Laia Wennberg Capellades

Universitat Internacional de Catalunya | UIC · Department of Nursing

Aim The aim of this article is to describe and compare the nurse educator competences in four European countries using three different evaluators: nurse educators (n = 329), heads of a nursing subject (n = 60) and student nurses (n = 1058). Design The study was conducted as a comparative cross-sectional survey in Finland, Malta, Slovakia and Spain...

Global Health and Sustainable Nurse Education

The expansion of the Covid-19 virus in early 2020 grew in parallel with the spread of rumours, false or unverified news and even contradictions between information sources and health sources. It has been the first pandemic to be broadcast live on social media and has generated disinformation which was described by the WHO as an "infodemic", a pande...

The expansion of the Covid-19 virus in early 2020 grew in parallel with the spread of rumours, false or unverified news and even contradictions between information sources and health sources. It has been the first pandemic to be broadcast live on social media and has generated disinformation which was described by the WHO as an “infodemic”, a pande...

Background Research internationally shows that nursing students find dosage calculation difficult. Identifying the specific aspects of dose calculation procedures that are most commonly associated with errors would enable teaching to be targeted where it is most needed, thus improving students’ calculation skills. The aim of this study was to analy...

A Student led Conference, planned and organized by nursing students enrolled in two elective modules (Interdisciplinary Care of Older Adults and Old Age and Dependency) across two academic years (2018-19 and 2019-20). Students participate actively in the conference, with oral communications (as part of their course assignment), or moderating a roun...

Hospitals are paying increasing attention to the delivery of humanized care. The purpose of this study was to explore from the nursing perspective what hospital managers might do to facilitate this. A secondary analysis from a primary ethnographic study regarding dignity in nursing practice was conducted. Twenty interviews of internal medicine nurs...

Purpose To examine perceptions of family-centered care, satisfaction, and quality of communication with health professionals during a pediatric emergency department visit, and to evaluate the perceived usefulness of the information received and whether provider treatment recommendations were followed after discharge. Design Embedded mixed methods...

Background Final-year nursing students in Spain augmented the health care workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic. Purpose To understand the lived experience of nursing students who joined the health care workforce during the first wave of the COVID-19 outbreak (March–May 2020). Method Qualitative content analysis of the reflective journals of 40...

Background Numerous benefits have been reported for student-led conferences, such as increased leadership. This competence has been recognised as important for nurses so as to ensure the provision of safe and high-quality care in complex environments. However, research has yet to examine empirically the impact of student-led conferences on students...

Background Recent epidemics have placed overwhelming demands on health systems, leading at times to the deployment of nursing students during the crisis. Little is known about the impact this experience has on students. Although studies have explored nursing students' knowledge about infection control, there are no specific recommendations regardin...

Background: Nurses require leadership skills in order to fulfil their clinical role in an ever-changing healthcare environment. The acquisition of such skills should therefore begin during their professional training. Objectives: To identify the dimensions of leadership present among nursing undergraduates in the original Self-Assessment Leaders...