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Advanced practice nurses (APNs) are finding it difficult to establish themselves once they have completed their training. Nearly half (49%) of graduates interviewed in a survey said they were not working as APNs, which raises real questions about the future of new graduates and their establishment in local areas. Under such conditions, the future of IPAs sometimes seems compromised, especially those in private practice., (Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)

Advanced practice training has been around since 2018. As students and professionals, we asked ourselves about its implementation on French territory and its learning modalities over the period from September 2018 to June 2021. The results obtained enable us to share various observations about the construction of the training project, the curriculum itself and the students' feelings., (Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)

Changes in nursing education are closely linked to changes in the health care system. The nursing profession must indeed continue to occupy a pivotal position within the health system and its representatives must be able to continue their studies to complement their nursing skills with other disciplines. This will require the issuance of a "real" nursing degree by the university and the updating of the students' referential, so that it is consistent with the development of the profession and the work in interprofessionality., (Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)

Weaving a link between the academic pathway in nursing schools and health care facilities. To co-create a new and adaptive training for nursing students called to do a placement in an intensive care unit. To facilitate their integration and reduce their apprehension in a highly technical clinical environment. These are the goals of the Préparéa workshops implemented within the regional teaching and training center for health professions at the Toulouse University Hospital., (Copyright © 2023. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.)

Coronary artery disease is a chronic condition where medication adherence issues have consequences in terms of morbidity and mortality. Depression, which is one of the factors of non-adherence to treatment, is also a frequent comorbidity. A research protocol has been set on this subject. Its main objective is to compare the medication adherence of a group of coronary patients with depressive disorders and difficulties in following their doctor's prescription, who have benefited from a complex situation management type intervention, with that of a control group followed in routine practice., (Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)

The issue of the respect of intimacy is raised particularly for people with a motor disability who are dependent on others to perform everyday tasks and are forced to live in a medical-social care facility. Their description of their experiences, difficulties and aspirations offers a better understanding of their needs with a view to providing them with a suitable response., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)

Lidocaine-Prilocaine (Emla ® ) analgesic cream is commonly used for pain relief during puncture in patients receiving spinal anaesthesia. The protocols for this procedure vary widely. A study was conducted in elective orthopaedic surgery to determine the factors influencing the quality of application and those that improve it., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)

A study was carried out in 2013 in order to describe, using data from the programme for a medicalised information system, the population of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) cared for through the hospital at home service of the AP-HP Paris hospital group. This study highlights the highly technical nature of the care, in a context of palliative care and patient dependency. Patient care needs to be coordinated, preferably within a network., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)

Proton pump inhibitors are widely prescribed, notably for the over 65s, despite there being significant side effects in the geriatric population. It is therefore important that doctors, caregivers and patients are fully aware of the recognised indications of PPIs and on the less well-known problems inherent to their prescription., (Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)