual violence (SV) has become common in universities for reasons related to unwanted social/peer pressures regarding alcohol/drug use and sexual activities. Objectives: To identify perceptions of SV and alcohol use and estimate prevalence among nursing students in Catalonia, Spain. (2) Methods: Observational descriptive cross-sectional study of a convenience sample of nursing students attending public universities.

Emotion management and stereotypes about emotions among male nurses: a qualitative study.

Background: Nursing requires a high load of emotional labour. The link between nursing, emotional labour and the female sex, complicates the figure of the male nurse, because masculinity is associated with physical or technical (rather than emotional) and moreover is defined in contrast to femininity. Our objective was to understand how emotion management is described by male nurses who work in the paediatrics department of a Spanish tertiary hospital.

Front-line nurses' responses to organisational changes during the COVID-19 in Spain: A qualitative rapid appraisal.

Aims: To identify the organisational changes faced by front-line nurses working with COVID-19 patients during the first wave and describe how they responded to these changes.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has altered the provision of care and the management of health care around the world. Evolving information about SARS-CoV-2 meant that health care facilities had to be reorganised continually, causing stress and anxiety for nurses.

The attitudes of mental health nurses that support a positive therapeutic relationship: The perspective of people diagnosed with BPD.

WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: Some nurses develop positive relationships with people diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD), while others have negative emotional reactions to people diagnosed with this disorder. The therapeutic relationship is key in the practice of mental health nursing. Enhanced knowledge of BPD allows mental health nurses to develop improved self-awareness, knowledge and understanding of the individuals and insight into the therapeutic challenges, which can improve attitudes towards people with this diagnosis.

Trends of multimorbidity in 15 European countries: a population-based study in community-dwelling adults aged 50 and over.

Background: The objective of this work was to analyse the prevalence trends of multimorbidity among European community-dwelling adults.

Methods: A temporal series study based on waves 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) was conducted, and community-dwelling participants aged 50+ (n = 274,614) from 15 European countries were selected for the period 2004-2017. Prevalence, adjusted by age, Average Annual Percentage Change (APC) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI) were all calculated.

Online Education for Vaccination Competence Among Health Sciences Students.

The EDUVAC project aims to develop and implement a web-based course on educating vaccination competence among health sciences students. In the current study students' feedback and evaluation is assessed which guided the partners' efforts to improve the final course content and learning material that will be available for open access. After completing the web-based course, most of the students (N=103, 75.

Borderline personality disorder in a community setting: service users' experiences of the therapeutic relationship with mental health nurses.

People with borderline personality disorder (BPD) suffer from severe symptoms and crises that put their lives at risk. BPD's symptoms make it difficult for nurses to establish good therapeutic relationships with people who suffer from it, thus hindering their recovery and contributing to stigma. We explored the experiences of people with BPD who were under the care of mental health nurses at a community mental health centre and who reported a reduction in distress.

The Nurses No-One Remembers: Looking for Spanish Nurses in Accounts of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939).

Accounts of Spanish nursing and nurses during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) that appear in the memoirs and correspondence of International Brigade volunteers, and are subsequently repeated in the secondary literature on the war, give little indication of existence of trained nurses in country. We set out to examine this apparent erasure of the long tradition of skilled nursing in Spain and the invisibility of thousands of Spanish nurses engaged in the war effort. We ask two questions: How can we understand the narrative thrust of the international volunteer accounts and subsequent historiography? And what was the state of nursing in Spain on the Republican side during the war as presented by Spanish participants and historians? We put the case that the narrative erasure of Spanish professional nursing prior to the Civil War was the result of the politicization of nursing under the Second Republic, its repression and reengineering under the Franco dictatorship, and the subsequent national policy of "oblivion" or forgetting that dominated the country during the transition to democracy.

Understanding the Challenges of Induction of Lactation and Relactation for Non-Gestating Spanish Mothers.

Background: Induced lactation and relactation are the processes that enable breastfeeding in non-gestating mothers.

Research Aim: The aim of this study was to describe and interpret the challenges faced by mothers who undergo induced breastfeeding and relactation for adopted infants, infants born via surrogacy, and infants born to same-sex female partners.

Methods: A qualitative study was performed using in-depth interviews conducted with Spanish women ( = 9) who had decided to undergo induced lactation or relactation.

Emigration and job security: An analysis of workforce trends for Spanish-trained nurses (2010-2015).

Aim: To analyse the relationship between Spanish nurses' intention to migrate and job security.

Background: Nursing emigration from Spain increased dramatically between 2010 and 2013. By 2015, emigration had returned to 2010 levels.

Scale for the study of nursing students' perception of intimate partner violence: Adaptation and validation.

Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is one of the most important challenges facing today's society. Health professionals, and nurses in particular, play a leading role in addressing this problem. Having an instrument to study Nursing students' perception of this type of violence may enable appropriate and necessary educational strategies for their pre-service training and help them identify and address IPV in their future careers.

Factors in the drop in the migration of Spanish-trained nurses: 1999-2007.

Aim: To reveal correlates of the decrease of Spanish nurse migration (1999-2007).

Background: Nursing outmigration is a concern for countries. Nurse migration from Spain began in the 1990s.

Care, Autonomy, and Gender in Nursing Practice: A Historical Study of Nurses' Experiences.

Background: Care is the essence of the nursing role and is closely related to the concept of professional autonomy. Autonomy is implicated in power relations between doctors and nurses and between men and women. These relationships are closely linked to care practices and the inequality of nursing and medicine.