The fundamental pillars of nursing science—nursing care, management, and teaching and research—are in constant evolution. The adaptation of Spanish nursing to the European Higher Education Area has promoted nursing research. Over the past few years, several institutions have made official statements concerning the difficulty of finding teaching staff for university nursing degrees. This is closely linked to the production of research, given that minimum criteria must be met for university teacher accreditation. The goal of this study is to analyze scientific production in nursing, nursing research and teaching in The Web of Science in order to establish how this is progressing and to gain further insight into the field of academic nursing. A total of 34,497 documents were analyzed using the Bibliometrix software version 4.1.0. The results reveal an increase in nursing research over time. Most of this is published in English and mainly focuses on specific nursing areas, such as oncology or psychiatry. Spain occupies the eighth place worldwide in nursing research. In spite of this position, the data suggest that other factors are blocking the accreditation of university teachers of nursing in Spain. They also reflect the need to encourage nursing research in this setting in the future.

During the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, students in the year of undergraduate degree were hired to provide care assistance support in hospitals. The purpose of the study is to e...

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many areas of life, including the formation of nursing students. After the COVID-19 crisis, learning during clinical training created different challenges. Nursing schools are responsible for ensuring that structures are in place to facilitate coping in the changed clinical setting. This study aimed to analyze nursing students’ perceptions during clinical training while caring for COVID-19 patients. Material and methods: A qualitative phenomenological study that explored nursing students’ perceptions of learning in clinical settings with COVID-19 patients was performed. A total of 15 semi-structured face-to-face interviews were conducted with nursing students who carried out their clinical practices in COVID-19 units during February and April 2022. Results: Through content analysis, categorization, and the method of comparison constant, four categories emerged: feelings, challenges, coping methods, and clinical practices. The students had to learn to “work” with fear and uncertainty and self-manage the emotional burden using different coping techniques to deal with learning during their practices. Interacting with professors and clinical tutors during the clinical practice were positive experiences. Conclusions: This study constituted an opportunity to build new and adapted educational approaches for teachers to train nursing students to deal with their emotions and thoughts in future pandemic situations.

Background: In an increasingly globalized world, public health is a challenge in the future of health systems. Nursing is a fundamental profession in health systems and the purpose of the study is to quantify the scientific production in global public health carried out by nursing to demonstrate its competence, capacity and specialization in this subject. Methods: A bibliometric study was carried out to understand the scientific production of public health nursing in WoS. A total of 17,545 documents were analyzed using Bibliometrix software in version 4.0.5. Results: A notable increase in production is observed over time, a sign of specialization and capacity. The theme focuses on three stages: hygiene and sanitation, infectious diseases and quality, prevention and non-communicable diseases coinciding with the real social needs of each moment. Most of the production is in English and produced by countries with developed economies. Nursing is aligned with current public health needs. Conclusions: Bibliometrics is a good method to quantify scientific production. The results show extensive scientific production in public health nursing, which translates into extensive knowledge of public health by nursing. There is a growth in production in accordance with time as well as an adaptation to the most current themes in accordance with population needs. Public health is an area of concern to countries and nursing can actively participate in studies, planning and leadership of health systems. Public health nursing should not be considered relegated to medicine but independent and of crucial importance to the “Onehealth” concept. Public, private and educational administrations must promote and support nursing research in public health, and it is not advisable to reduce the teaching load of global public health in nursing studies, in favor of the family and community environment.

Background/Objectives: Being a healthcare professional often involves exposure to complex situations that can contribute to the development of psychological problems. Evidence suggests that both mental and physical health are crucial for the well-being of these professionals, which in turn influences the quality of care they provide to patients. The main aim of this study was to examine the association between adaptive and maladaptive forms of humor and psychopathological disorders among healthcare workers. Methods: A cross-sectional and descriptive correlational design was employed. The participants consisted of 250 healthcare professionals at a general hospital. Humor styles and the presence of psychological and psychosomatic symptoms were assessed. Data were collected using the Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ), the Short Checklist of Symptoms (LSB-50), and sociodemographic information. Spearman correlation analysis and linear regression analysis were conducted. Results: Healthcare professionals were more inclined to use affiliative and self-enhancing humor styles compared to self-defeating and aggressive humor. Affiliative and self-enhancing humor styles were negatively correlated with psychological symptoms, whereas aggressive humor and, to a lesser extent, self-defeating humor styles showed a significantly positive correlation with most psychological symptoms. Regression analysis revealed that positive humor styles negatively predicted all severity indices of the LSB-50. In contrast, negative humor styles, particularly self-defeating humor, positively predicted the severity indices. Being female, working night shifts, and having temporary contracts were positive predictors of most global indices of the LSB-50. Conclusions: This study highlights the importance of considering different types of humor as a potential strategy for improving the mental health of healthcare professionals, as well as the influence of other independent variables related to their personal and work environment. Positive humor styles, specifically affiliative and self-enhancing humor, are associated with a lower prevalence of psychological symptoms among healthcare professionals. Negative humor styles are correlated with a higher prevalence of these symptoms.

Background/Objectives: Loneliness is a relevant social determinant of health in older age and has been associated with adverse physical, psychological and social outcomes. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of severe loneliness and to identify its epidemiological and clinical correlates among community-dwelling older adults at risk of falls in Andalusia, Spain. Methods: A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted with 237 adults aged 65 years and older living in private households. Loneliness was assessed using the 10-item version of the UCLA Loneliness Scale, which showed excellent internal consistency in this sample (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.900). After reviewing the scoring direction of the instrument, severe loneliness was operationally defined using the corrected UCLA total score, with higher scores indicating greater loneliness. Sociodemographic and clinical variables included age, sex, living arrangements, economic level, family relationships, pain, sleep quality, depression history, physical exercise, outings from home, polymedication and analgesic use. Bivariate analyses were performed to compare participants with and without severe loneliness, and logistic regression was used to examine independent correlates of severe loneliness. Results: Severe loneliness was identified in 51 participants, corresponding to 21.5% of the analytical sample. The corrected UCLA-10 loneliness burden score ranged from 0 to 30, with higher scores indicating greater loneliness. Participants with severe loneliness were more likely to report poorer sleep quality and severe pain. In the adjusted logistic regression model including age, sex, sleep quality and severe pain, better sleep quality was associated with lower odds of severe loneliness (OR = 0.46, 95% CI: 0.30–0.72, p = 0.001), while severe pain was associated with higher odds of severe loneliness (OR = 3.15, 95% CI: 1.56–6.35, p = 0.001). Age (OR = 1.03, 95% CI: 0.99–1.07, p = 0.184) and female sex (OR = 2.00, 95% CI: 0.83–4.81, p = 0.124) were not statistically significant in the fully adjusted model. Conclusions: Severe loneliness affected a clinically relevant proportion of community-dwelling older adults at risk of falls in Andalusia. The findings should be interpreted as cross-sectional associations and not as evidence of causal pathways. Sleep quality and severe pain emerged as the main independent clinical correlates of severe loneliness in the adjusted model, supporting the relevance of multidimensional assessment in frail older adults.