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: Received: 1 October 2024 / Approved: 3 October 2024 / Online: 4 October 2024 (07:58:43 CEST)
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Sánchez-Muñoz, F.; Fernández-Medina, I. M.; Ventura-Miranda, M. I.; Ortega-Galán, A. M.; Jiménez-Lasserrotte, M. D. M.; Ruiz-Fernández, M. D. An Overview of Family and Community Nurse Specialists’ Employment Situation in Spain: A Qualitative Study. Preprints2024, 2024100245. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.0245.v1
Sánchez-Muñoz, F.; Fernández-Medina, I. M.; Ventura-Miranda, M. I.; Ortega-Galán, A. M.; Jiménez-Lasserrotte, M. D. M.; Ruiz-Fernández, M. D. An Overview of Family and Community Nurse Specialists’ Employment Situation in Spain: A Qualitative Study. Preprints 2024, 2024100245. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.0245.v1
Sánchez-Muñoz, F.; Fernández-Medina, I. M.; Ventura-Miranda, M. I.; Ortega-Galán, A. M.; Jiménez-Lasserrotte, M. D. M.; Ruiz-Fernández, M. D. An Overview of Family and Community Nurse Specialists’ Employment Situation in Spain: A Qualitative Study. Preprints2024, 2024100245. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.0245.v1
APA Style
Sánchez-Muñoz, F., Fernández-Medina, I. M., Ventura-Miranda, M. I., Ortega-Galán, A. M., Jiménez-Lasserrotte, M. D. M., & Ruiz-Fernández, M. D. (2024). An Overview of Family and Community Nurse Specialists’ Employment Situation in Spain: A Qualitative Study. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.0245.v1
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Sánchez-Muñoz, F., María del Mar Jiménez-Lasserrotte and María Dolores Ruiz-Fernández. 2024 "An Overview of Family and Community Nurse Specialists’ Employment Situation in Spain: A Qualitative Study" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.0245.v1
Abstract
Background: Family and Community Nurse specialists are advocates of a holistic model of care in multidisciplinary primary care teams. The study aimed to describe and understand the experiences and perceptions of family and community nurse specialists with regard to their employment situation in primary care teams in Spain; Methods: A Qualitative descriptive study was conducted. Eighteen family and community specialist nurses from different autonomous communities in Spain participated. Individual interviews and a focus group were conducted; Results: The results showed two themes and four sub-themes: 1) Current work situation of the Family and Community Nursing specialist: a) The lack of social and work recognition, and b) The advantages of working with Family and Community Nursing specialists; and 2) Support network and system of rejection: a) Systematic ambivalence towards Family and Community Nursing and b) Need for institutional support. Conclusions: Their inclusion in primary care teams fosters the nurse-patient bond, increases and/or maintains patient quality of life and promotes patient health empowerment. However, there is a great lack of knowledge on the part of society and health administrations regarding the functions of these nurses.
Keywords
primary care; family and community nurse specialist; experiences; qualitative study
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Nursing
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