Producciones artísticas en el aprendizaje de la enfermería / Artistic productions in the learning of nursing

Objetivo: Facilitar el aprendizaje autónomo y reflexivo del estudiante de enfermería a través del análisis de creaciones artísticas (cine, literatura y artes plásticas). Sujetos y métodos: En el curso académico 2008-2009 se diseñó una ficha técnica y didáctica para cada obra seleccionada que permite el análisis y la reflexión sobre los procesos de salud-enfermedad. El uso de estas fichas-guía se utilizó en una asignatura troncal y en dos optativas para que fueran analizadas como complemento a los contenidos de las asignaturas. Además, se diseñó una página web en la que aparecen fichas de cine, literatura y artes plásticas. Resultados: En esta experiencia participaron 340 estudiantes matriculados en la asignatura 'Enfermería comunitaria II', 70 estudiantes de la asignatura 'Atención a la familia en el domicilio' y 30 estudiantes de la asignatura 'La creación artística como soporte en el aprendizaje de la enfermería comunitaria'. Las obras utilizadas con más frecuencia han sido: Te doy mis ojos, Bailar por dentro, Tierras de penumbra (cine); Paula, Diario de una buena vecina, La soledad de los números primos (literatura); Acechando la muerte, La morfina, El grito (artes plásticas). Conclusiones: Analizar una obra artística ha supuesto para los estudiantes una mayor comprensión de fenómenos que se explican en clase de forma aislada, aunque en la realidad se producen globalmente. Este aspecto se ha comprobado en el rendimiento académico de los estudiantes y en el enriquecimiento de los debates en el aula

Aim: To facilitate autonomous and reflective learning to nursing students through the analysis of artistic creations (cinema, literature and visual arts). Subjects and methods: In the academic year 2008-2009 a technical and didactic tab was designed for each selected artistic work allowing the analysis and reflection on the health-disease processes. These tab guides were used in one core and two optional matters to be analyzed as a complement to the course content. In addition, a web page showing chips cinema, literature and visual arts was designed. Results: This experiment involved 340 students enrolled in the course Community Nursing II, 70 students of the subject Family care at home and 30 enrolled for the course Artistic creation as a learning support in community nursing. The works that were most frequently used were: Take my eyes, Inside I’m dancing, Shadowlands (cinema); Paula, Journal of a good neighbour, The solitude of prime numbers (literature); Stalking death, Morphine, The scream (visual arts). Conclusions: Analyzing a work of art led the students to greater understanding of phenomena discussed in class as separate items but that in reality are produced as a single whole This was proven in the academic performance of students and enriched discussions in the classroom

Impact of maternity care policy in Catalonia: a retrospective cross-sectional study of service delivery in public and private hospitals.

BACKGROUND: As a result of the growing number of interventions that are now performed in the context of maternity care, health authorities have begun to examine the possible repercussions for service provision and for maternal and neonatal health. In Spain the Strategy Paper on Normal Childbirth was published in 2008, and since then the authorities in Catalonia have sought to implement its recommendations. This paper reviews the current provision of maternity care in Catalonia. METHODS: This was a descriptive study. Hospitals were grouped according to their source of funding (public or private) and were stratified (across four strata) on the basis of the annual number of births recorded within their respective maternity service. Data regarding the distribution of obstetric professionals were taken from an official government survey of hospitals published in 2010. The data on obstetric interventions (caesarean, use of forceps, vacuum or non-specified instruments) performed in 2007, 2010 and 2012 were obtained by consulting discharge records of 44 public and 20 private hospitals, which together provide care in 98% of all births in Catalonia. Proportions and confidence intervals were calculated for each intervention performed in all full-term (37-42 weeks) singleton births. RESULTS: Analysis of staff profiles according to the stratification of hospitals showed that almost all the hospitals had more obstetricians than midwives among their maternity care staff. Public hospitals performed fewer caesareans [range between 19.20% (CI 18.84-19.55) and 28.14% (CI 27.73-28.54)] than did private hospitals [range between 32.21% (CI 31.78-32.63) and 39.43% (CI 38.98-39.87)]. The use of forceps has decreased in public hospitals. The use of a vacuum extractor has increased and is more common in private hospitals. CONCLUSIONS: Caesarean section is the most common obstetric intervention performed during full-term singleton births in Catalonia. The observed trend is stable in the group of public hospitals, but shows signs of a rise among private institutions. The number of caesareans performed in accredited public hospitals covers a limited range with a stable trend. Among public hospitals the highest rate of caesareans is found in non-accredited hospitals with a lower annual number of births.

Recomendaciones para una presentación oral / Recommendations for oral presentations

Los profesionales de la salud deben ser competentes en el desarrollo de su disciplina, pero además deberán ser hábiles en el manejo de las herramientas destinadas a la comunicación, cuyo uso será necesario en algún momento de su carrera profesional. El presente artículo describe algunos de los elementos que intervienen antes, durante y después de la comunicación oral y que pueden ser útiles para mejorar las habilidades personales para realizar una exposición oral. Enfrentarse a una audiencia puede producir cierta angustia y nerviosismo que es necesario controlar, la preparación de la intervención oral y de los medios audiovisuales, así como el uso de los elementos paralingüísticos y el lenguaje del cuerpo, pueden disminuir la tensión nerviosa y aumentar el rendimiento de la exposición oral, condiciones indispensables para una exposición efectiva (AU)