The impact of the university setting on the choice of the family and community nursing specialty

Section: Originals

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Berlanga Fernández S, Alvira Balada MC, González González C, Herranz Vázquez M, Marquilles Bonet C, Rambla Cardona M, et al. Influencias del entorno universitario en la elección de la especialidad de Enfermería Familiar y Comunitaria. Metas Enferm feb 2018; 21(1):5-13.

Authors

Sofía Berlanga Fernández1, Mª Carmen Alvira Balada2, Cristel González González3, María Herranz Vázquez4, Carme Marquilles Bonet5, Montserrat Rambla Cardona6, Montserrat Sallés Coletas7, Montserrat Saumell Torner8, Silvia Serés Gil9, Encarnació Tor Figueras10, Judit Vila García11, Lorena Villa García12 (Grupo de Presidentas de las Subcomisiones de Enfermería de las Unidades Docentes Multiprofesionales de Atención Familiar y Comunitaria [UDMAFyC]), Oriol Cunillera Puértolas13

Position

1Doctora en Ciencias de la Salud. Enfermera. UDMAFyC Costa de Ponent;2Doctora en Ciencias de la Salud. Enfermera. UDMAFyC Clínic-Maternitat; 3Enfermera Especialista de Familia y Comunitaria. UDMAFyC Serveis Salut Integrats Baix Empordà; 4Enfermera Especialista de Familia y Comunitaria. UDMAFyC Girona; 5Enfermera. UDMAFyC Lleida; 6Enfermera. UDMAFyC Mútua de Terrassa; 7Máster en Gestión de Equipos y Servicios Sanitarios en Atención Primaria. Enfermera. UDMAFyC Catalunya Central; 8Enfermera UDMAFyC Barcelona Ciutat; 9Enfermera. UDMAFyC Badalona Serveis Assistencials; 10Máster en Enfermería Escolar- Enfermera. UDMAFyC Consorci Sanitari Terrassa; 11Enfermera. UDMAFyC ACEBA; 12Enfermera Especialista de Familia y Comunitaria. Vocal Comisión Nacional de la Especialidad de Enfermería Familiar y Comunitaria; 13Máster en Estadística e Investigación Operativa. Unitat de Suport a la Recerca Costa de Ponent. Institut Universitari d’Investigació en Atenció Primària (IDIAP) Jordi Gol

Contact address

Sofía Berlanga Fernández. Centro de Atención Primaria de Salut Amadeo Torner (ABS Sta. Eulalia Sur). C/ Amadeo Torner, 63, bajos. 08902 Hospitalet del

Contact email: Sbf10@hotmail.es

Abstract

Objective: to explore the association between university education aspects and the choice of the Family and Community Nursing specialty.
Method: a descriptive transversal study with resident nurse interns and specialists that are conducting or have conducted specialized training on Family and Community Nursing in Catalonia. An ad hoc online questionnaire was used. There was a statistical analysis for categorical variables, absolute and relative frequency, and for numeric variables, average and standard deviation. Comparison of variables through Fisher’s exact test, Wilcoxon’s test, or Mann-Whitney’s U Test.
Results: there were 55 participants, 90.9% were women, with an average age of 26.7 years: 54.6% were residents and 45.4% were specialist, and 56.3% of them had their degree. The length of practice in Primary Care (PC) and Community Care was over two months: 66.7% at qualification, 58.1% at graduation. Factors associated with the choice of specialty: 45.4% with the resident nurse intern numbers, and 30.9% considered that there was no reason associated with practices in PC and Community Care. The average score in Satisfaction with University Training was 6.9% for practices and 5.9% for theoretical training. Of this sample, 63.6% selected this specialty as their first option, considering the resident nurse intern number and personal motivation as their priority, and associated with a higher satisfaction with practices (p= 0.001).
Conclusions: there is an association between specialty prioritization and the most recent graduate classes and resident nurse interns/specialists who conducted practices for a period longer than one month. No association was detected between specialty prioritization and satisfaction with theoretical training, but there was an association in practice. There was an association with motivation and resident nurse intern number in specialty selection. The conclusion is that university education is important in terms of the choice of the Family and Community Nursing specialty.

Keywords:

Nursing practice; Nursing teaching practice; Nursing education; Nursing schools; Nursing specialties; nursing students; primary care nursing; transversal study

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Influencias del entorno universitario en la elección de la especialidad de Enfermería Familiar y Comunitaria