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AUTHOR
Raimunda Montejano Lozoya
Validation of a questionnaire designed to measure nursing student satisfaction with practical training
Objective: to validate an instrument designed to assess practical training and measure nursing student satisfaction with clinical practice modules. Method: cross-sectional study (academic year 2014-2015). Validation of the self-administered, anonymous, 17-item Nursing Student Satisfaction with Practical Training Questionnaire, developed by consensus by eight practical training experts in three nominal group sessions. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed to assess internal consistency and validity. Student satisfaction was measured in relation to each module and all modules as a whole. Results: 174 responses. High item-test correlation (≥0.90); Cronbach’s alpha = 0.91;…
Evaluation of the effect of an intervention on the nutritional status of hospitalized patients
Abstract Background and objectives To compare the nutritional status of a population of hospitalized patients, divided into 2 different groups, both at admission and hospital discharge, and to assess the influence of nutritional alteration during the hospital stay. Material and methods Quasi-experimental study comprising 2 groups of patients (N = 581): an intervention group (n = 303), in which nurses received specific training on managing care methodology, and a control group (n = 278), in which nurses continued their usual dynamics. Each group was made up of 2 care units with patients from both surgical and medical specialties. Inclusion criteria: patients admitted to the selected units wi…
Predictive ability of the Mini Nutritional Assessment Short Form (MNA-SF) in a free-living elderly population: a cross-sectional study
Background Various scales have been used to perform a quick and first level nutritional assessment, and the MNA is one of the most used and recommended by experts in the elderly in all areas. This scale has a short form, the MNA-SF, revised and validated in 2009, which has two versions: the BMI-MNA-SF contains the first six items of the full scale including Body Mass Index while the CC-MNA-SF includes Calf Circumference instead of BMI. Objective To evaluate the predictive ability for nutritional status of the two versions of the MNA-SF against the MNA in free-living elderly in the province of Valencia. Methods Cross-sectional study of 660 free-living elderly in the province of Valencia sel…
Evaluation of the video-simulation as a teaching methodology for the motivational interview in nursing students
espanolIntroduccion: La Video-Simulacion como herramienta pedagogica ha sido escasamente utilizada. Pretendemos evaluar la utilidad y la satisfaccion con la metodologia utilizada en el aprendizaje de entrevista motivacionales mediante VS. Metodologia: Estudio observacional descriptivo transversal (2015) con estudiantes de enfermeria de 4.o curso de la Escuela de Enfermeria La Fe (Valencia, Espana). Se diseno un cuestionario Likert de 12 items. Se midieron las puntuaciones obtenidas, la fiabilidad, y se realizo un analisis factorial. Resultados: La edad media fue 23,6±4,5 anos. Alfa de Cronbach de 0,91. El analisis factorial identifico dos dimensiones que explican el 32,4% y el 32,1% de la v…