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..The situation described stresses a critical problem and the need to define national standards on the number of nurses and health care personnel to guarantee to hospitalized patients...

..Knowledge of the intensity of stress, anxiety and depression as well as the coping strategies adopted by the patients is important for clinicians in their efforts to tailor care to patients' individual needs...

..The aim of the present study was to conceptualize the basic social process by which nursing intervention affects patient outcomes in Italian daily practice...

..From the preliminary results of this study, no differences in the occurrence of contamination have emerged between patients receiving 30-s and 2-m drying time for 10% povidone-iodine solutions...

..Publishing in peer review journals is recognised as the main method for knowledge diffusion: nevertheless publication efficiency has received little attention to date...

..To assess if and how many patients admitted to hospital could receive the drug therapy via natural route by specialized nurses aids (OSSc)...

..A national consensus on approved and validated instruments for nursing assessment should be made available in the wards as a priority...

..23 per student, while the low-end costs were € 31.51 per student. Considering the economic crisis and the cost-containment measures applied also in nursing education, strategies for further reducing costs are discussed...

..Policies supporting nursing education in general and for those students who are motivated but unable to undertake the course for economic reasons are urgently needed...

..Monitoring over time the concepts analysed constitutes an important research area to comprehend, both at a national and international level, the progressive evolution of the Nursing discipline...

..Such behavior may give rise to a stigma, and consequently, pose a risk to have their problems misunderstood by caregivers, and be at greater risk than they are perceived to be...

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..To describe the process of the migration of Moldovan nurses to Italy...

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..To determine if patients with left- or right-sided hemisphere neoplasm perceive their quality of life (QoL) differently...

..During the surgery, they become particularly involved in the task: they feel directly responsible for the results of surgery relating this to the effectiveness of collaboration with the neurosurgeons...

..The purpose of the study was to examine the frequency and perceived risk of interruptions to nurses during drug rounds in seven Italian surgical wards...

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..To synthesise the evidence available in the literature on the effectiveness of the ultrasound bladder scanner in reducing the risk of urinary tract infection...

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..This clinical decision-making process is valuable: leaving the PIV in place for more than 96 hours is a complex decision and not simply a guideline violation...

..3 (302/41) during afternoon shifts, with an average duration of about a quarter of an hour each. Managing DV with multistrategies reduces the duration of the DV episode and increases the perceived effectiveness of management...

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..Taking notice of the factors involved in the choice of the first clinical placement will help the hospitals and the nursing profession to better understand the needs and expectations of the new graduates...

..The authors discuss a cross-sectional comparative study that they conducted to assess the effects of this management practice on patient outcomes...

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..Studies still report high levels of postoperative pain. Inadequate treatment of patients experiencing pain is often due to lack of understanding of pain...

..120, IC(95%) 0.03-0.471). Academic failure has a strong impact on students, their families, the teaching faculties and the community, and its prevention is a challenge in the countries with a shortage of nurses...

..This study aims to describe how undergraduate nursing students learn clinical skills...

..The CLES practical use could support in the process of the teaching hospital accreditation and in the evaluation of the effectiveness of the tutorial strategies activated in the wards...

..Lack of the prescriptor's signature was an important problem such as the absence of speed, date and hour of administration...

..Prevention strategies need to be based on the context and specific intrinsic and extrinsic factors influencing the risk of falls in elderly patients...

..The study stress major workload for nurses in telephone answers. A significant patient demand emerged that should be addressed also identifying specific hours during the day...

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..A one-to-one relation between tutor and student was not found to be essential in assuring a satisfactory clinical experience for nursing students...

..The costs of informal care are an important extent related to time inputs by relatives and friends of the care recipients. Our approach has been to monetize the informal activity care contribution of family members and/or caregivers...

..The majority of these factors could be reduce through adequate education and information strategies...

..New and more extensive research is needed to shed a light on this pivotal aspect of care...

..Multivariate regression model will be adjusted for casemix index of the previuos year. T test and chi square tests will be used and a p value of 0.05 will be considered significant...

..The retraining should be offered frequently but no time intervals are proposed. The main suggestion is that no standard approach should be adopted and the learning needs and preferences of the learner should be considered...