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Este estudo qualitativo analisa os significados atribuídos por estudantes de Enfermagem à usabilidade de podcasts pedagógicos como mediadores da aprendizagem. A investigação ocorreu em junho de 2024 com oito estudantes de uma instituição portuguesa, por meio de um grupo focal eletrónico (e-FG). Os dados foram tratados no software webQDA® e submetidos à análise de conteúdo segundo Bardin. Os resultados revelam uma experiência entre potencialidades e constrangimentos. O podcast emerge como um dispositivo de mediação que fomenta a autonomia, a criticidade, a aprendizagem ubíqua e o diálogo multiprofissional. Contudo, persistem barreiras na infraestrutura digital e a necessidade de maior rigor na transposição didática para níveis avançados. As considerações finais sugerem que o podcast reconfigura a aprendizagem na Enfermagem ao promover o pensamento reflexivo. A sua integração curricular exige curadoria temática evolutiva e a superação de limitações tecnológicas, consolidando-se como estratégia para uma formação conectada.

To maximize the potential of sex education, it is essential to optimize aspects related to the environment, the trainer–trainee interaction, and the quality of training. The objective of the present study was to identify and describe the satisfaction of higher education students with sex education training. An exploratory, descriptive, and cross-sectional study was carried out using the Student Satisfaction with Higher Education questionnaire, which was applied to a sample of 132 higher education students from several countries. In the statistical analysis using the SPSS software version 28, non-parametric tests were used, namely, the Mann–Whitney test and the Kruskal–Wallis test, in addition to Spearman’s correlation coefficient. Overall, the participants considered themselves very satisfied with the sex education training provided (χ = 4.77). The largest contribution to the satisfaction of the higher education students with the sex education training was the “quality of the training organization (environment and content)” (χ = 4.79). Educators and policymakers have the role of designing, implementing, and evaluating programs that satisfy college students and encourage them to strive for more sex education training aimed at promoting well-being, happiness, and sexual health.

RESUMEN Objetivo: Identificar de qué manera las fuerzas familiares influyeron en la experiencia de la pandemia entre las madres de niños y adolescentes. Método: Estudio retrospectivo, de carácter cuantitativo, realizado con una muestra de 389 madres de niños y jóvenes, entre 2021 y 2022. El instrumento de recopilación de datos incluyó información sociodemográfica y el cuestionario sobre las fuerzas familiares. Para el análisis de los datos se utilizó un programa estadístico, y se realizaron análisis descriptivos e inferenciales. Resultados: Las fuerzas familiares en contextos de pandemia son muy valoradas por las madres de diferentes países (IC95 %: 111-115). Se ha comprobado que las fuerzas familiares están influenciadas por el nivel educativo, el estado civil y la percepción del funcionamiento familiar de las madres que han vivido una situación de pandemia (p<0,001). Conclusión: Es importante implementar políticas de intervención en contextos de pandemia que potencien las fuerzas familiares, valorizando la percepción de la funcionalidad familiar, la escolaridad y el estado civil de las madres. Las fuerzas familiares parecen influir en una experiencia más saludable de situaciones adversas, como fue el caso de la pandemia de COVID-19.

Objetivo: Identificar de que forma as forças familiares influenciaram a vivência da situação pandêmica entre mães de crianças e adolescentes.

Objective: To identify how family strengths influenced the experience of the pandemic among mothers of children and adolescents.

Higher education is key to developing a competent and engaged society. Therefore, holistic learning is a fundamental element. This study aimed to test the validity and reliability of a questionnaire for extracurricular teaching actions in higher education. The questionnaire was delivered online to nursing and teaching students participating in the extracurricular action organized by the universities participating in the EdSeX Project, in all cases worded in English. Reliability was measured through internal consistency provided by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, yielding a value of 0.638 for the 19 items. The internal consistency for each latent variable measured by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.816 for F1 (N = 6) and 0.625 for F2 (N = 3). This means that in the applicable satisfaction questionnaire, the professor interactions and the quality of the organization of the teaching activity of the topic are the most influential elements in the training action. The questionnaire proved to have a good validity and is therefore a reliable instrument to measure the level of higher education students’ satisfaction with learning.

Nurse educators are tasked with the education of students to become providers of holistic care, and part of that care includes sexuality. Students carry attitudes and beliefs that influence their behavior; therefore, students who carry negative attitudes about sexual healthcare are less likely to provide that care. This is an international, multicenter study of nursing students’ attitudes and beliefs about the provision of sexual healthcare. The Sexuality Attitudes and Beliefs Survey, which measures attitudes toward the provision of sexual healthcare and has a range of scores from 12 to 72, was given to 129 students across Spain, Portugal, Italy and the United States and revealed negative attitudes about sexuality, with a mean SABS score of 39.95. Higher scores on the SABS reveal more negative attitudes and reduced likelihood of provision of sexual healthcare. Statistically significant differences were found when comparing queer and heterosexual students (41.69 vs. 38.06), and students in their final year of school held more negative attitudes toward the provision of sexual healthcare (41.4 vs. 39.5 and 39.2). This study shows that nurse educators continue to need to focus on the attitudes student nurses carry about sexuality. There is a critical shortage of education strategies to meet the needs of student nurses so that they will be comfortable and confident in providing sexual healthcare.

This paper presents a case report of a child with Neonatal Brachial Plexus Palsy on the right arm, with C5, C6, and C7 nerve injuries. The symptoms presented at birth and at the time of diagnosis were absence of movement in the right arm but with mobility of the fingers; internal rotation of the injured limb with elbow extension; active flexion of the wrist and fingers; and ulnar deviation of the hand. The rehabilitation plan followed the conservative approach and included different intervention strategies (passive and active mobilisation, kinesio tape, use of splints, bimanual stimulation, etc.) carried out by the occupational therapist and the physical therapist. The rehabilitation allowed the child to have a functional limb for daily activities, with bimanual motor integration and coordination; passive and active range of motion in the different joints except for pronation, sensibility, and maintained strength. In conclusion, it can be said that this case report describes a set of rehabilitation strategies that were used in the conservative treatment of a child with NBPP and the functional gains they allowed. Early intervention, parental involvement in the rehabilitation process, and continuous follow-up of the child favoured the prognosis and allowed the prevention of functional sequelae of the limb.