Recognizing Distress in Cancer Patients in Day Hospital, by Trained Nurses vs. Non-Trained Nurses: A Pilot Study.

: Psychological distress impacts 35-40% of cancer patients, significantly affecting their quality of life, treatment adherence, and relationships with healthcare professionals. Given this, there is a critical need to enhance nursing competencies to effectively monitor and address psychological distress. Previous studies have highlighted discrepancies in capabilities based on nurses' training status, emphasizing trained nurses' critical role in providing appropriate psycho-social referrals.

Environmental diseases, recognition for care: A qualitative study of nurses' perceptions.

Objectives: This study aims to investigate hospital nurses' perceptions of illness due to environmental exposures.

Design: A qualitative exploratory study, designed in accordance with the specified reporting guidelines for qualitative research.

Sample: Nurses working in Italian hospitals.

Nurses' experiences of caring for nursing care-dependent ICU patients: A qualitative study.

Background: Nursing care dependency is a key, yet under-studied, nursing phenomenon. Patients in intensive care units are highly dependent on nursing care. Patients find dependency challenging, experiencing feelings of powerlessness and shame.

Impact of COVID-19 on Quality of Life After Hospital Discharge in Patients Treated With Noninvasive Ventilation/Continuous Positive Airway Pressure: An Observational, Prospective Multicenter Study.

Background: COVID-19 has caused a worldwide pandemic that has significantly affected people's health and daily lives. Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 have impaired physical and psychological conditions. Despite this, few studies have examined the physical and psychological health of COVID-19 patients after discharge from the hospital.

Psychometric Properties of the Italian Version of the Leader Member Exchange Scale (LMX-7): A Validation Study.

For decades, scholars have studied leader-member exchange (LMX) relationships to understand and explain the effects of leadership on follower attitudes and performance outcomes within work settings. One available instrument to measure these aspects is the LMX-7 scale. This measurement has been widely used in empirical studies, but its psychometric properties have been poorly explored.

Adherence to hormone therapy in patients with mCRPC: psychometric validation of the A-HT questionnaire.

The incidence rate of prostate cancer (PCa) in many Western countries is high, contributing greatly to the cancer disease bur-den. In most cases, patients progress to metastatic disease defined as castration-resistant prostate cancer after androgen deprivation (mCRPC) following primary treatment where the majority of patients receive first-line new-generation oral hormonal therapies (HT) such as Abiraterone Acetate (AA) and Enzalutamide (ENZ). Despite the importance of correct intake of these drugs, adherence in patients with mCRPC is still poorly investigated and managed with measures not specific to this population.

Psychometric Evaluation of the Nurse Clinical Reasoning Scale: A Validation Study Among Italian Nurses.

Clinical reasoning for nurses is considered a valuable component of clinical nursing competencies, but there are few tools to ascertain this. This study tested the Italian Nurses Clinical Reasoning Scale (I-NCRS) psychometric properties based on Levett-Jones' theoretical clinical reasoning model. Content, face, and construct characteristics were ascertained for their validity.

Management of the patient with urostomy: Caregiver needs during the three months after discharge. A qualitative study.

Objective: To examine caregivers' experiences and training needs after radical cystectomy with urinary diversion for the first three months following the patient's discharge.

Methods: This study applied a phenomenological design approach through open-ended interviews and descriptive analysis. Phenomenology applied to empirical research requires researchers to explore the empirical facts narrated by partici-pants.

Becoming a mother during the COVID-19 pandemic: The lived experience as told by birthing mothers: A qualitative study.

Aims And Objectives: The aim of this study is to explore the lived experience of women who gave birth during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: Experiencing pregnancy during the Covid-19 pandemic exacerbates the risk of the onset of psychological problems.

Design: This is a descriptive, single-centre, qualitative study.

Covid-19 and personal protective equipment: The experience of nurses engaged in care of Sars-Cov-2 patients: A phenomenological study.

Aim: The study aims to explore the experiences of nurses who have worked in Covid-19 wards providing care for Covid-19 patients.

Background: During the Covid-19 pandemic, personal protective equipment (PPE) was considered an effective and guaranteed protective measure.

Methods: This is a descriptive qualitative study with thematically analysed interviews.

Adherence to endocrine therapy in women with breast cancer: development and preliminary validation of the A-BET questionnaire.

Purpose: To develop an Italian tool that measures the therapy adherence of women with breast cancer undergoing treatment with oral endocrine therapy.

Methods: A two-phase study was conducted, which followed the guidelines of the European Statistical System for the development and validation of a questionnaire. In the first phase, the questionnaire was developed; in the second phase, a preliminary validation was carried out on patients with breast cancer undergoing treatment with oral hormonal therapies.

Nurses' perception of the oncology patient's death: a qualitative study.

Background: Death is one of the basic theme with which nurses are faced, and for which it is hard for them to prepare deeply and sincerely. The difficulties in handling the emotional burden can cause them to develop negative feelings towards life and clinical practice, so that it affects their caregiving capacity and the quality of care provided.

Aim: To explore nurses' perceptions facing the death of a hospitalized oncology patient.

The efficacy of balneotherapy, mud therapy and spa therapy in patients with osteoarthritis: an overview of reviews.

Osteoarthritis is a degenerative disease considered a leading cause of functional disability. Its treatment is based on a combination of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions, but the role of these latter is still debated. This overview of systematic reviews aimed at evaluating the short-term efficacy of different thermal modalities in patients with osteoarthritis.

[Linguistic validation and cultural adaptation of the Nurse Clinical Reasoning Scale].

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.

Mobile Health in Adherence to Oral Anticancer Drugs: A Scoping Review.

In oncology, adherence to oral antineoplastic medication is a key element of treatment, on which the success of any therapeutic intervention depends. Given their widespread use in clinical practice, it is important to identify tools that can facilitate the monitoring and self-management of the patient at home, to avoid the consequences of employing ineffective treatment. One of the tools available today to take action on this phenomenon is mobile health technology.

Role and skills of the oncology nurse: an observational study.

Purpose: The importance of nursing competence arises from its central role in influencing and determining care outcomes. The employment of adequately educated staff, able to base clinical decisions on the best scientific evidence, is one of the components required for delivering high quality nursing care in the oncological field. The aim of this study is to analyze - through the Nurse Competence Scale - the level of competence of nurses working in oncological settings.

Qualitative study of patients with metastatic prostate cancer to adherence of hormone therapy.

Purpose: To explore adherence to oral hormone treatment in patients with metastatic prostate cancer (mCRPC) and to identify the factors that influence it.

Methods: A qualitative exploratory study was conducted at the National Cancer Institute of Rome. Patients aged >18 years with castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) and who were using oral hormone drugs were recruited.

Nurse Competence Scale: psychometric assessment in the Italian context.

Introduction: The Nurse Competence Scale is a tool for evaluating nursing clinical competence. This tool has been used and psychometrically validated previously in different countries but never in Italy. Assessing the validity and reliability of the Nurse Competence Scale in the Italian context has been a strong necessity for many years.

The Effectiveness of the Sport "Dragon Boat Racing" in Reducing the Risk of Lymphedema Incidence: An Observational Study.

Background: Upper extremity lymphedema is a complication that often occurs in women with breast cancer as a result of surgery and/or radiotherapy. Some studies report that a boating activity known as the "dragon boat" sport can benefit these women.

Aim: The aim of this study was to assess whether this type of sport prevents or reduces lymphedema, its impact on quality of life (QoL), and the possible predictors of this condition.

Evaluation of the perception of clinical competencies by nursing students in the different clinical settings: an observational study.

Introduction: The university educational sphere has many dilemmas. The question of sufficient knowledge and skills for students to acquire abilities to provide care in different clinical setting is one important dilemma.

Aim: To measure the level of competencies by nursing students and its application in different clinical environments.

Adherence to Oral Administration of Endocrine Treatment in Patients With Breast Cancer: A Qualitative Study.

Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the world, and it is also the leading cause of cancer deaths among women. Nevertheless, breast cancer survival has increased as a result of improvements in early diagnosis and therapy, for example, oral endocrine therapy. Despite the importance of adherence to endocrine therapy, its trend appears complex and multidimensional and therefore has many loopholes and missing information.

Adherence to hormone therapy in women with breast cancer: a quantitative study.

Introduction: The majority of patients with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer are treated with oral endocrine therapies, which are administered in periods ranging from 5 to 10 years. Adherence, ie the degree a subject's behavior corresponds to the agreed recommendations, then becomes a significant problem, which can also affect distress levels. The aim of this study is to evaluate the level of adherence to endocrine therapy and distress in a sample of Italian women.