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Objective. Within the context of evidence-based practice, this article exposes the reflection on the understanding and usefulness of the information provided by the research findings shared in reports and research publications, exposing differences based on the interpretation of statistical significance and clinical significance. Content synthesis. Basic aspects of the meaning and use of the information reported by research on p value (statistical significance) and the value and usefulness of these results are analyzed and exemplified, contrasting the value for the practice of an additional judgment on clinical significance. In addition to establishing conceptual differences, the need is highlighted for nurses to have the competencies to differentiate and apply each of them according to the clinical contexts of their potential implementation. Conclusion. The real usefulness of research about interventions within the context of nursing care is given by its real application and reach for the practice and benefit for patients. For this to occur, nurses must interpret adequately the information provided by scientific publications and other research reports.
Objetivo. En el contexto de una práctica basada en evidencia, este artículo expone la reflexión sobre la comprensión y utilidad de la información que proveen los hallazgos de investigación reportados en informes y publicaciones de investigación, exponiendo las diferencias a partir de la interpretación de la significancia estadística y significancia clínica. Síntesis del contenido. Se analizan y ejemplifican aspectos básicos sobre el significado y uso de la información que reportan las investigaciones sobre valor p (significancia estadística) y el valor y utilidad de estos resultados contrastando el valor para la práctica de un juicio adicional sobre significancia clínica. Además de establecer diferencias conceptuales, se resalta la necesidad de que las enfermeras tengan las competencias para diferenciar y aplicar cada uno de ellos según los contextos clínicos de su potencial implementación. Conclusión. La real utilidad de la investigación sobre intervenciones en el contexto del cuidado de enfermería está dada por su real aplicación y alcance para la práctica y el beneficio para los pacientes. Para que ello ocurra, las enfermeras deben interpretar adecuadamente la información que proveen las publicaciones científicas y otros reportes de investigación.
Objetivo. No contexto de uma prática baseada em evidências, este artigo apresenta a reflexão sobre a compreensão e utilidade da informação fornecida pelos resultados da investigação relatados em relatórios de investigação e publicações, expondo as diferenças com base na interpretação da significância estatística e da significância clínica. Síntese de conteúdo. Aspectos básicos sobre o significado e uso das informações relatadas pelas pesquisas sobre valor p (significância estatística) e o valor e utilidade desses resultados são analisados e exemplificados, contrastando o valor para a prática de um julgamento adicional sobre significância clínica. Além de estabelecer diferenças conceituais, destaca-se a necessidade de o enfermeiro ter competências para diferenciar e aplicar cada uma delas de acordo com os contextos clínicos de seu potencial implementação. Conclusão. A real utilidade da investigação sobre intervenções no contexto dos cuidados de enfermagem é dada pela sua real aplicação e âmbito de prática e benefício para os pacientes. Para que isso ocorra, os enfermeiros devem interpretar adequadamente as informações fornecidas pelas publicações científicas e outros relatórios de pesquisa.
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Humanos , Masculino , Femenino , Investigación en Enfermería , Interpretación Estadística de Datos , Práctica Clínica Basada en la Evidencia , Relevancia Clínica , Enfermería PrácticaRESUMEN
Objective. From my experience as a member of the editorial board of the journal Investigación y Educación en Enfermería, the implications and scope of participating in this entity and the mutual and reciprocal benefits of this academic interaction between members of the editorial board and the journal are explained. Content synthesis.The key elements on operation, integration, tasks, and responsibilities of editorial boards to disseminate scientific research in different disciplines are analyzed and described, highlighting the rigor and commitment to academic ethics that allows guaranteeing the credibility of the contents published and topics addressed by a journal within a context of high competitiveness and risk of breaches of academic and scientific probity and ethics. Conclusion. Integrating an editorial board requires developing a fundamental role that implies a series of commitments and challenges that must be addressed with professionalism and ethics to guarantee the quality and prestige of the academic publication. In this task, achievements and goals are reached for the journal, as well as academic benefits for the editorial board members.
Objetivo. A partir de mi experiencia como integrante del comité editorial de la revista Investigación y Educación en Enfermería, se exponen las implicancias y el alcance de participar en esta entidad y los beneficios mutuos y recíprocos de esta interacción académica entre los miembros del comité editorial y la revista. Síntesis del contenido. Se analizan y describen los elementos claves sobre funcionamiento, integración, tareas y responsabilidades de los comités editoriales para la difusión de investigaciones científicas en las distintas disciplinas, resaltando el rigor y compromiso con la ética académica que permite garantizar la credibilidad de los contenidos publicados y las temáticas abordadas por una revista en un contexto de alta competitividad y de riesgo de faltas a la probidad y ética académica y científica. Conclusión. Integrar un comité editorial exige desarrollar un papel fundamental que implica una serie de compromisos y desafíos que deben abordarse con profesionalismo y ética para garantizar la calidad y el prestigio de la publicación académica. En esta tarea se alcanzan logros y metas tanto para la revista, así como se obtienen beneficios académicos para los integrantes del comité editorial.
Objetivo. Com base na minha experiência como membro do conselho editorial da RevistaInvestigación y Educación en Enfermería, são apresentados as implicações e o alcance da participação nesta entidade e os benefícios mútuos e recíprocos desta interação acadêmica entre os membros do conselho editorial e a revista. Síntese de conteúdo. São analisados e descritos os elementos-chave sobre o funcionamento, integração, tarefas e responsabilidades dos comités editoriais para a divulgação da investigação científica nas diferentes disciplinas, destacando o rigor e o compromisso com a ética académica que permite garantir a credibilidade dos conteúdos publicados e os temas abordados por uma revista em um contexto de alta competitividade e de risco de violação da probidade e da ética acadêmica e científica. Conclusão. Integrar um comitê editorial exige desenvolver um papel fundamental que envolve uma série de compromissos e desafios que devem ser enfrentados com profissionalismo e ética para garantir a qualidade e o prestígio da publicação acadêmica. Nessa tarefa são alcançadas conquistas e metas para a revista, bem como benefícios acadêmicos para os membros do comitê editorial.
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Humanos , Publicaciones Periódicas como Asunto , Políticas Editoriales , Publicaciones Científicas y Técnicas , Comunicación AcadémicaRESUMEN
Objective: From my experience as a member of the editorial board of the journal Investigación y Educación en Enfermería, the implications and scope of participating in this entity and the mutual and reciprocal benefits of this academic interaction between members of the editorial board and the journal are explained. Content synthesis: The key elements on operation, integration, tasks, and responsibilities of editorial boards to disseminate scientific research in different disciplines are analyzed and described, highlighting the rigor and commitment to academic ethics that allows guaranteeing the credibility of the contents published and topics addressed by a journal within a context of high competitiveness and risk of breaches of academic and scientific probity and ethics. Conclusion: Integrating an editorial board requires developing a fundamental role that implies a series of commitments and challenges that must be addressed with professionalism and ethics to guarantee the quality and prestige of the academic publication. In this task, achievements and goals are reached for the journal, as well as academic benefits for the editorial board members.
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Comunicación , HumanosRESUMEN
Objective: Within the context of evidence-based practice, this article exposes the reflection on the understanding and usefulness of the information provided by the research findings shared in reports and research publications, exposing differences based on the interpretation of statistical significance and clinical significance. Content synthesis: Basic aspects of the meaning and use of the information reported by research on p value (statistical significance) and the value and usefulness of these results are analyzed and exemplified, contrasting the value for the practice of an additional judgment on clinical significance. In addition to establishing conceptual differences, the need is highlighted for nurses to have the competencies to differentiate and apply each of them according to the clinical contexts of their potential implementation. Conclusion: The real usefulness of research about interventions within the context of nursing care is given by its real application and reach for the practice and benefit for patients. For this to occur, nurses must interpret adequately the information provided by scientific publications and other research reports.
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Relevancia Clínica , HumanosRESUMEN
Every day, nurses face dilemmas in clinical practice by having to make decisions about caring for patients, which can occur without up-to-date knowledge or sufficient resources. In previous reflections, I have exposed and commented on the need to move from research, particularly from research findings, to the practice in the different contexts of nursing work and of health sciences in general, exposing the gap that still remains between the generation of knowledge and its application in daily practice.(1,2) This gap, although in differential magnitude, is still present in the different scenarios in which nursing takes place, that is, in healthcare practice (hospital, outpatient, and community), as well as in teaching.
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Investigación en Enfermería , Práctica Clínica Basada en la Evidencia , Enfermería Práctica , Artículo de RevistaRESUMEN
To the date of publication of this editorial, we have gone through over 20 months of facing the complex and challenging SARS-CoV-2 pandemic since the first case was reported in late 2019. The consequences globally have been significant not only due to the unprecedented morbidity and mortality throughout the world, but also as effect of the drastic changes taking place in the usual dynamics in the individual, family, and collective settings, given the overall interruption of habitual functions and operations in the distinct contexts of daily life, sustaining only those activities considered essential.
A la fecha de publicación de este editorial ya hemos transitado más de 20 meses enfrentando la compleja y desafiante pandemia por SARS-CoV-2 desde que se reportara el primer caso a finales de 2019. Las consecuencias en el mundo han sido significativas no solo por la morbilidad y mortalidad sin precedentes sino, además, como efecto de los drásticos cambios ocurridos en las dinámicas usuales en lo individual, familiar y colectivo dada la interrupción generalizada de las funciones y operaciones habituales en los distintos contextos de la vida cotidiana, por lo cual se mantuvieron solamente aquellas actividades consideradas esenciales.
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Humanos , Vacunación Masiva , Enfermería , Rol de la Enfermera , SARS-CoV-2 , COVID-19 , PandemiasRESUMEN
On 12 May 2020, the world commemorated the bicentennial of the birth of Florence Nightingale, and to date, multiple publications in press media, social networks, and journal articles have related her biography and accounted for her contribution and legacy, not only to nursing, but to public health. It is precisely within this context of health contingency due to the COVID-19 pandemic that the relevance of Nightingale gains greater sense on aspects as simple, but as necessary, like handwashing and measures of basic health.
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Humanos , EnfermeríaRESUMEN
Climate change and global warming are phenomena that are progressively affecting the planet. Temperature changes bring about various threats in distinct sectors and environments of human society, among them, threats to health secondary to extreme temperatures and natural disasters. Thus, it is constituted as a global threat to biodiversity and the human population, given that it affects habitat conditions, as well as causes an increase in forest fires as consequence of increased temperatures and diminished precipitations. Forest fires have attracted attention not only because of their ecological and environmental consequences, but also in production and economic aspects and in relation with the health of people potentially exposed, given that these place populations at environmental risks, like fire, smoke, and others derived from the combustion of wood and chemical products that can be released.
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Humanos , Salud Pública , Personal de Salud , Incendios Forestales , Enfermedad Pulmonar Obstructiva Crónica , Rol Profesional , Contaminantes Atmosféricos , Desastres , Calentamiento GlobalRESUMEN
Los adolescentes constituyen la población más expuesta a contraer enfermedades de transmisión sexual, entre otros aspectos, porque muchos experimentan su primera relación sexual sin protección. El VIH/SIDA persiste como una enfermedad socialmente temida y causa de discriminación, evidenciándose déficit de conocimientos sobre formas de contagio, conduciendo a actitudes perjudiciales hacia quienes padecen este mal. El objetivo del estudio fue describir los conocimientos y actitudes de estudiantes de Enfermería de las universidades de La Frontera y Austral de Chile frente al VIH/SIDA. Se ejecutó una investigación cualitativa con enfoque antropológico cognitivo para estudiar los conocimientos y actitudes de estudiantes de tercer y cuarto año de Enfermería sobre el tema en foco. Como técnica de recolección de datos se empleó la entrevista semiestructurada, analizándose la información mediante distribución de frecuencias y análisis de discursos. Se identificaron ocho dimensiones: qué es el VIH/SIDA, formas de contagio, ¿con qué se relaciona el VIH/SIDA?, prácticas de alto riesgo, medidas de prevención, ¿quiénes están expuestos al contagio?, causas de negación al examen, y propuestas de prevención. El análisis cualitativo, evidenció déficit de formación de los estudiantes respecto del manejo de pacientes y en las medidas de prevención en población de riesgo. Enfatizan la necesidad de medidas de promoción y prevención de la enfermedad. En ambos grupos se observó una tendencia biologicista en: transmisión sexual, formas de contagio, con qué se relaciona el SIDA y prácticas de alto riesgo. En medidas de prevención, se observó limitada ponderación para educación sexual y altos valores en uso del preservativo.
Adolescents make up the most exposed population to acquiring sexually transmitted diseases, among other aspects, because many experience their first sexual relation without protection. HIV/AIDS persists as a socially feared disease and cause of discrimination, showing a lack of knowledge on the forms of infection, generating detrimental attitudes towards those who suffer from the disease. The aim of the study was to describe the knowledge and attitudes of nursing students from the Universidad de la Frontera and the Universidad Austral de Chile, in relation to HIV/AIDS. Qualitative research with anthropologic cognitive approach was executed, to study the knowledge and attitudes of nursing students of third and fourth year about the topic in focus. For data collection, the semi structured interview was used, analyzing the information by frequency distribution, and discourse analysis. Eight dimensions were identified: What is HIV/AIDS?; Ways of infection; What is related to the HIV/AIDS?; High risk practices; Prevention methods; Who are exposed to infection?; Causes of refusal of HIV/AIDS tests; and Proposal of prevention. The qualitative analysis, showed an educational deficit about the care of patients and prevention measures to the risk population. The students emphasize the need of promotion and prevention measures for the disease. In both groups, a biologicist trend was observed in: Sexual transmission, Ways of infection, What is related to the HIV/AIDS? and high risk practices. In prevention methods, a limited percentage was given to sexual education and the highest to the use of condoms.
