Maddi Olano and Begoña Errasti PHOTO: Courtesy

Two final papers of the Master's Degree in research and Advanced Role in Nursing, which is taught in the School of Nursing of the University of Navarra, have been published in the journals of the sector Role of Nursing and Annals of the health system of Navarra. The authorship corresponds to Maddi Olano and Begoña Errasti, students of the 2010-2011 promotion thanks to the Chair of research María Egea. They are currently working on their doctoral thesis at department of Nursing Care for Adult Patients.

Olano's work "Patients' view of nursing care. A review of the literature", published in the journal Rol de la Enfermería, had the following objectives: to know the patients' vision of nursing care, to explore what the patient perceives and expresses about the care they receive from nursing professionals and to identify areas for improvement in care.

The results of this review," notes the author, "provide relevant information byidentifying areas for improvement in care, which will help to provide holistic and individualized care to the person, and thus improve the quality of care provided.

For her part, with"The social image of nursing: a profession to be known", Begoña Errasti sought to"make nursing more visible as discipline andprofession, so that the population can turn to it and benefit from its own field of competence". In her opinion, nursing is a little visible and unknown profession. "Society still does not fully recognize the skill, autonomy and independence of nurses," explains Errasti, who has seen the results of her study published in Anales del sistema sanitario de Navarra.

The final papers of Master's Degree were directed by professors Cristina G. Vivar and María Arantzamendi, respectively.