Ciencia y Enfermería

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ONTARIO REGISTERED NURSES`S ASSOCIATION (RNAO) GUIDELINES THROUGH PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING

Mon, 10 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

Evidence-based practice is essential to improve quality of care, clinical safety and reduce health care costs. However, nurses are not adequately trained to apply this practice in their clinical decisions, which calls for its integration into curricula. This article
describes the implementation of five guidelines developed by the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) in Canada through Problem-Based Learning, at the School of Nursing of the University of Talca, Chile, in the year 2024.

IMPLEMENTATION OF FOUR CLINICAL BEST PRACTICE GUIDELINES FROM THE REGISTERED NURSES' ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO (RNAO) IN THE NURSING PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TALCA, CHILE

Wanda Bustamante Muñoz, José Arroyo Roco, Valeria Poblete Ávila — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0400

The present article discusses the implementation of four Best Practice Guidelines (BPG) from the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) in a second-year disciplinary module at the School of Nursing of the University of Talca, Chile, during the year 2023, following a competency-based educational model. The BPGs implemented were: 1) Pain Assessment and management, 2) Prevention of falls and reduction of fall-related injuries, 3) Risk assessment and prevention of pressure injuries for interprofessional teams, 4) Vascular access. These guidelines served as a valuable resource for students to support care during their clinical experiences, with an average success rate of over 90% in applying the recommendations of the selected BPGs.

WORKING CONDITIONS OF NURSES AND PATIENT SAFETY IN A PERUVIAN PUBLIC HOSPITAL

Mon, 10 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

Objective: To establish the relationship between the working conditions of nurses and patient safety management in a Peruvian public hospital. Material and Method: Quantitative, basic, correlational research conducted in 2022; the population consisted of 300 nursing professionals working in a hospital in Callao, Lima, Peru, with a sample size of 169 at a 95% confidence level. Using a Google Forms questionnaire, the self-assessment of working conditions by García Ubaque and the Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS) 2.0 were applied, both validated (0.788 and 0.724) by KR20 and Cronbach’s alpha, respectively. Descriptive statistics were applied using the SPSS statistical software version 27.0 to assess the level of categorical variables, and based on numerical values, the non-parametric Spearman’s rho test was applied with 95% confidence, establishing significance with values below 0.05. Results: Risky working conditions were found (80.2%), with the majority being extralaboral risks (84.5%); 100% of participants rated patient safety
management as a strength, with communication safety being the most prominent (99.4%). Conclusions:
The lower the risky working conditions, the greater the strengths in patient safety management.