Background:

the act of caring is implicit in the work process of nursing professionals and is supported by the use of theories and models that develop philosophical and humanistic aspects of care.

Objective:

to diagnose the level of preparation of nursing professionals on nursing models in Neonatology services.

Methods:

a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out at "Ana Betancourt de Mora" Gynecological and Obstetric Hospital belonged to the University of Medical Sciences in Camagüey during 2022. Inductive-deductive, analytical-synthetic and historical-logical approaches were applied as theoretical methods; a questionnaire for the characterization of the professionals and the diagnosis of the level of preparation in terms of nursing theories and models were used as empirical ones.

Results:

the diagnosis made allowed us to know the deficiencies of the nurses who recognized that they had not received workshops, courses and/or training related to their competence and performance, their level of preparation was between adequate and moderately adequate, despite the fact that the majority had more than five years of work experience.

Conclusions:

the results showed the insufficient preparation of the professionals on the nursing theories and models which constitute a theoretical and scientific basis for interventions with newborn patients located in the Neonatology room.

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