Experiencias y vivencias del estudiante de 4º de enfermería en el practicum

El proceso de aprendizaje que tiene lugar durante la formación práctico de los estudiantes genera algunos interrogantes: ¿de qué depende ese aprendizaje práctico? ¿Cómo se lleva a cabo?, ¿cuáles son las vivencias de los estudiantes durante esos meses de formación?, ¿cuáles son sus mayores dificultades de aprendizaje? etc. El objetivo de la investigación fue conocer y comprender cuáles fueron las vivencias y experiencias de los estudiantes de sus periodos de formación práctica ante la proximidad de convertirse en profesionales de la salud. Metodología: investigación cualitativa con método fenomenológico. Los datos se obtuvieron del análisis de las memorias reflexivas que los estudiantes de 4º de grado realizaron al finalizar las veinte semanas de prácticas correspondientes al Practicum IV. Conclusiones: a través de los testimonios de los estudiantes se identifican tres aspectos significativos: la necesidad de la práctica reflexiva, los condicionantes de las relaciones humanas en el aprendizaje y valor de los aspectos invisibles del cuidado.

The relationship between plants used to sustain finches (Fringillidae) and uses for human medicine in southeast Spain

We analyzed plants that are traditionally used by wild bird hunters and breeders to capture and promote captive breeding of Fringillidae (finches or songbirds) in the province of Alicante, Spain. The majority of plants used in songbird breeding have medicinal properties in traditional human medicine (48 different uses); thus, another main goal was to show their relationships with human medical uses. We compiled a list of 97 plant species from 31 botanical families that are used to attract finches and identified 11 different use categories for these plants in finch keeping. The most common uses were for trapping birds and as a source of food for birds in captivity. Cannabis sativa has the greatest cultural importance index (CI = 1.158), and Phalaris canariensis (annual canary grass or alpist) was the most common species used to attract Fringillidae and was used by all informants (n = 158). Most of the 97 species are wild plants and mainly belong to the families Compositae, Gramineae, Cruciferae, and Rosaceae and also have medicinal properties for humans. In the study area, the intensification of agriculture and abandonment of traditional management practices have caused the population of many songbirds to decline, as well as the loss of popular ethnographic knowledge.

Relationships with citizens in public management: a study at the largest Spanish Town Halls

This paper provides an analysis of the relationships existing between citizen participation and satisfaction levels within the framework of Spanish local administrations, additionally paying attention to the links between organisational size and the said participation and satisfaction levels. The results of a survey questionnaire answered by 388 Human Resources (HR) managers from the largest Spanish Town Halls were examined for these purposes. A claim is made both to increase the degree of citizen participation in public decision-making and to ensure the delivery of efficient and effective public services that can really meet citizens’ needs in Spanish town Halls.