School Nurse Practice: A Descriptive Spanish Study.

This study aimed to describe the profile and practices of school nurses working at a network of educational centers in Spain. This was a descriptive study of the documented actions of 107 school nurses between September 2018 and June 2021 in 54 educational centers (55.6% private and 44.4% subsidized). The profile of the school nurses was young (average age 33.8 [standard deviation (SD) = 7.7] years) and predominantly female (91.6%) with a diverse and multidisciplinary education, primarily at the postgraduate level (specialized mainly in emergency care, nursing/school health, and pediatrics/neonatology). They carried out 256,499 interventions. The most frequent types of incidents they treated were accidents (30.4%) and disease-related episodes (22.2%). The interventions were usually brief (average time 7.7 min) and were resolved by the school nurse (99.1%), and the main recipients were students (87.3%). The highest incidence of interventions occurs during breaks between classes. Acute interventions occupied most of the school nurses' time, leaving little opportunity for health education (0.3%). School nurses played an important role in preserving and promoting the health of school populations and cost-savings to healthcare systems with the actions that they performed. Descriptions of these actions are essential when advocating for the continuation and expansion of school nursing services.

Cardiometabolic and Muscular Fatigue Responses to Different CrossFit® Workouts.

CrossFit® consists of workouts of the day (WODs) in which different exercises are conducted at high intensity with minimal or no rest periods. This study sought to quantify exercise intensity and muscular fatigue in the three CrossFit® session modalities: gymnastics (G), metabolic conditioning (M) and weightlifting (W). Thirty two, young, strength-trained, healthy men completed the three WODs: G ("Cindy"), M (double skip rope jumps) and W (power cleans). The variables measured in the sessions were: mean heart rate (HR), rate of perceived exertion (RPE), blood lactate [lactate], and jump height (H), average power (AP) and maximum take-off velocity (Vmax) in a counter movement jump test. In all three WODs, elevated HR values (≥90% of the theoretical HRmax) were recorded at the time points mid-session and end-session. Mean RPEs were 17.6 ± 1.6 (G WOD), 16.0 ± 2.3 (M WOD), and 15.7 ± 2.0 (W WOD). Postexercise [lactate] was higher than 10 mmol·L-1 for the three WODs. Following the G ("Cindy") and W (power cleans) WODs, respectively, significant muscular power losses were observed in H (7.3% and 8.1%), Vmax (13.8% and 3.3%), AP relative (4.6% and 8.3%) and AP total (4.2% and 8.2%) while losses in the M WOD were not significant (p > 0.05). A vigorous intensity of exercise was noted in all three WODs, with greater mean HRs detected in the "Cindy" and skip rope WODs than power clean WOD. Muscular fatigue was produced in response to the "Cindy" and power clean WODs but not the skip rope WOD.

Cuidadoras inmigrantes: trabajo emocional / Imigrantes Cuidadoras: trabalho emocional / Inmigrants caregivers: emotional labor

Los cambios de carácter demográfico, económicos, socioculturales y sanitarios propician la emergencia de una nueva figura de cuidadores: el cuidador contratado, cubierto, en general, por mujeres inmigrantes. El presente artículo trata de un estudio que pretende indagar sobre esta nueva realidad, centrándose, fundamentalmente, en conocer las vivencias y emociones de las cuidadoras inmigrantes en su relación con las personas cuidadas y su entorno. El estudio, de corte cualitativo, recoge a través de testimonios directos de las cuidadoras, lo que constituye su experiencia vivida; es decir, los relatos sobre un contexto difícil y complejo, donde se cruza una doble necesidad de afecto: de una parte, la de quienes sufren el duelo migratorio, por el alejamiento de los suyos, por la dureza y la precariedad de su condición de migrantes y por otra parte, la de quienes en la vejez, más allá de la dependencia física, sufren de soledad. Se evidencia el carácter afectivo y relacional del cuidado y las aportaciones positivas de estas mujeres inmigrantes a una situación característica de las sociedades globales, y con poblaciones envejecidas (AU)

The changes in demographic, economic, socio-cultural and health foster the emergence of a new set of caregivers: the hired caregiver, covered generally by immigrant women. This article is a study that aims to inquire into this new reality, focusing mainly on knowing the experiences and emotions of immigrant carers in relation to people and their environment maintained. The study, a qualitative research, collected through direct testimony of caregivers, which is their lived experiences, that is, the stories of a difficult and complex context, where it crosses a double need for affection: on one hand, the one of those suffering bereavement of immigration, by the distancing of their own family, by the harshness and precariousness of their migrant status and on the other hand, those who in old age, beyond physical dependence, suffer from loneliness. It demonstrates the emotional and relational nature of care and the positive contributions of these immigrant women to a situation characteristic of global societies, and with aging populations (AU)

As mudanças de caráter demográfico, económico, socio-culturais e de cuidados de sáude, propiciam a aparição de uma nova figura de cuidadores: o cuidador contratado, posto de trabalho, em regra geral, ocupado por mulheres imigrantes. O presente artigo pretende indagar sobre esta nova realidade, procurando fundamentalmente conhecer as vivência se emoções das cuidadoras imigrantes e a sua relação com as pessoas a que cuidam e os meio envolvente.O estudo de caráter qualitativo, recolhe através de testemunhos diretos das cuidadoras,o que constitui a sua experiência vivida; queristo dizer, os relatos sobre um contexto difícile complexo, donde se cruzam uma necessidade dupla de afeto: por um lado, as que sofrem um «luto migratório», pela separação dos seus famiiares, pela dureza e precariedade de sua condição de imigrantes, e por outro lado, a dequem na velhice, para além da dependência física, sofrem de solidão. Torna-se evidente o caráter afetivo e de relação do cuidado e as contribuições positivas destas mulheres imigrantes a uma situação caraterística das sociedades globais, e com populações envelhecidas (AU)