Publications by authors named "Carlo Talucci"
Aim: To examine the current state of empowerment of nurses in Italy.
Background: Empowerment is a broad concept that is also relevant to the field of nursing practice. Its comprehension and use are important because empowerment allows nurses to take control of their own practice.
Introduction: In literature, the structural empowerment and the job satisfaction have been studied in many different work settings but more need to be done in the setting of Head Nurses.
Objective: The goal of the study is to evaluate the structural empowerment level of head nurses and if it impacts on the job satisfaction.
Methods: A cross sectional design study was used.
Introduction: The emotional leadership applied to nursing management is a new topic in the Italian nursing literature, but of great interest internationally. There is a close correlation between nursing leaders with a well-developed emotional intelligence and nurses working well-being.
Scope: This study investigates knowledge about the emotional leadership and emotional competence in nursing management.
Aim: This paper is a report of a study to describe the meaning of quality of life for caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease and to identify factors that affect their quality of life.
Background: The burden for informal caregivers and change in their quality of life can lead to patients being placed in nursing homes. Factors found to worsen caregivers' quality of life include strained finances, poor family functioning, difficult patient behaviour, financial burdens and the amount of time caregivers spend caring for family members with Alzheimer's disease.