Characterizing the Decision-Making Competency of Nurse Managers: A Scoping Review.

The purpose of this scoping review is to describe the characteristics of the decision-making competency of nurse managers. In addition, this review analyzes how technological, organizational, and contextual factors influence the development and practical application of this competency and identifies the key barriers and facilitators that specifically impact its growth and use in managerial practice. Nurse managers' decision-making abilities are essential for organizational performance in rapidly evolving healthcare systems.

Ecosystem services modelling to analyse the isolation of protected areas from a social-ecological perspective.

Biodiversity loss continues to increase globally despite conservation strategies such as the designation of protected areas and the implementation of environmental management practices. Land use changes often exacerbate the spatial isolation of protected areas, undermining their biodiversity conservation goals and the provision of ecosystem services. To address this issue, the present study investigates how a social-ecological approach, incorporating ecosystem services modelling, can address protected areas isolation and enhance habitat connectivity, using Egmont National Park in Aotearoa New Zealand as a case study.

Efficacy and Safety of Different Local Anesthesia Techniques in Podiatric Procedures.

Local anesthesia is essential in podiatry, ensuring painless procedures. Technological and pharmacological advances require us to stay updated on the safest and most effective techniques. Lidocaine and bupivacaine are common anesthetics in this field, with the choice of technique tailored to each procedure.

The Journey to First-Line Nursing Management: A Qualitative Study in a Spanish University Hospital.

Aim: To explore nurse managers' perceptions at first-line, middle and executive levels regarding their transition to first-line management in two divisions of a highly specialised university hospital in Spain.

Design: A qualitative descriptive study.

Method: A purposive sampling technique was employed to conduct four focus groups and two semi-structured interviews with 31 nurse managers across three hierarchical levels in two divisions of a highly specialised university hospital in Spain.

Impact of Artificial Intelligence-Based Technology on Nurse Management: A Systematic Review.

To describe the use of artificial intelligence (AI) by nurse managers to enhance management, leadership, and healthcare outcomes. AI represents a significant transformation in healthcare management by enhancing decision-making, communication, and resource optimization. However, the integration and strategic application of AI in nursing management are underexplored, particularly regarding its impact on leadership roles and healthcare delivery.

Characteristics of Leadership Competency in Nurse Managers: A Scoping Review.

Aim: Identify the characteristics of leadership competency for the nurse manager and describe the most cited leadership styles in the literature.

Background: Leadership is a fundamental competency for nurse managers, as it plays an important role in the healthcare environment to achieve Sustainable Development Goals and promote people-centered organizations. Therefore, understanding the characteristics of leadership and the leadership style to be employed is important.

Characteristics of the Competency Ethical Principles for the Nurse Manager: A Systematic Review.

The escalating complexity of healthcare environments underscores the importance of nurse managers' ethical competency, which impacts organizational culture, work climate, and healthcare outcomes. The purposes of this study were to identify and describe the characteristics of nurse managers' competency in ethical principles in healthcare settings. A systematic search was conducted across the Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed databases, covering the literature from January 1, 2014, to April 1, 2024.

Epidemiological Profile and Risk Factors Related to Sexually Transmitted Infections in Sex Workers in Granada (Spain).

Sex work is one of the oldest trades in the world. It is the practice of sexual activity in exchange for money or material goods. It has traditionally been carried out by women, although in recent years, there has been an increase in the number of male sex workers.

Impact of ChatGPT usage on nursing students education: A cross-sectional study.

Background: The use of artificial intelligence tools, such as ChatGPT, is on the rise in nursing education. In the field of healthcare, ChatGPT can offer unique opportunities to enhance the learning and clinical practice of nursing students. However, it is still necessary to explore how this tool affects students' performance and perception in their nursing education.

Intertwined people-nature relations are central to nature-based adaptation to climate change.

Adaptation to climate change is a social-ecological process: it is not solely a result of natural processes or human decisions but emerges from multiple relations within social systems, within ecological systems and between them. We propose a novel analytical framework to evaluate social-ecological relations in nature-based adaptation, encompassing social (people-people), ecological (nature-nature) and social-ecological (people-nature) relations. Applying this framework to 25 case studies, we analyse the associations among these relations and identify archetypes of social-ecological adaptation.

Business-as-usual trends will largely miss 2030 global conservation targets.

To address climate change and global biodiversity loss, the world must hit three important international conservation targets by 2030: protect 30% of terrestrial and marine areas, halt and reverse forest loss, and restore 350 Mha of degraded and deforested landscapes. Here, we (1) provide estimates of the gaps between these globally agreed targets and business-as-usual trends; (2) identify examples of rapid past trend-shifts towards achieving the targets; and (3) link these past trend-shifts to different levers. Our results suggest that under a business-as-usual scenario, the world will fail to achieve all three targets.

Humanization of nursing care: a systematic review.

Advances in healthcare in recent years have resulted in the automation and standardization of healthcare. Consequently, care has become dehumanized. There is a lack of trust from patients toward the health care system, as well as feelings of stress, exhaustion, and fatigue among professionals.

Attitudes towards people living with HIV/AIDS through the EAPVVS-E: A descriptive analysis in nursing students.

Background: Despite advances in antiretroviral treatment, stigma towards people with HIV/AIDS continues to exist. Nursing students, as future key players in health care, must advocate for the elimination of stigma through education, empathy and the creation of a supportive environment. This holistic approach is crucial to improving their quality of life and moving towards the eradication of HIV/AIDS.

Exercise and brain health in patients with coronary artery disease: study protocol for the HEART-BRAIN randomized controlled trial.

Introduction: Patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) have a higher risk of developing cognitive impairment and mental health disorders compared to the general population. Physical exercise might improve their brain health. The overall goal of the HEART-BRAIN randomized controlled trial (RCT) is to investigate the effects of different types of exercise on brain health outcomes in patients with CAD, and the underlying mechanisms.

Utilizing supply-demand bundles in Nature-based Recreation offers insights into specific strategies for sustainable tourism management.

Balancing supply and demand in Nature-based Recreation (NbR) has the potential to yield co-benefits across multiple Ecosystem Services (ES), helping to make tourism activities more sustainable. However, a comprehensive understanding of supply-demand mismatches in NbR is challenging due to the complex interaction among various social, economic and ecological factors. This paper investigates mismatches in NbR supply and demand to provide insights for informing spatial and regional planning to achieve sustainable tourism.

Validation of the attitudes towards people living with HIV/AIDS scale in nursing students.

Background: One of the environments where people living with HIV/AIDS should feel safer is in the health care setting; however, scientific evidence has identified discriminatory behaviour on the part of health care professionals towards these people. The reduction or abolition of discriminatory practices requires, first of all, to know the attitudes of nursing students towards AIDS with tools appropriate to the socio-cultural context of the disease. The objectives of this study are to update the AIDS Attitudes Scale for Nursing Students (EASE) by adapting it to the sociocultural landscape and to analyse the reliability and structural validity of the new scale.

Epidemiological Profile of Patients with Vulvovaginal Candidiasis from a Sexually Transmitted Infection Clinic in Southern Spain.

Epidemiological data on women suffering from vulvovaginal candidiasis and its recurrence are outdated and vague. The aim of this study was to identify the prevalence of women diagnosed with vulvovaginal candidiasis, as well as the epidemiological profile and associated risk factors in the province of Granada (Spain). Data from the Centre for Sexually Transmitted Infections of the Granada province between 2000 and 2018 (N = 438) were used in this study.

Levels and predictors of postpartum depression and anxiety during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in a confined cross-border city.

Unlabelled: Pregnancy and/or the puerperium involve social, physiological and psychological changes that make women more vulnerable to mental disorders such as anxiety and depression, even more so if these develop in stressful contexts such as the pandemic. The aim of this study is to identify factors associated with the risk of postpartum anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional study was conducted among postpartum women ( = 69) who gave birth between March 2020 and March 2021 in Melilla, a Spanish cross-border city with Morocco whose borders were closed, making it a confined city.

Good practices in perinatal bereavement care in public maternity hospitals in Southern Spain.

Objective: To assess the attitudes and care practices of midwives and nurses in the province of Granada in relation to death care and perinatal bereavement, to determine their degree of adaptation to international standards and to identify possible differences in personal factors among those who best adapt to international recommendations.

Design: A local survey of 117 nurses and midwives from the five maternity hospitals in the province was conducted using the Lucina questionnaire developed to explore professionals' emotions, opinions, and knowledge during perinatal bereavement care. Adaptation of practices to international recommendations was assessed using the CiaoLapo Stillbirth Support (CLASS) checklist.

A competency model for nurse executives.

Background: Nurses capable of adequately developing their competencies in the management field are essential for the sustainability of health-care organizations. Such competencies should be included in a model of specific competencies.

Aim: The aim of this research is to propose a competency model for nurse executives.

Biodiversity and ecosystem services mapping: Can it reconcile urban and protected area planning?

Land-use changes, especially urbanization, have largely impacted the capacity of ecosystems to deliver ecosystem services (ES) on which human wellbeing depends. The current sectorial landscape and territorial planning approaches that separately address protected areas and urban areas have proven ineffective in conserving biodiversity. To address this important challenge, integrated territorial planning has been claimed to be able to better reconcile interests between nature conservation and urban planning, and ES supply and demand mapping may be a useful tool for such purposes.