Lack of nurses: a serious social problem

Alba Brugués
 

The nursing shortage is a well-known problem throughout the world and has been exacerbated by the effect of the pandemic. According to a WHO report published in 2020, there are 28 million nurses in the world, constituting 59% of health professionals. Currently, the shortage of nurses is estimated at 5.9 million. The report highlights that if action is not taken, by 2030 there will be a shortage of 10.6 million nurses worldwide. In Spain, it is estimated that there are 120,000 missing and in Catalonia 24,000.

Child care: a nursing perspective

Alba Brugués

Do all professionals working in primary care develop their professional skills adequately? My answer is no, and I believe that the paediatric service of primary care is one of the services in which there is more room to rethink the model of care. To make it easier, I will explain the model of childhood health (this is how I like to express it) that we have been developing for some years at the Can Bou Health Center (CASAP). A model that is gradually becoming known and extended to other primary care centres and which has been presented to national and European congresses and has received great interest on the part of managers and experts in paediatrics and who, at the moment, is offering specific training for those who want to a change orientation of the care of children and their families in primary care.