Phenomenology as a research method represents one of the most valuable tools for nursing as it allows the study of the main phenomenon of interest to the discipline: the care of the human health experience. This paper aims to reflect on the contributions of interpretative phenomenology to nursing research and nursing care. It began with the analysis and reflection based on Martin Heidegger's approach to the use of interpretative phenomenology as a means of nursing research, to continue with the critical analysis of the literature on the topic addressed. In nursing, the act of caring involves not only the patient but also the nurse as a caregiver, where she must recognize her being and that of the other to understand and give meaning to the patient's reality, to achieve this interpretation requires dialogue and listening, essential elements in the nurse-patient care relationship, these tw...

Objective: To determine the validity and reliability of the FCV-19S in Mexican nurses. Method: Quantitative study was carried out in a population of nurses working in public hospitals in Mexico, the final sample of 129 participants residing in different states of the country. The validated instrument was the COVID-19 Fear Scale. A confirmatory factor analysis was performed to determine validity, and the internal consistency reliability was subsequently determined by Cronbach's α. Main results: From the factor analysis the instrument shows that all items saturate the same factor and are related to each other. The sample adequacy measure confirms the correlations between variables and the mediation of the same factor (KMO= .846). The reliability of the scale is satisfactory (α= 0.845). Overall conclusion: The FCV-19S shows validity and reliability to assess fear of COVID-19 in the Mexica...

Academic activism in health research seeks to promote equity and social justice with participating communities. A bilateral relationship between academia and communities is reached when knowledge is developed from the participants and for the participants. The aim of this article is to discuss strategies to use academic activism in community health research. We propose several strategies: the researchers’ reflexivity and positionality; the engagement of stakeholders; the immersion of the researcher in the field; and the development and transfer of knowledge. We focus the discussion on the transformative power of academic activism and its key elements that community researchers can consider. Innovative and contemporary approaches in community health research highlight the need to develop knowledge from a critical and reflective perspective. Community health professionals can take up the...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is made up of a group of memory progression disorders, mainly, but with impairments in other cognitive functions that lead to functional decline that progressively reduces autonomy in people who suffer from it. Since the diagnosis of Alzheimer's in the elderly, care has been explicit, initiating a series of changes in the family, which range from assuming a new role to emotional and economic transitions. The caregiver is hardly cared for, most care strategies are aimed at training the caregiver for care. There are several non-pharmacological techniques such as art therapy, however, they are oriented towards the patient suffering from the disease, not the caregiver. Art therapy can be implemented by nursing staff in order to enhance the communication and expression of emotions of caregivers, therefore the objective is to propose a nursing intervention based on art...

Objetivo: Describir la experiencia vivida por un grupo de mujeres de 25 a 45 años frente a la histerectomía. Material y Métodos: Se desarrolló un estudio cualitativo de enfoque fenomenológico en Guanajuato, México, durante el periodo marzo-diciembre de 2024. Se empleó un muestreo en cadena o “bola de nieve”, conformándose una muestra de ocho mujeres que cumplieron con los criterios de inclusión: tener entre 25 y 45 años, haber atravesado una histerectomía total o parcial en los últimos dos años. Se excluyeron aquellas mujeres que se sometieron al procedimiento por decisión propia y quienes se encontraban en terapia psicológica. La recolección de datos se realizó mediante entrevistas semiestructuradas, audiograbadas con el consentimiento de las participantes. El análisis se llevó a cabo mediante el método de análisis temático de Braun y Clarke. Se respetaron los ...