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Introduction: The organization of pediatric services is essential in the current process of confronting the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective: To describe, from a nursing perspective, the social representation on management in the organization of pediatric hospital services for the care of patients suspected of COVID-19. Methods: A qualitative study of transcendental phenomenological methodological orientation was carried out at Octavio de la Concepción de la Pedraja Pediatric Hospital from Holguín, Cuba, between January and April 2021. The knowledge acquired from the experience of nurses, five supervisors, three area heads and eight ward chiefs, selected by nonprobabilistic sampling, was integrated. The following phases were used: descriptive, structural and discussion. The descriptive phase consisted of three stages: choice of technique, semistructured interview and elaboration of the description. The structural phase had the following stages: reading, determination of the central topic and expression in scientific language. In the results discussion phase, the results were related to the conclusions and findings of researchers to understand the possible differences or similarities for further enhancement. Results: Four categories emerged from the data analysis: design of nursing care protocols for COVID-19 positive and suspect patients;reorganization, recruitment and training of personnel;organization of working groups according to clinical picture and rapid test or PCR results;and general measures. Conclusions: The organization of nursing care services by groups avoided the collapse of the nursing human resource and guaranteed the availability of beds, as well as staff own safety and patient safety, to minimize in-hospital transmissibility. © 2022, Editorial Ciencias Medicas. All rights reserved.
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In an adverse international context in which the pandemic has caused a general paralysis of tourism, cities must adapt and find new market niches in which to grow safely. Among these new trends, in the field of cultural tourism, the growing interest in language tourism stands out. The main objective of this research is to carry out a deep analysis of the profile of the language tourist, proposing recommendations for an adequate and effective management. For this, the city of Malaga is used, which concentrates 15% of all language tourism in Spain. A mixed methodology will be carried out that combines qualitative techniques (in-depth interviews with stakeholder representatives) and quantitative (surveys of language tourists) to give a better answer to the research questions. The results confirm that this type of tourism is ideal in a scenario like the current one since we find ourselves with a tourist whose average stay and expense is higher than that of the conventional tourist. In addition, he is configured as a satisfied and faithful tourist. Also, recommendations are proposed for public and private institutions in order to attract and consolidate this type of tourism. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.