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AIMS: To describe the contribution of nursing students to clinical settings based on the perceptions of nurse preceptors and to examine whether certain characteristics of nurses' professional activity are associated with a positive perception of nursing students. BACKGROUND: Most clinical agencies receive many nursing students each year, who acquire clinical competencies under the guidance of a registered nurse preceptor. However, there is limited evidence of the contributions made by nursing students during clinical placements. METHODS: A multi-center cross-sectional study was carried out between June and December 2019. A convenience sample of Registered Nurses (n = 927) was recruited from four public hospitals in Spain. The Nursing Student Contributions to Clinical Settings' questionnaire was used. In addition, sociodemographic, work and teaching activity variables were collected. Multivariable logistic regression was used to determine the variables associated with positive student contributions. RESULTS: The nursing student contributions were deemed favorable by 70.7% of the nurse preceptors, mainly because the nursing students are future professionals who know the center, support the development of the nurses' teaching role and constitute a link between the health center and the university. Certain professional characteristics of the Registered Nurses were significantly associated with a positive perception of the contributions of nursing students: having daily coffee breaks (Odds ratio: 2.60; 95% Confidence interval:1.27-5.32), high levels of professional satisfaction (Odds ratio: 2.13; 95% Confidence interval:1.21-3.75) and work in medical-surgical units (Odds ratio: 1.62; 95% Confidence interval: 1.08-2.41). In contrast, nurses with greater work experience (≥ 30 years) (Odds ratio: 0.48; 95% Confidence interval: 0.27-0.85) and who worked at units where 10 or more students perform clinical practice (Odds ratio: 0.57; 95% Confidence interval: 0.36-0.90) were associated with a lower probability of positive perceptions. CONCLUSIONS: In Spain, the contributions made by nursing students to clinical settings are favorable, both for the nursing profession and for healthcare institutions. Their contributions are influenced by the professional characteristics of the Registered Nurses, as well as the environment and the teaching activity within the units.
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Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate , Students, Nursing , Humans , Cross-Sectional Studies , Nurse's Role , Preceptorship , Surveys and Questionnaires , Clinical CompetenceABSTRACT
AIM: To adapt the 'Nursing Student Contributions to Clinical Settings' scale (CEEEC, Spanish acronym), designed for specialized care and to evaluate the validity and reliability of a measure in the primary health care setting. Additionally, a description of the contributions of nursing students to primary health care in Spain is presented, based on the perception of preceptor nurses. METHODS: A multicenter cross-sectional study was conducted in Spain, involving a committee of nursing experts who participated in a Delphi panel (n = 5) and cognitive interviews (n = 5) and a sample of nursing preceptors (n = 300) from 57 primary health care centers (2019-2020). The CEEEC was reviewed by experts for the conceptual semantic adequacy of the 24 items for its application in primary health care. Nurse preceptors' responses to the CEEEC scale were used to study the validity and reliability of the measure, including factor analysis, convergent validity with the Health Sciences-Evidence Based Practice scale and a matched test-retest over a three-week interval. RESULTS: According to the consensus of experts, the CEEEC scale is valid for primary health care with minimal modifications (change "patient" to "user"). Based on the analysis of responses to the scale, the corrected item-total correlations of the 24 items were ≥ 0.40 and were grouped into a single factor, explaining 46.3% of the variance. The Cronbach's alpha value was 0.95. Regarding convergent validity, there was a positive correlation between the CEEEC scale and the score of the Health Sciences-Evidence Based Practice scale (Pearson's coefficient= 0.33; p < 0.001). The overall intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.91. Finally, the mean CEEEC score was 61.9 points (range 0-96). The two most positive contributions were 'Nursing students enable nursing professionals to perform their teaching role' and 'Nursing students become future professionals who know the healthcare facility'. CONCLUSIONS: The CEEEC scale provides a valid and reliable measure of nursing students' contributions to primary health care. Nursing students' contributions to Spanish primary health care were positive, especially towards the nursing profession and healthcare organizations.
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Students, Nursing , Humans , Students, Nursing/psychology , Reproducibility of Results , Psychometrics , Cross-Sectional Studies , Surveys and Questionnaires , Primary Health CareABSTRACT
Tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Hungría cayó bajo la esfera de la influencia rusa. Durante la represión del levantamiento que tuvo lugar en Hungría en octubre de 1956, más de 200.000 húngaros huyeron como refugiados a otros países, entre ellos, Inglaterra. La Cruz Roja dispuso el bienestar de 7.500 refugiados húngaros en su llegada al país. Este trabajo dará a conocer algunos de los cuidados que realizó esta institución, concretamente, en la provincia de Hampshire. Para ello, se consultan fuentes documentales primarias de los Archivos Históricos de Winchester y la Universidad de Southampton (AU)
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History, 20th Century , Red Cross/history , Refugees/history , Video Recording , England , HungaryABSTRACT
El objetivo del presente trabajo fue realizar un estudio de las creencias y prácticas populares que eran comunes durante el período del embarazo, parto y puerperio, y su evolución a lo largo del siglo XX, en la subcomarca del Bierzo Alto, provincia de León. En primer lugar, y para conocer la realidad cultural de principios del siglo XX, se estudió la información alusiva al tema contenida principalmente en la obra El Cielo Vital en España. Encuesta del Ateneo de Madrid. 1901-1902. Y por lo que se refiere al estado de esa realidad a principios del siglo XXI, se aplicó una entrevista ad-hoc (semiestructurada basada en la ya referida del Ateneo) a una muestra formada por mujeres que han dado a luz, en los últimos tiempos, en la citada zona. Este estudio sobre la Antropología del embarazo y parto nos aportó datos reveladores acerca de la evolución (..) (AU)
This work develops a study of the popular practices and beliefs related to the pregnancy, birth and post-birth periods. We focus on the case of the Bierzo Alto subcounty, León, and we study the evolution of these methods during the 20th century. As a first step, and to the aim of exploring the customs and manners that prevailed at the beginning of the 20th century, we mainly base the research on the work The Life-Cycle in Spain. A survey by the Ateneo of Madrid, 1901-1902. Additionally, and in order to know the current state of this topic, we carry out a public opinion poll. In this poll, we made ad-hoc interviews (which were semi-structured, and based on the aforementioned survey by the Ateneo) to a sample of women, who hace recently given birth in the Bierzo Alto sub-county. This anthropological (..) (AU)
