Current Trends, Innovations and Issues in Nursing Practice and Education

Dear Colleagues,

The development of health sciences in recent years has made it necessary to implement changes in the training of health professionals from the undergraduate level. This training must include acquisition of knowledge, skills, and attitudes which ultimately improve patient safety and quality of care. Concurrently, the use of different tools to assess the level of knowledge in certain areas of training of nurses and analysis of the different study plans allow training to be oriented to the specific needs of each reality.

Nowadays, it is necessary to develop, plan and utilize new teaching methodologies and tools that allow us to assess and measure the level of knowledge of professionals and students and evaluate the quality of training at the different levels of care. The use of tools and methodologies that enhance virtual environments, advanced practices, gamification, and traditional methodologies must be implemented to improve care practice, optimize and manage health resources, and promote teamwork.

These training innovations must not be excluded from undergraduate training. However, they must be applied to the continuous training of active professionals, who must ensure they are constantly updated to develop their activity by adapting to new work environments.

Teaching innovation and innovation in healthcare practice settings represent an essential challenge for teachers in charge of training future nurses and active professionals.

This Special Issue is intended to collect experiences related to these new challenges that arise for health professionals both in teaching and in practice, demonstrating the capacity for innovation and adaptation to new learning and practice environments.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Simulation;
• Health sciences education
• Nurse education;
• Quality of life;
• Nursing;
• Education;
• Health literacy;
• Innovation;
• Nursing practice;
• Knowledge assesment;
• Patient’s safety.

You may choose our Joint Special Issue in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public.

Prof. Dr. Antonio Martínez-Sabater
Dr. Elena Chover-Sierra
Dr. Carles Saus-Ortega
Guest Editors

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