[Profile and professional expectations for nursing students]. / Perfil y expectativas profesionales del estudiante de enfermeriá.

The authors describe the profile corresponding to students enrolled in first, second and third year courses to become registered nurses in Catalonia, along with their professional and job expectations; the authors examine students' perceptions of the university environment. This information will be a great aid to, on the one hand, update the performances and initiatives taken by those responsible for nursing schools, and on the other hand, to obtain a preliminary view on future nursing professionals. At the same time, this information will provide useful elements for students themselves to reflect on their studies and their future as professionals.

Perfil y expectativas profesionales del estudiante de enfermería / Profile and Professional Expectations for nursing students

Se describe el perfil de los estudiantes de primer, segundo y tercer curso de la Diplomatura de Enfermería de Cataluña, así como sus expectativas laborales y profesionales, y se examina su percepción del entorno universitario. Esta información será de gran ayuda, por un lado, para adecuar las actuaciones e iniciativas de los responsables de las escuelas y, por otro, para obtener una visión preliminar de los futuros profesionales de enfermería. Así mismo, aportará elementos útiles para la reflexión de los propios estudiantes sobre sus estudios y su futuro como profesionales(AU)

The authors describe the profile corresponding to students enrolled in first, second and third year courses to become registered nurses in Catalonia, along with their professional and job expectations; the authors examine students' perceptions of the university environment. This information will be a great aid to, on the one hand, update the performances and initiatives taken by those responsible for nursing schools, and on the other hand, to obtain a preliminary view on future nursing professionals. At the same time, this information will provide useful elements for students themselves to reflect on their studies and their future as professionals(AU)

[Having diabetes without knowing it]. / Tener diabetes y no saberlo. Cribaje de diabetes desconocida en una muestra oportunista de población residente en Cataluña.

As part of the activities on the World Day for Diabetes in 2002, nine professors, one nurse who teaches about diabetes and 126 nursing students at University Schools of Nursing in Barcelona, Lleida, Tarragona, Tortosa and Girona, in collaboration with the Association of Diabetics in Catalonia and with the help of the Advisory Council for Diabetes in Catalonia participated in a diabetes screening campaign on the population residing in Catalonia. This campaign studied the prevalence of type two diabetes in a random sample of the Catalan population. This campaign also proposed to raise the awareness among the general population and among nursing students about the important health consequences diabetes has and to increase investigation and social support measures by nurses related to diabetes. This study checked 4083 persons and discovered 77 cases of altered blood-sugar levels among people who did not know they had diabetes. This finding means that there is a 2.2% prevalence of altered blood-sugar levels in the population who are not diagnosed diabetics. Professors and student participants all gave this experience positive marks and the students' degree of satisfaction was very high.

Tener diabetes y no saberlo / Having diabetes without knowing it

Con motivo del Día Mundial de la Diabetes de 2002, nueve profesoras, una enfermera educadora en diabetes y 126 estudiantes de enfermería de Escuelas Universitarias de Enfermería de Barcelona, Tarragona, Tortosa y Girona, en colaboración con la Asociación de Diabéticos de Cataluña y con el soporte del "Consell Asesor de la Diabetis a Catalunya", participan en una campaña de cribado de diabetes en la población residente en Cataluña. Esta campaña estudia la prevalencia de diabetes tipo 2 en una muetra oportunista de la población catalana. También pretende sensibilizar a la población general y a los estudiantes de enfermería de la importancia sanitaria de esta enfermedad y potentar el rol investigador y social de la enfermera. Se estudian 4.083 personas y se encuentran 77 glucemias alteradas entre la población sin diabetes conocida. Esto supone una prevalencia de glucemias alteradas del 2,2% en la población no diagnosticada de diabetes. Tanto los profesores como los alumnos participantes valoran positivamente esta experiencia y el ni vel de satisfacción de los estudiantes es muy elevado

As part of the activities on the World Day for Diabetes in 2002, nine professors, one nurse who teaches about diabetes and 126 nursing students at University Schools of Nursing in Barcelona, Lleida, Tarragona, Tortosa and Girona, in collaboration with the Association of Diabetics in Catalonia and with the help of the Advisory Council for Diabetes in Catalonia participated in a diabetes screening campaign on the population residing in Catalonia. This campaign studied the prevalence of type two diabetes in a random sample of the Catalan population. This campaign also proposed to raise the awareness among the general population and among nursing students about the important health consequences diabetes has and to increase investigation and social support measures by nurses related to diabetes. This study checked 4083 persons and discovered 77 cases of altered blood-sugar levels among people who did not know they had diabetes. This finding means that there is a 2.2% prevalence of altered blood-sugar levels in the population who are not diagnosed diabetics. Professors and student participants all gave this experience positive marks and the students' degree of satisfaction was very high