Mcarmen Solano-Ruiz

• PhD
• University of Alicante

Background Body transformations are alterations of the body due to symbolic, aesthetic, religious or cultural reasons. The increase in frequency, especially among young people, raises ethical questions. Future nurses must understand the ethical implications of social phenomena. Aim The aim was to find out how nursing students perceive bodily transf...

The COVID‐19 pandemic triggered an unprecedented health crisis that impacted healthcare systems worldwide. This study explores how Spanish healthcare workers learned, internalised and integrated values and work behaviours during the COVID‐19 pandemic and their impact on the personal sphere. This documentary research, using images, narratives and au...

Objective To assess nursing students’ experiences of using photovoice as a pedagogical approach to active learning in the community. Methods A descriptive design with a cross-sectional mixed-method questionnaire was used with 108 students following an educational activity, in which their communities were photographed and the impact of the pandem...

El presente libro representa el esfuerzo compartido por generar un ambiente reflexivo que proporcione al estudiante una sólida fundamentación de los principios que rigen la disciplina enfermera. En un trabajo de unificación de conceptos abstractos y concretos el estudiantado ha explicitado su forma de entender la labor de los profesionales que cuid...

Background: The Higher Education in Nursing requires providing students with skills such as critical and reflective thinking about the actions to be carried out so that they are capable of providing humanised and quality care in an increasingly complex and technified society. Participatory teaching methodologies promote the development of these ski...

Background: Namibia has had a problem with the high rate of learner pregnancyand school dropout for many years, despite implementing education sectorpolicy on preventing and managing learner pregnancy. This study aimed toexplore the perspectives of school-going learners in Namibia regarding the factorscontributing to learner pregnancy and school dr...

Background The first inquisitorial trials were against Muslims and Jews. Later, they focused on women, especially caregivers. Progressively, they were linked to witchcraft and sorcery because of their great care, generational and empirical knowledge. The historiography of health in the 15th–18th centuries still has important bibliographical and int...

The aim of this study was to understand the perspectives of female residents of Spain from West Africa in terms of the factors that condition their lives. Pierre Bourdieu's theory and the model of intersectionality formed the framework we used to qualitatively analyse the life stories of these women, which was complemented with life lines. The resu...

Background. Children with cancer are subjected to aggressive tests and treatments that can affect their emotional states. Studies available in the academic literature analyse the effect of music therapy on the emotions of these patients are scarce. Objectives. The objective of this study was to explore and transform the emotional responses that may...

(1) Background: Experiences involve feelings, which, in turn, produce meaning that can become a subjectively lived experience. Therefore, the study of experiences and feelings is essential. Introduction: We examined the role of narrative-based nursing (NBN) and the poetry of care (PC). Objective: To reflect upon the emotions and feelings experi...

Background Music therapy is an emerging and useful methodology to improve the quality of life of children and adolescents with cancer. Objectives The objective of this scoping review was to examine the available literature and offer an analysis of the relevance of music therapy in paediatric oncology. We considered the effects of music therapy on...

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has an amplified impact on vulnerable populations. Also, aspects related to health inequalities are insufficiently taught in higher education. This study aims to promote reflection in nursing students on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable populations affected by health inequities. Methodology A pho...

The structural dialectic model of care provides a data analysis method that facilitates the identification of beliefs and structural and functional characteristics. To demonstrate the relevance of the structural dialectic model of care for data analysis integrating beliefs, scenarios and social actors. The characteristics and functions of the model...

In this article, we explore the beliefs, values and attitudes about female genital mutilation in the diaspora of sub-Saharan women and how the migration process has influenced these beliefs. Our qualitative analysis of the life stories and lifelines of 10 women in the sub-Saharan diaspora in light of the Social Convention Theory indicated that maki...

Aims and objectives: To evaluate the commitment and level of self-perceived training in evidence-based practice among students of the Nursing degree of five Spanish universities. Background: In university Health Sciences degrees, evidence-based clinical practice can directly or indirectly impact the quality of care, the cost of the service provi...

The use of qualitative methodologies together with visual methods is being incorporated into different lines of research to offer an alternative form of expression that can provide richer and more meaningful data. The objective of this study was to analyse the use of life histories and lifelines in the study of female genital mutilation (FGM) in th...

Introduction: New teaching strategies for higher education suggest integrating dynamic methodologies. Thus, university students’ critical thinking can be actively worked. Reflective photography or photovoice has been used in the educational field to form knowledge about the social context. Goals: To develop an educational project where critical thi...

Background Active teaching methodologies that incorporate students' feelings and beliefs and encourage them to reflect upon and critically think about certain variables, are extremely useful to teachers. Objective To explore the potential of dramatisation and photovoice technologies as instruments to stimulate nursing students to reflect upon viol...

El objetivo de este trabajo es desarrollar una herramienta de reflexión y sentimientos que contribuyan a la gestión de emociones de diferentes comunidades de participantes. Para ello, se ha empleado un grupo de poemas derivados de experiencias clínicas en estudiantes de enfermería como base para la identificación y análisis de emociones y sentimien...

(1) Objective: To describe men’s experiences as acute myocardial infarction sufferers from a social phenomenological perspective, a year after the event (2) Methods: The phenomenological interview was used to capture the participants’ discourse. The data were analyzed according to the theoretical methodological approach of social phenomenology. (3)...

Introduction: According to figures released by UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund), more than 200 million girls and women have suffered female genital mutilation (FGM) in 30 African and Middle East countries. An increasing number of African women who come from ethnic groups where FGM is practised are arriving in Western countries. Healthcare pr...

El objetivo general de este estudio se centra en explorar las potencialidades de la fotografía y la dramatización como instrumentos para estimular de forma participativa la reflexión en la acción, el pensamiento crítico y el debate sobre la violencia de género en diferentes contextos. Se trata de un estudio cualitativo enmarcado en el Paradigma Soc...

Objective: to know the issues in evidence in rural nursing. Method: a six-stage integrative review. Data was collected from May to July 2017, in the SciELO, CUIDEN, PubMed, and ScienceDirect databases, with "Rural nursing" as descriptor. The analysis used was qualitative with the construction of subsets and topics. Results: of the 30 articles analy...

Background The study aims to describe the transcultural process through which immigrant women who have experienced female genital mutilation become leaders against this practice. This study also aims to identify the incidence of female genital mutilation in the invisibility of health problems (especially sexual and reproductive disorders). Method D...

Este libro es la consecuencia de varios años de actividad investigadora de la red Antropología Educativa de los Cuidados, del Departamento de Enfermería, integrado en el programa de Redes del Instituto de Ciencias de la Educación de la Universidad de Alicante. El texto se vertebra en ocho capítulos, que se adentran en una temática de plena actualid...

Mental health problems have been identified by the World Health Organization as a global development priority. Negative attitudes toward mental health patients have been documented in multiple health professionals. The aim of this study was to determine the level of stigma and associated factors toward people with mental health problems among stude...

Identidade profissional do enfermeiro gestor à luz do Modelo Estrutural Dialético dos Cuidados Objetivos: identificar en la literatura científica las configuraciones identitarias inherentes a las prácticas gerenciales del enfermero, que actúa en el entorno hospitalario, y analizarlas a la luz del Modelo Estructural Dialéctico de los Cuidados (MEDC...

Objectives: To identify in the scientific literature the identity-related configurations inherent to the nurse’s managerial practices of a professional that works in a hospital setting, and to analyze them in the light of the Structural Dialectic Care Model (SDCM). Materials and method: The article concerns about a qualitative research where an in...

Resumo Objetivo: Conhecer o processo de formação em enfermagem rural internacional e as repercussões na formação e prática no Brasil. Métodos: Revisão integrativa composta por seis etapas. Os dados foram coletados no mês de março de 2018, nas bases PubMed, Direct Science, com o descritor “Rural nursing” e a palavra-chave “formation”, com a combinaç...

Objective: To understand the formation process in international rural nursing and the repercussions on formation and practice in Brazil. Methods: Integrative review composed of six stages. Data were collected in March 2018 in PubMed and Direct Science with the descriptor 'Rural nursing' and the keyword 'formation' by combining the Boolean operators...

Identifying the factors that affect Female Genital Mutilation and its impact through the experiences of women who have suffered it is our objetive. The paradigm of departure is the sociocritical. Methodologically, the in-depth interview and Dialectical Structural Model of Care were used. Results: the patriarchally regulated culture is the breeding...

AIMS: The aim of this study was to explore the longitudinal associations between academic burnout and resilience and psychological well-being, and the stability of these variables in a sample of university nursing students. BACKGROUND: Nursing students frequently suffer academic burnout, which is brought on by different situations experienced duri...

Background: Previous studies have confirmed that women who are diagnosed with celiac disease report a lower quality of life than men who are diagnosed with the same illness. Purpose: This article describes the life experiences of women with celiac disease, especially those who adhere to a lifelong gluten-free diet. Methods: A phenomenological...

Objective: To understand the experience of people living with Chronic Kidney Disease who have been transplanted, from the meanings constructed based on the experienced phenomenon. Method: Hermeneutic-phenomenological study based on the five lifeworld existentials, according to Van Manen's theoretical framework. Eleven transplanted patients parti...

Aims the aim of this study was to explore the longitudinal associations between academic burnout and resilience and psychological well‐being, as well as the stability of these variables in a sample of university nursing students. Background nursing students frequently suffer academic burnout, which is brought on by different situations experienced...

Celiac disease represents a problem in our society, not only because of its interest in terms of healthcare, but also because of its increasing prevalence in recent years and the impact it has on sufferers and their families. This integrative review investigated current knowledge about the experience of living with a gluten-free diet, as well as so...

Introduction Competency based education offers the promise of reducing the gap between education and employment and concerns in Higher Education have revolved around how to achieve deep and meaningful learning, a long life learning, so that learning transfer to real situations, complex and changing, would be possible. Conceptualizing assessment fro...

Introducción: El enfoque de educación basada en competencias pretende reducir la brecha entre educación y empleo buscando lograr un aprendizaje profundo, significativo, para toda la vida, transferible a situaciones reales, complejas y cambiantes. Conceptualizar la evaluación a partir de este enfoque implica asumir su carácter multidimensional diseñ...

Introduction: Tacit knowledge can be defined as knowledge which is used intuitively and unconsciously, which is acquired through one's experience, characterized by being personal and contextual. Some terms such as 'intuition', 'know how' and 'implicit knowledge' have been used to describe tacit knowledge. Different disciplines in the fields of man...

Objective: to identify the theoretical bases that underpin the concepts of critical thinking in Ibero-American nursing in the last ten years. Method: integrative literature review carried out in the PubMed, CUIDEN and SciELO databases, between 2006 and 2015, using the key words nursing and critical thinking. Results: 32 studies were included, whi...

In this review, the author describes and analyzes the contents of the book “Life is serum” highlighting the ironic potential of the nursing profession.

Objective: Analyze practices and attitudes to breast feeding on immigrant women and women or at risk of social ulnerability. Methods: review of international literature in publications indexed in LILACS, CINAHL, Medline, SciELO and CUIDEN. Study selection: Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed describing the perspectives and opinions regarding the c...

Objective: To know the experiences and perceptions of nurses in providing care and health promotion, women belonging to groups at risk of social vulnerability, applying the model of cultural competence Purnell. Design: Phenomenological qualitative study. Location: Department of Health Elda. Participants: A total of 22 primary care profession...

Las emociones y sentimientos durante las prácticas clínicas de los estudiantes de enfermería están integrados en el currículum oculto. Objetivos: contribuir a la concienciación de las emociones y sentimientos que convergen en el proceso de construcción del conocimiento durante las prácticas clínicas. Método: Se utilizó la escala TMMS-24 para valora...

1. Introducción Históricamente la leche materna ha sido el único alimento que el recién nacido ha podido tomar para sobrevivir (Riverón Corteguera, 1 995), convirtiéndose la lactancia materna en una actividad cultural que afecta a los mujeres en función de las creen-cias, clase social y nivel educativo entre otros (Hernández Gambo, 2008; Paricio Ta...

El trato con pacientes gitanos acarrea ciertas dificultades. Así mismo la lactancia materna, puede plantear dudas y problemas tanto a madres como a profesionales. En el presente trabajo mediante la realización de un grupo focal, se analizan las percepciones y opiniones de enfermeras de Atención Primaria, en relación a población gitana y pautas rela...

Objetivo: La celiaquía como enfermedad crónica tiene una alta prevalencia en nuestra sociedad. El artículo analiza los aspectos psicosociales de la enfermedad celíaca en los diferentes entornos, valorando el impacto de la implantación de una dieta estricta libre de gluten. Métodos: Estudio cualitativo entre los meses de Enero del 2013 a Abril del...

Aims and objectives: To research the quality of life of Spanish women with coeliac disease. Background: Women with coeliac disease express lower quality of life than men with coeliac disease. Design: Explanatory sequential approach using mixed methods and with a gender perspective. Methods: The research was carried out between May and July 2...

Results and discussion: The development of assessment through peer evaluation and other intermediate solutions until achieving self-assessment entails a shift in the educational and scientific paradigm, but also involves the implementation in practice of democratic and ethical principles, values and premises in society. Self-assessment is a novel...

A qualitative, phenomenological, hermeneutical study with the aim of explaining the experience of having a body deformity diagnosed as idiopathic adolescent scoliosis. A semistructured interview conducted with scoliosis patients admitted to the unit of spinal cord at the Vall d’Hebron Hospital was used. The youth defined their scoliosis based on ho...

Background Several authors have focused on the aesthetics of nursing care from diverse perspectives; however, there are few studies about the sublime and the beautiful in nursing. Aim To identify beautiful and sublime moments in the context of the aesthetics of nursing care. Methods A theoretical reflection has been contemplated about sublime and...

Background: Celiac disease (CD) has a negative impact on the health-related quality of life (HRQL) of affected patients. Although HRQL and its determinants have been examined in Spanish CD patients specifically recruited in hospital settings, these aspects of CD have not been assessed among the general Spanish population. Methods: An observation...

. Globalization of knowledge has emphasized the need to promote the adoption of international exchange programs in nursing. Nevertheless, the differences in cultural, educational, and structural schemes have challenged the mutual appraisal and understanding of the nursing curricula between countries. Research on nursing curricula should allow perfo...

The existence of official journals allows States to provide information on legislative and administrative activity. Different studies have used these bulletins to analyze the sociosanitary information of a particular historical moment. Our objective wass to assess the evolution of the references regarding foundlings and their relationship with wet...

Celiac disease (CD) is a chronic digestive disorder that is defined as a Permanent Intolerant Gluten. In this biographical story is about the significance of the experience of a celiac woman described since 12 years ago she was diagnosed with the disease to date, through all stages of life, and at certain times has been difficult social life due to...

Objective. This work sought to inquire on the father’s role on the decision making regarding home birth from the perspective of both partners. Methodology. The design was ethnographic of qualitative nature, conducted in the province of Alicante, Spain. A total of 11 couples participated voluntarily in the study. To gather the data, the following te...

AimTo synthesize knowledge, attitudes and experiences of health professionals about Female Genital Mutilation.Background Despite the World Health Organization campaigning to stop FGM, and it being illegal in many countries, the practice remains common in some countries and cultures. Migration has contributed to the growth of this practice in countr...

Introducción: La enfermedad coronaria posee unas características distintas en función del sexo en su presentación, diagnóstico o abordaje terapéutico. Objetivo: explorar los conocimientos previos que posee la mujer sobre la enfermedad coronaria. Metodología: Diseño cualitativo basado en la Fenomenología, en una muestra de 17 mujeres que padecían Ca...

Finding out women's experiences diagnosed with fibromyalgia applying the Theory of Uncertainty proposed by M. Mishel. A qualitative study was conducted, using a phenomenological approach. An Association of patients in the province of Alicante during the months of June 2012 to November 2013. A total of 14 women diagnosed with fibromyalgia participat...

Although gypsy woman continues to contribute to the production and livelihood of the family, in recent times, she is doing from a much wider area, including outside the family, taking an active role in society, especially at maturity. In the biographical story presented, the informant tells us the experience as gypsy woman in her family, work and s...

Introduction: The coronary heart disease has different characteristics according to gender in aspects such as its presentation, diagnostic or therapeutic approach. Objective: to know the previous knowledge that women have as far as the coronary disease is concerned. Method: Phenomenological qualitative study in 17 women who suffered Ischemic Heart...

PARANINFO DIGITAL es una publicación periódica que difunde materiales que han sido presentados con anterioridad en reuniones y congresos con el objeto de contribuir a su rápida difusión entre la comunidad científica, mientras adoptan una forma de publicación permanente. Este trabajo es reproducido tal y como lo aportaron los autores al tiempo de pr...

La mutilación genital femenina (MGF) se define como la extirpación, total o parcial, de los genitales femeninos, por razones no médicas (1). La OMS estima que entre 100 y 140 millones de niñas y mujeres han sido mutiladas genitalmente, y que cada año 3 millones de niñas están en riesgo de padecerla (1). Actualmente, 29 países africanos continúan es...

This article is an inclusive literature review intended to identify data in national and international journals indexed in several databases between 1995 and 2011. The databases consulted were Isi Web of Knowledge, Eric, PubMed, EbscoHost, Scopus, SciELO, Cuiden, Cuidatge and Scirus. The objective was to help determine how writing an introspective...

Objetivo: Conhecer as experiências vividas por adolescentes com diagnóstico de escoliose idiopática. Método: Revisão integrativa da literatura, estabelecendo limites no ano de publicação dos documentos. Resultados: Para ambos os sexos, o efeito negativo da deformidade na percepção da própria imagem é o sintoma clínico predominante; os estudos quant...

La fibromialgia (FM) se caracteriza por ser una enfermedad crónica de etiología desconocida con múltiples consecuencias tanto para la persona que la padece como para su familia y su propio entorno social y laboral. El objetivo de este trabajo se centra en recopilar las experiencias y vivencias de las personas que padecen fibromialgia. Para ello se...

Fibromyalgia (FM) is characterized as a chronic disease of unknown etiology with multiple consequences for the person who suffers it, his family and own social-working environment. The aim of this paper focuses on collecting the experiences of people with fibromyalgia. In order to do so, it was carried out a bibliographic review in which the articl...

La fibromialgia es una enfermedad de etiología desconocida que se caracteriza principalmente por dolor y cansancio crónico. El relato que se presenta a continuación es de una persona que padece esta enfermedad desde hace cinco años; en él se muestra su periplo por los diferentes especialistas hasta el momento del diagnóstico, así como las diferente...

The objective of this study is to clarify the relevance of qualitative research in the context of critical care and renal dialysis requires using narrative sources. Also specific objectives are to identify the phases or cultural moments that are distinguished in these processes. Research Question: How can the narrative materials contribute to the s...

La vulnerabilidad es un concepto complejo que requiere abordamientos transdisciplinares, debido, sobre todo, a la diversidad de sus causas, y en consecuencia a las variadas formas en las que se manifiesta. La naturaleza profunda de la vulnerabilidad tiene raíces sociales, económicas, fisiológicas, psicológicas, religiosas y culturales. En las inves...

Fibromyalgia is a disease of unknown etiology that is characterized primarily by pain and fatigue. The story that follows is of a person who is suffering this disease for five years, and shows her tour through various specialists until the time of diagnosis and the different areas that affected her daily live. The negative experience with healthcar...

to analyze the influence of gender and age on the quality of the professional lives of health care professionals at a university hospital. a total of 546 professionals completed a general questionnaire that measured sociodemographic variables and evaluated job satisfaction using a scale adopted from the NTP 394 Job Satisfaction scale and translated...

The training of nurses is characterized by a complex and multifunctional practice linked to health and social context in which it develops. Given the complexity of this process, practicing nurses must take a leading role in the training of students and it is essential to provide them with a voice in the process. The aim of this work focuses on clar...

Immigration and globalization processes have contributed to the international dissemination of practices such as female genital mutilation. Between 100 and 400 million girls and women have been genitally mutilated, and every year 3 million girls are at risk of being subjected to female genital mutilation. The objective of this study was to describe...