Publications by authors named "D Ausili"

The aim of this study was to explore Italian nurses' publications from 1980 to 2020. Several studies have been conducted internationally to assess nursing research output. In Italy, there are some older studies, but a comprehensive analysis of the Italian nursing scientific production after 2010 is needed.

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Aim: The present study aimed to evaluate the contribution of personality, empathy, and the perception of instructor's caring in predicting burnout in nursing students.

Background: Burnout is alarmingly prevalent and rising among nursing students. Furthering our understanding of individual and clinical environmental antecedents of burnout is crucial to shield nursing students' well-being during their training.

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  • * Involving 1,079 older patients, predominantly aged 65 and above with at least two of the conditions, the study utilized established tools to measure self-care practices and implemented statistical analyses to draw comparisons among subgroups.
  • * Results indicated inadequate self-care for HF and COPD across all groups, with some adequate self-care noted in patients managing DM, highlighting the need for tailored healthcare strategies to improve education and support for patients with multiple chronic conditions.
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Background: In Italy, Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRGs) have been adopted for hospital services reimbursement. In some Italian regions, nurse staffing allocation is purely volume-based, with different minutes/patient/day categories determined by the type of hospital ward. The Information System of Nursing Performance (SIPI) is a valid and reliable tool assessing nursing care complexity as an indicator of the actual nursing care demand.

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Background: In recent years, there has been an exponential increase in attention paid to the patient-reported outcome of self-care. Many investigators have used one of the families of self-care instruments freely available on the website www.self-care-measures.

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