[Social-work service in the emergency department to improve care for the vulnerable older patient: a local experience in Italy].

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Introduction: The needs of older and frail people are increasing, and specific pathways in healthcare settings are needed.

Factors affecting the unused short peripheral catheters: A neverending debate? A cross-sectional study in hospitalized patients.

Background: Concern about unused vascular access devices has increased, but data on idle short peripherally intravascular catheters in medical-surgical units is still scarce. We aimed to assess the prevalence of unused short peripheral catheters in hospitalized patients and identify risk factors and reasons that lead nurses to maintain them in situ.

Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was performed in September 2022.

Cognitive Flexibility and Professional Identity in Nursing Students: The Modeling Role.

Background: Students' professional identity is essential to build nursing competence. Cognitive flexibility plays a crucial role in developing professional identity, as well as clinical supervisors and academic teachers through role modeling. This study analyzed the role of internship and theoretical modeling in the link between cognitive flexibility and professional identity.

Nurses' perspectives for the role of play with children in an onco-hematology department: A qualitative study.

Purpose: to describe nurses' perceptions of using play in a pediatric onco-hematology setting.

Design And Methods: A qualitative descriptive study was conducted in the pediatric onco-hematology department of a tertiary hospital in northern Italy. Eleven nurses working in the involved department were recruited via convenience sampling.

Head Nurse Leadership: Facilitators and Barriers to Adherence to Infection Prevention and Control Programs-A Qualitative Study Protocol.

Background: The effective management of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) relies on the implementation of good practice across the entire multidisciplinary team. The organizational context and the role of head nurses influence the team's performance and behavior. Understanding how decision-making processes influence healthcare professionals' behavior in the management of HAIs could help identify alternative interventions for reducing the risk of infection in healthcare organizations.