Social Image of Nursing. An Integrative Review about a Yet Unknown Profession.

BACKGROUND: Nursing is a discipline on which stereotypes have persisted throughout its history, considering itself a feminine profession and subordinated to the medical figure, without its own field of competence. All this leads to an image of the Nursing Profession that moves away from reality, constituting a real, relevant and high-impact problem that prevents professional expansion, and that has a direct impact on social trust, the allocation of resources and quality of care, as well as wages and professional satisfaction. The aim of this review was to identify and publicize the published material on the social image of Nursing, providing updated information about the different approaches to the subject. METHODS: An integrative review of the literature has been made from primary sources of information published from 2010 to 2020. For this, the databases CINAHL, Scopus, SciELO, Dialnet and Cuiden have been consulted. RESULTS: In total, 17 articles have been included in the review, with qualitative, quantitative, and even bibliographic reviews performed in countries such as Spain, Egypt, Argentina, Iran, Venezuela, Turkey, United Kingdom, and Australia. The results of those papers mostly showed that society has misinformation about the functions performed by nursing professionals, which is based on myths and stereotypes. CONCLUSIONS: Nursing is a profoundly unknown and invisible profession, as society continues without recognizing its competence, autonomy and independence.

Más allá del COVID-19. Diseño de un nuevo modelo de atención compartida entre farmacia comunitaria y atención primaria / Beyond COVID-19. Design of a new model of shared services between community pharmacies and primary health care

INTRODUCCIÓN: Las farmacias comunitarias representan un papel clave en la respuesta al COVID-19 y especialmente en el control de enfermedades crónicas más allá de la pandemia. OBJETIVO: Diseño de un nuevo modelo de atención compartida entre farmacia comunitaria y atención primaria para prevenir la fragilidad y promover el autocuidado en personas mayores. MÉTODO: Estudio cualitativo de investigación-acción con mapeo de actores, segmentación de perfiles, grupos de discusión, entrevistas en profundidad y sesiones de diseño creativo. Las técnicas utilizadas aseguraron la participación de personas mayores y profesionales en todas las etapas de diseño. RESULTADOS: Se generaron circuitos comunes de comunicación para los nuevos servicios y protocolos de actuación compartidos. Se propusieron nuevos roles profesionales en respuesta a las necesidades, expectativas y preferencias de las personas mayores. Se diseñaron los servicios de detección de fragilidad, adherencia a nuevos medicamentos, toma de constantes y refuerzo terapéutico. El modelo aporta sistemas de comunicación bidireccional entre atención primaria y farmacia comunitaria y reconoce el papel de la farmacia comunitaria en la promoción del autocuidado y gestión de la patología crónica y la medicación. CONCLUSIONES: Se evidencia la importancia de crear un ecosistema más abierto que dé lugar a innovaciones organizativas que aprovechen la proximidad y capilaridad de las oficinas de farmacia, así como la incorporación de la omnicanalidad en la atención, esencial en situaciones de crisis sanitaria como la actual. Asimismo, queda demostrado que las técnicas de diseño cooperativo favorecen la participación de los agentes involucrados, aumentando su contribución e impacto potencial sobre los resultados

INTRODUCTION: Community pharmacies play a key role in response to COVID-19 and especially in the control of chronic diseases beyond the pandemic. OBJECTIVE: To design a new model of health assistance focused on frailty prevention and the self-care promotion among older adults, using share care services between the community pharmacy and the primary healthcare. METHOD: We conducted a qualitative study of action research using methods as actor mapping, segment profile, discussion groups, in-depth interviews and creative design sessions. Using those techniques during all the design stages allowed us to get an effective participation of older adults and professionals. RESULTS: Common communications circuits for the new services, new professional roles and shared action protocols were created. Furthermore, we designed early frailty detection, medication review associated with fall risk, assessment and intervention for adherence to new medications, vital sign checking and hypertension, diabetes and COPD therapeutic reinforcement services. This model provides two-way communication systems with the primary health care and recognizes the community pharmacy functions in the scope of self-care promotion and chronic pathology and medication self-management. CONCLUSIONS: It is highlighted the importance of creating a more open ecosystem within the community. The feedback obtained will allow to design organizational innovations. This has to be done taking advantage of the community pharmacies proximity and capillarity in the territory, as well as the new incorporation of the omni-channel care. Besides, cooperative design techniques have proved to be an encouragement for the participation of the involved agents, increasing their contribution and potential impact on the results

Reto de innovación abierta como estrategia para desarrollar nuevas soluciones de salud móvil / Open innovation challenge as a strategy for developing new mobile health solutions

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