[Practical training in primary care for nursing students: evaluation assessment by nurses' satisfaction]. / Formación práctica de los alumnos de enfermería en atención primaria: evaluación a través de una encuesta de satisfacción.

OBJECTIVE: To show that nursing skills and activities are acquired by third-year nursing students while they are doing their Primary Care practicals in the Health Centres and to discover the level of satisfaction of the students after these practicals. DESIGN: A descriptive study, using a questionnaire on the level of satisfaction. SETTING: Huerta del Rey Health Centre, Valladolid. PARTICIPANTS: Twenty-four third-year nursing students doing Primary Care practicals during the teaching year 1991-2. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Before their practical studies in the Health Centre, 50% or more of the students defined as unknown or little-known the following nursing skills: taking out ear-plugs, extraction of blood, respiratory physiotherapy and stitching. After the nurses had finished the practicals, the items which reflected general satisfaction obtained positive percentages above 72.2%. CONCLUSIONS: Nursing skills and activities which are specific to Primary Care are unknown to most nursing students before their period of practical work in a Health Centre. The same occurs with certain basic nursing skills and activities. Students were highly satisfied.