Especialización de enfermería en anestesiología y reanimación como necesidad formativa en Cuba / Nursing specialization in anesthesiology and resuscitation as a training need in Cuba

Introducción: Las especialidades de posgrado constituyen la formación académica que le proporciona al profesional la actualización, profundización, perfeccionamiento o ampliación de las competencias laborales para el desempeño asistencial que requiere. Objetivo: Explorar la percepción de los enfermeros certificados para la práctica de la anestesiología sobre la necesidad de la formación de enfermeros especialistas en anestesiología y reanimación. Métodos: Se realizó un estudio cualitativo, de tipo Investigación Convergente Asistencial en el Departamento de Docencia e Investigación del Hospital Provincial Pediátrico Universitario de Villa Clara, Cuba, entre los meses de enero y marzo del año 2022. El universo estuvo compuesto por 100 profesionales de enfermería certificados en anestesiología, y la muestra seleccionada a través de un muestreo teórico quedó constituida por 80. Se realizaron entrevistas informales y ocho grupos de discusión en el proceso investigativo. Resultados: Los participantes perciben como necesaria la formación de enfermeros especialistas en anestesiología, reanimación y alivio del dolor. Las estrategias para lograr esta formación deben estar dirigidas a su aprobación por parte de las instancias de posgrado del Ministerio de Salud Pública y el Ministerio de Educación Superior. Conclusiones: Perciben como perentorio la formación de enfermeros especialistas en anestesiología y reanimación, ya que permitirá garantizar la adecuada renovación de este recurso humano, contar con enfermeras capacitadas y capaces de brindar atención anestesiológica óptima, alcanzar un nivel profesional superior que los coloque paralelos a otras áreas del cuidado y formar recursos humanos más jóvenes que tengan un nivel de preparación superior en esta especialidad.

Introduction: Postgraduate specialties constitute the academic training that provides the professional with the updating, deepening, improvement or expansion of labor competencies for the care performance that is required. Objective: to explore the perception of certified nurses for the practice of anesthesiology on the need to train specialist nurses in anesthesiology and resuscitation. Methods: A qualitative study of the Convergent Care Research type was carried out in the Teaching and Research Department of The Provincial Pediatric University Hospital of Villa Clara, Cuba between the months of January and March of the year 2022. The universe was composed of 100 nursing professionals. certificates in anesthesiology and the sample selected through a proven theory was made up of 80. Informal interviews and discussion groups were conducted as instruments in the investigative process. Results: the participants will perceive as necessary the training of specialist nurses in anesthesiology, resuscitation and pain relief. The strategies to achieve this training must be directed to its approval by the postgraduate instances of the Ministry of Public Health and the Ministry of Higher Education. Conclusions: the training of nurses specialized in anesthesiology and resuscitation is imperative, as it will guarantee the adequate renewal of this human resource, have trained nurses capable of providing optimal anesthesiological care, reach a higher professional level than place them parallel to other areas. of care and train younger human resources that have a higher level of preparation in this specialty.

Transcultural adaptation into Spanish of the Induction Compliance Checklist for assessing children's behaviour during induction of anaesthesia. / Adaptación transcultural de la escala Induction Compliance Checklist para la evaluación del comportamiento del niño durante la inducción de la anestesia.

OBJECTIVE: Cross-cultural adaptation into Spanish of the Induction Compliance Checklist (ICC) for assessing children's behaviour during induction of anaesthesia. METHOD: A descriptive cross-sectional observational study was conducted on a sample of 81 children aged 2 to 12 years operated in an ambulatory surgery unit of a paediatric hospital in Barcelona. Adaptation by translation-back translation of the tool and analysis of the scale's validity and reliability. RESULTS: Face validity of the tool was guaranteed through a discussion group and inter-observer reliability was evaluated, obtaining an intraclass correlation index of r = 0.956. CONCLUSIONS: The ICC scale validated for the Spanish population can be an effective tool for the presurgical evaluation of activities carried out to minimise children's anxiety. The ICC is an easy-to-use scale completed by operating room staff in one minute and would provide important information about children's behaviour, specifically during induction.