Spanish Version of the Scale 'Eventos Adversos Associados às Práticas de Enfermagem' (EAAPE): Validation in Nursing Students

Healthcare carried out by different health professionals, including nurses, implies the possible appearance of adverse events that affect the safety of the patient and may cause damage to the patient. In clinical practice, it is necessary to have measurement instruments that allow for the evaluation of the presence of these types of events in order to prevent them. This study aims to validate the 'Eventos adversos associados às práticas de enfermagem' (EAAPE) scale in Spanish and evaluate its reliability. The validation was carried out through a cross-sectional study with a sample of 337 nursing students from the University of Valencia recruited during the 2018-19 academic year. An exploratory factor analysis was carried out using principal components and varimax rotation. The factor analysis extracted two factors that explained 32.10% of the total variance. Factor 1 explains 22.19% and refers to the 'adverse results' of clinical practice (29 items), and factor 2 explains 9.62% and refers to 'preventive practices' (24 items). Both factors presented high reliability (Cronbach's alpha 0.902 and 0.905, respectively). The Spanish version of the EAAPE is valid and reliable for measuring the perception of adverse events associated with nursing practice and the presence of prevention measures

Modeling offenses among motorcyclists involved in crashes in Spain

In relative terms, Spanish motorcyclists are more likely to be involved in crashes than other drivers and this tendency is constantly increasing. The objective of this study is to identify the factors that are related to being an offender in motorcycle accidents. A binary logit model is used to differentiate between offender and non-offender motorcyclists. A motorcyclist was considered to be offender when she had committed at least one traffic offense at the moment previous to the crash. The analysis is based on the official accident database of the Spanish general directorate of traffic (DGT) for the 2003-2008 time period. A number of explanatory variables including motorcyclist characteristics and environmental factors have been evaluated. The results suggest that inexperienced, older females, not using helmets, absent-minded and non-fatigued riders are more likely to be offenders. Moreover, riding during the night, on weekends, for leisure purposes and along roads in perfect condition, mainly on curves, predict offenses among motorcyclists. The findings of this study are expected to be useful in developing traffic policy decisions in order to improve motorcyclist safety

El Trabajo colaborativo a través de la web: posibilidades y limitaciones

El objetivo de este trabajo se centra en la idea de integrar los recursos basados en la Web 2.0 a la asignatura de Enfermería Comunitaria para favorecer el trabajo grupal. El profesional de Enfermería Comunitaria debe ser capaz de trabajar en equipo para desarrollar iniciativas de promoción y educación para la salud y de reconocer la complementariedad de la multiprofesionalidad. Para desarrollar estas habilidades en las prácticas de la asignatura se propone la planificación de un programa de educación para la salud a partir de un trabajo en grupo. Para facilitar esta actividad se plantea al alumnado la incorporación de las nuevas tecnologías de la información y comunicación (TICS) al trabajo cooperativ

Desarrollo de competencias transversales en enfermería comunitaria a través de la evaluación entre iguales

La idea de proponer a los estudiantes como evaluadores de sus propios compañeros en los nuevos planes de estudio tiene varias funciones, como la de desarrollar competencias tales como la capacidad de análisis y síntesis, la actitud crítica y la responsabilidad, además de mostrar a estos la objetividad de los criterios de evaluación en los nuevos planes de estudio. En el Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior (EEES), se plantea la necesidad de proponer un cambio en el proceso evaluativo para favorecer el desarrollo de competencias específicas y transversales. Por último, también se analizan las implicaciones que puede tener este enfoque sobre el trabajo de los docentes y del alumnad

Implementing the 5-S quality system at a State Vocational Training School

El Método de las 5S Trata de lograr v Lugares de Trabajo mejor Organizados, Más ordenados y Más limpios de forma permanente CONSEGUIR Para Una alcaldesa productivity y entorno laboral Seguro. Este Trabajo describen las Fases de la Implantación del Método en el laboratorio de Hematología, En un centro educativo de Formación Profesional de la provincia de Valencia. Los Resultados obtenidos a posteriori de la Implantación del Método 5S, demuestran Una gran difference en Cuanto al orden, La ubicación de los Materiales y el mejor clima en el aula, en comparacion con los Resultados de la prueba piloto los antes de su Implantación.The 5S method try to make workplaces better organized, more orderly and cleaner permanently for getting higher productivity and safe working environment. This paper describes the steps for implementing the method into the Hematology laboratory in a secondary school in Valencia. Significant differences were found in organization of materials and better classroom environment among hematology laboratory users after implementing 5S method compared with the situation before implementing the method

Revista electrónica interuniversitaria de formación del profesorado

Contiene anexosMonográfico con el título: "Retos de la formación del profesorado ante las nuevas necesidades de una sociedad en aprendizaje permanenteResumen tomado de la publicaciónEl método de las 5S trata de lograr lugares de trabajo mejor organizados, más ordenados y más limpios de forma permanente para conseguir una mayor productividad y entorno laboral seguro. Este trabajo describe las fases de la implantación del método en el laboratorio de Hematología, en un centro educativo de Formación Profesional de la provincia de Valencia. Los resultados obtenidos a posteriori de la implantación del método 5S, demuestran una gran diferencia en cuanto al orden, la ubicación de los materiales y el mejor clima en el aula, en comparación con los resultados de la prueba piloto antes de su implantación.ES

Salivary Inflammatory Molecules as Biomarkers of Sleep Alterations: A Scoping Review

Poor sleep quality and sleep disorders are the most common problems in people, affecting health-related quality of life. Various studies show an association between sleep disorders and altered levels of stress hormones and inflammatory cytokines measured in saliva. The main objective of this article is to provide an analysis of the current evidence related to changes in inflammatory markers in the saliva and their associations with sleep quality measurement (both objective and subjective methods) in healthy subjects and in sleep-related disorders. To that end, a scoping review was carried out, following the PRISMA criteria in the bibliographic search in several databases: PubMed, EBSCO, and SCOPUS. Eleven of the articles are from the adult population and two from the child-youth population. They mainly measure the relationship between sleep and interleukin-1β (IL-1β), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) alpha, as well as other inflammatory markers such as myeloperoxidase (MPO) and prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2. An analysis shows the relationship between these salivary biomarkers and sleep quality, especially in the case of IL-6 in both healthy subjects and several pathologies associated with sleep-disorders. The results for TNFα and IL-1β measurements are still inconclusive and the difference with IL-6 was assessed. Two studies reported interventions that result in sleep improvement and are accompanied by the normalization of inflammatory changes detected in the saliva. As it is an easy-to-apply and non-invasive method, the measurement of salivary cytokines can be very useful in chronobiology studies. Further studies are required to determine the sensitivity of salivary inflammatory markers in monitoring biological rhythms and acting as biomarkers in the detection of sleep disorders and sleep interventions

Usefulness of Midline Catheters versus Peripheral Venous Catheters in an Inpatient Unit: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial

Canalization of vascular accesses is one of the most used techniques in hospitalization units. When talking about peripherally inserted catheters, we can differentiate between peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVC), midline catheters, and long peripheral catheters (LPC). Midline catheters are rarely used despite being recommended for intravenous therapies lasting more than six days. This research is a pilot study of a longitudinal clinical trial. It aims to compare the complications associated with intravenous therapy between the control group (CG) with a PIVC and the experimental group (EG) with a midline in an Internal Medicine Unit of a Spanish hospital for three months. In this study, 44 subjects participated, 25 in the CG and 19 in the EG. The duration of cannulation was longer in the experimental group (8.13 days vs. 3.22, p < 0.001), and the appearance of phlebitis was more significant in the control group (19 patients in CG and 25 patients in EG). Midlines have presented a longer duration of cannulation and fewer complications than the PIVC. This protocol was registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05512117)

Transcriptome and Methylome Integrative Molecular Analysis Uncovers a New Systemic Autoimmune Disease Classification

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