Assessment of nursing care and teaching: A qualitative approach

Background: The reform of the Spanish higher education to adapt to the European Higher Education Area involves, among other issues, the students’ participation in the curriculum assessment. The aim is to understand the insights of both nursing professionals and current undergraduate students of nursing on the connection between the knowledge acquired throughout the degree and the professional healthcare practice. Methods: An exploratory, descriptive qualitative study was carried out at a Spanish University. By convenience sampling, twelve nursing professionals and twelve 4th-year students of the Degree in Nursing were included. In two phases, twelve semi-structured interviews and two focus groups were conducted in order to triangulate data. A thematic analysis of data was carried out, later to be coded by two researchers. Results: Two main themes were identified: Evidence-based nursing vs. experience-based nursing, and a theory-practice gap. The topics that were specifically highlighted were the coexistence between professionals who work according to evidence and those whose work is based on experience, and the lack of connection between the training received during the degree and actual healthcare practice. Conclusion: Nursing care work varies in terms of the implementation of evidence-based care. Nursing training is perceived as being affected by a theory-practice gap. To achieve the linking between nursing theory and practice, a great effort on stakeholders would be needed

Un modelo interactivo ubícuo aplicado al patrimonio natural y cultural del área del Montsec

En este artículo presentamos un entorno multimedia móvil y sensible al contexto, aplicado al patrimonio natural y cultural del área del Montsec. Se trata de una propuesta basada en una arquitectura ubícua, uno de los paradigmas de interacción emergentes hoy en día, y que Alan Kay denomina ¿Tercer Paradigma de computación¿. Las sierras del Montsec se sitúan en el sector más occidental del prepirineo catalán (Lleida). Se trata de un paraje con una extraordinaria riqueza geológica, histórica, paleontológica y paisajística, que cuenta con un patrimonio natural y cultural de gran importancia. Es por ello que esta zona se considera un verdadero laboratorio natural muy apreciado. La aplicación del modelo que se presenta aquí al entorno del Montsec ayudará a preservar y difundir los bienes y recursos naturales y culturales del parque, obteniendo en el área un verdadero "espacio interactivo". La disponibilidad de un terminal por parte de cualquier visitante del parque permitirá identificar al usuario y ofrecerle todo tipo de información adaptada a sus necesidades de consulta y guía interactiva personalizada según el perfil, posicionamiento geográfico e historial del usuario. Esto convierte nuestro sistema de información en un valioso material multimedia itinerante que cumple con las características de un sistema ubícuo

II Festival Internacional de Trobadors i Joglars

José Agustín Goytisolo recita amb Joan Margarit, "A plena voz".Actuacions: Imanol, Felipe Juaristi, José Antonio Labordeta. Jaume Escala i Luis Eduardo Aute actuen junts. Miguel Poveda

Test of lepton flavour universality with Bs0→ϕℓ+ℓ−B_s^0 \rightarrow \phi \ell^+\ell^- decays

International audienceLepton flavour universality in rare $b\rightarrow s$ transitions is tested for the first time using $B_s^0$ meson decays. The measurements are performed using $pp$ collision data collected by the LHCb experiment between 2011 and 2018, corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 9$\,{\rm fb}^{-1}$. Branching fraction ratios between the $B_s^0 \rightarrow \phi e^+e^-$ and $B_s^0 \rightarrow \phi \mu^+\mu^-$ decays are measured in three regions of dilepton mass squared, $q^2$, with $0.1 < q^2 < 1.1$, $1.1 < q^2 < 6.0$, and $15 < q^2 < 19\,{\rm GeV}^2/c^4$. The results agree with the Standard Model expectation of lepton flavour universality