Publications by authors named "Ausilia Pulimeno"

Objectives: Intensive health services' utilization is common in older individuals affected by chronic diseases. This study assessed whether a structured family nurse-led educational intervention would be effective in reducing health services' use (readmissions and/or emergency service access) among older people affected by chronic conditions.

Methods: This is a non-randomized before-after pilot study.

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Introduction: The clinical reasoning is a process in which nurses collect ideas, process information, they come to understand the problem or the patient's situation by planning and implementing interventions, evaluating the results.

Study Design: The aim of this study is to perform linguistic and cultural validation for the Italian context of the Nurse Clinical Reasoning Scale (NCRS).

Methods: Transcultural adaptation to develop the Italian version of the questionnaire was carried out following the guidelines proposed by Beaton and collaborators in 2000.

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Background And Purpose: Stakeholder engagement is the basis of an emerging and innovative educational model called competency-based education. However, although several studies have analysed the stakeholders' perspective in nursing, few studies have analysed the stakeholders' perspective in competence-based curriculum design. Thus, the aim of this study was to analyse the opinions and perspectives of stakeholders about the development of a competency-based baccalaureate nursing curriculum with stakeholder engagement.

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Background: The European Union Bologna Process has laid the foundation for a common European competence-based educational framework. In many countries, nursing education is in transition from vocational to higher education, with many diverse systems. The competence-based approach provided by the project Tuning Educational Structures offers a common and coherent framework able to facilitate the implementation of the principles underpinning the Bologna Process reform.

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Introduction: The aim of the study was to conduct a cross sectional study on pain among inpatients and outpatients in a large teaching hospital.

Methods: The study was carried out at the Policlinico "Umberto I", Rome, in October 2009, using a questionnaire developed by Gigi Ghirotti Foundation. The pain intensity was graded mild (VAS scale 1-3), moderate (VAS 4-6) and severe (7-10).

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There are some prevention-associated health skills that have existed in Italy since 1800. This study is based on the professional evolution of such practices as the prevention consultant's or the health assistant's over more than a century. It also focuses on the impact that the Italian Health Reform, the NHS new orientation as well as the University Reform have had on public training schemes over the last ten years.

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The article offers an overview about the rapid changes occurring in nursing in recent times. The developments of the nursing profession in the XX century involve bioethical, technical and social issues.

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