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Blogging within the health profession has grown in the recent past. This article aims to perform an analysis of the theoretical aspects of blogging, the use by professional nurses and students, benefits for patients, and, finally, an approach to the activities of Spanish nursing blogs. Blogs have great advantages as social communication tools. Immediacy in content update, closeness to information consumers, and compatibility with other Web 2.0 tools are points to be highlighted. Nurses use blogs for education and communication with other health professionals, students, and patients. For patients, therapeutic effects have been demonstrated in using blogging to share their health problems and express their experiential viewpoints. There are about 80 blogs written by Spanish nurses; most of them originated in the period between 2010 and 2012. These blogs are targeted to professionals (59%), patients (20%), or mixed (13%). There is a great heterogeneity in content: informative style (20%), opinion (28%), narrative (9%), experiential (2%), or humorous (2%). Nursing language is present in 15%, research and evidence-based practice in 13%, and protocols, guidelines, and procedures in 11% of them. We propose the need to plan institutional strategies for effective use of Web 2.0 resources as well as the need to unify criteria to provide quality content.

Resumen: En este artículo se presenta el CdePS, un cuestionario construido y validado para facilitar el enunciado del diagnóstico enfermero psicosocial en Atención Primaria. Consta de un total de preguntas que oscila entre 36 y 61, dependiendo de las respuestas dadas por el paciente. Los resultados asignan hasta 28 etiquetas diagnósticas psicosociales. La introducción de los lenguajes estandarizados de cuidados en las historias de salud informatizadas ha conllevado una utilización masiva de la terminología NANDA no exenta de problemas en su empleo. Por ello, disponer de un instrumento válido, fiable y de fácil manejo permite adecuar la determinación diagnóstica final. El CdePS cumple con las recomendaciones propuestas para la investigación en nomenclatura diagnóstica enfermera superando las pruebas pertinentes de validez y fiabilidad. Se configura como una herramienta centrada en la perspectiva del paciente al recoger su propia valoración de la situación actual. Sabiendo que las necesidades y percepciones de los pacientes aparecen como elementos primordiales en los nuevos modelos de atención sanitaria, el CdePS, al evaluar la dimensión psicosocial, podría resultar beneficioso para mejorar el conocimiento sobre el impacto de la enfermedad, facilitar su control y manejo clínico, describir el estado de salud global y beneficiar la comunicación entre profesionales y pacientes. Summary: This article presents the CdePS, a constructed and validated questionnaire to facilitate the statement of psychosocial nursing diagnosis in primary care. It comprises a total of questions that ranged from 36 to 61, depending on the answers given by the patient. The results assign up to 28 psychosocial diagnostic labels. The introduction of standardized language for care in the computerized health records has led to a massive use of NANDA terminology not without problems at work. So experts have proposed to construct a valid, reliable and easy to use instrument for nursing diagnosis determination. The CdePS complies with the proposed recommendations for research in nursing diagnostic nomenclature relevant evidence overcoming validity and reliability. It is designed as a tool focused on the perspective of the patient to collect their own assessment of the current situation. Knowing the needs and perceptions of patients appear as key elements in the new models of health care. CdePS, in assessing the psychosocial dimension, could be beneficial to improve knowledge on the impact of the disease, to facilitate monitoring and clinical management, describe the overall health status and benefit communication between professionals and patients.