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OBJECTIVE: Physiologically, blood melatonin levels decrease as a person ages and the older adult commonly presents with insomnia and other types of sleep disorders. Alternative therapies can be used to attenuate sleep disturbances. The aim of the present study was to analyze the effect of aromatherapy with lavender on serum melatonin levels in the noninstitutionalized older adult (OA). DESIGN AND SETTING: A pre-experimental, quantitative study with a pre-test - post-test design was conducted on 67 OAs that included both sexes. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Serum melatonin levels were measured before and after eight sessions of aromatherapy with lavender that lasted 4 weeks. The results were expressed as mean⯱â¯standard deviation of melatonin levels (pg/ml). The differences were compared using the Student's t-test and statistical significance was set at a pâ¯≤â¯0.05. RESULTS: Blood melatonin levels significantly increased in the total population after the intervention with aromatherapy (pg/ml): 102.3⯱â¯33.4 VS 132.5⯱â¯42.3, pâ¯=â¯0.000004. There were significant differences in the pre-test and post-test phases in the women and men measured as separate groups (pâ¯=â¯0.00005 and pâ¯=â¯0.026), respectively. However, those differences were not observed when the measurements were compared between the two sexes, before (pâ¯=â¯0.64) or after (pâ¯=â¯0.31) the intervention. CONCLUSION: Aromatherapy with lavender essential oil similarly favors an increase in blood melatonin levels in both older adult men and women.
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Aromatherapy/methods , Lavandula , Melatonin/blood , Oils, Volatile/therapeutic use , Plant Oils/therapeutic use , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Female , Humans , Male , Middle AgedABSTRACT
Pensar de manera reflexiva y crítica permite conocer y discriminar una acción de otra, en función de las prioridades establecidas para la atención de la persona, interactuando con ella de manera emancipadora, donde deben buscarse formas o puentes de unión entre la parte más artística de la enfermería y aquellos elementos más asociados al campo de la ciencia, procurando así una mayor calidad en la prestación de los cuidados. El desarrollo del pensamiento reflexivo y crítico en los estudiantes de enfermería en México es un tema poco estudiado. En este artículo se hace una revisión sobre lo investigado y escrito, imprescindible en la agenda educativa de enfermería, así como algunas reflexiones y posicionamientos de un grupo colegiado, perteneciente a la región México y El Caribe de la Red Iberoamericana de Investigación en Educación en Enfermería (RIIEE).
Think in a reflexive and critical way allows knowing and distinguishing one action of another, according to established priorities for the care of person interacting in a emancipatory way, where ways or links between the most artistic part of nursing and those elements associated with the field of science should be looked for, in order to give a better quality in professional care of nursing. The development of reflexive and critical thinking in students of nursing in Mexico, it is a subject that hasnt been researched enough. This article a review is made about what has been researched and written, essential subject in the field education in Nursing, as well as some reflections and stance of association from Mexico and The Caribbean region, of the Red Iberoamericana de Investigación en Educación en Enfermería (RIIEE).
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Humans , Thinking , Education, NursingABSTRACT
El estándar es una declaración explícita de calidad, para determinar su grado de cumplimiento es necesario contar con indicadores, determinando el margen entre el desempeño ideal y el real en los procesos y los resultados de satisfacción de los usuarios. La medición de la calidad de la atención de enfermería es tan importante como extensa, las unidades psiquiátricas no pueden estar ajenas a esto; siendo que la salud mental es factor importante para el desarrollo progresivo y armónico de la sociedad, la inexistencia de estándares e indicadores atenta contra la salud física del paciente, el equilibrio emocional del trabajador, la economía familiar del enfermo y los gastos de la institución; en este sentido se validaron instrumentos con enfoque de sistema, que se sirvan de guía para evaluar la atención de enfermería en unidades psiquiátricas, a través de procedimientos específicos de enfermería: baño de regadera, alimentación y ministración de medicamentos por vía oral y descanso y sueño; utilizando la Técnica Delphi y Alpha de Cronbach, demostrando que éstos permitirán planear acciones eficientes y eficaces que mejoren la atención de enfermería en psiquiatría, luego que obtuvieron la confiabilidad necesaria para ser utilizados a nivel nacional y ser referentes a nivel internacional.
The standard is an explicit declaration of quality, to determine its execution degree it is necessary to have indicators, determining the margin between the ideal acting and the real one in the processes and the results of the users' satisfaction. The mensuration of the quality of the nursing attention is as important as extensive, the psychiatric units cannot be unaware to this; being that the mental health is important factor for the progressive and harmonic development of the society, the nonexistence of standard and indicators attempt against the patient's physical health, the worker's emotional balance, the sick person family economy and the expenses of the institution; in this sense instruments were validated with focus of system that you/they are served as guide to evaluate the nursing attention in psychiatric units, through specific procedures of nursing: watering-can bathroom, feeding and ministración of medications for by oral route and I rest and dream; using the Technical Delphi and Alpha of Cronbach, demonstrating that these will allow efficient and effective actions that improve the nursing attention in psychiatry, to drift then that they obtained the necessary dependability to be used at national level and to be relating at international level.
