Psychometric Evaluation of the Complexity of Care in the Home Care Setting Instrument (COMID) in Italian Language.

Aim: To test the psychometric properties of the complexity assessment instrument for home nursing practice (COMID) Italian version.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Methods: Internal consistency was determined using Cronbach's alpha, whilst the two-way mixed effects, absolute agreement, single measure intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC 3.

Uncovering Nursing Communication Strategies and Relational Styles to Foster Patient Engagement in Oncology: A Scoping Review.

Nurses play an active role in fostering engagement of oncological patients, and, therefore, adopting effective communication and interpersonal skills is crucial. However, the nurse-patient relationship and communication strategies are frequently undervalued. This scoping review aims to address this gap with a twofold objective: (1) to explore the existing literature to identify communication strategies and relational styles employed by nurses to promote patient engagement in non-pediatric oncology patients; (2) to assess current knowledge on this topic to determine the need for future research.

Interprofessional Collaboration in Palliative Care-The Need for an Advanced Practice Nurse: An Ethnographic Study.

Objectives: The literature highlights the importance of an interprofessional approach in palliative care to improve the quality of care, favoring an effective use of resources. Members of the interprofessional team include all professionals involved in patient care; in some contexts, the advanced practice nurse (APN) has a clearly defined role. This study aimed to define the possible role of the APN within the interprofessional palliative care team in our context.

A bachelor's degree for entering the nursing profession: A scoping review for supporting informed health care policies.

Background: Numerous studies have emphasized the relevance of work environment, staffing, and educational level in nursing as determinants of safe, timely, effective, equitable, and efficient patient-centered care. However, an overview of the evidence focusing on the nursing education level is still lacking.

Objective: To provide an overview of the existing evidence regarding bachelor's degree as an entry level for the nursing profession.

Learning to teach with patients and caregivers: a focused ethnography.

Background: Little is known about what happens when patients and caregivers are involved in an academic setting as co-teachers and how healthcare professionals approach a new model of partnership-based teaching. This study aimed to explore the learning and behavioural patterns of a group of healthcare professionals who were learning to teach with patients and caregivers as co-teachers in a post-graduate course.

Methods: A focused ethnographic study involving 11 health professionals was conducted.

Managing the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experience of Managers in Healthcare: A Narrative Inquiry.

The pandemic represented a challenge for hospital managers at different levels, required to reorganise services without compromising care. This study aimed to analyse the experiences of hospital managers during the COVID-19 pandemic. A narrative inquiry was conducted in a multisite acute hospital.

Interventions for Preventing and Resolving Bullying in Nursing: A Scoping Review.

Bullying in the workplace is a serious problem in nursing and has an impact on the well-being of teams, patients, and organisations. This study's aim is to map possible interventions designed to prevent or resolve bullying in nursing. A scoping review of primary research published in English and Italian between 2011 and 2021 was undertaken from four databases (Cochrane Collaboration, PubMed, CINAHL Complete, and PsycInfo).

Nurses Response to the Physical and Psycho-Social Care Needs of Patients with COVID-19: A Mixed-Methods Study.

The COVID-19 pandemic heavily impacted nursing care. This study aimed to understand which nursing interventions were instrumental in responding to COVID-19 patients' needs by exploring the experiences of patients and nurses. In this mixed-method study with an explanatory sequential design, we involved nurses caring for COVID-19 patients in intensive and sub-intensive care units and patients.

"You always think the worst …" Family members' experiences during the COVID-19 emergency: A qualitative descriptive study.

Aim: The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of family members of patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) for COVID-19 during the first and second waves of the pandemic in Switzerland.

Design: A qualitative descriptive approach was used in this study.

Methods: Face-to-face in-depth semistructured interviews were used to explore the experiences of family members of surviving COVID-19 patients, who were admitted to the ICU.

Nursing Home Organization Mealtimes and Staff Attitude Toward Nutritional Care: A Multicenter Observational Study.

Objectives: The aims of this study were to investigate the practices of registered nurses and nurse aides at mealtimes in nursing homes (NHs) and to evaluate the attitudes of health care staff toward the nutritional care of older people.

Design: This is a multicenter cross-sectional study.

Setting And Participants: The study involved a convenience sample of NH health care staff: physicians, registered nurses, and nurse aides.

The patient involvement in nursing education: A mixed-methods systematic review.

Objective: To evaluate the effects patient involvement in nursing education has on students, patients and academic staff using a specific theoretical framework.

Design: Mixed-methods systematic review based on Joanna Briggs Institute methodology (Prospero no. CRD42022327158).

Protective factors of ethical conflict during a pandemic-Quali-Ethics-COVID-19 research part 2: An international qualitative study.

Aims And Objectives: To determine which factors can be considered protective of ethical conflicts in intensive care unit healthcare professionals during a pandemic.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic gave rise to new ethical concerns in relation to the management of public health and the limitations on personal freedom. Continued exposure to ethical conflict can have a range of psychological consequences.

Individual-Level Variables Associated with Self-Efficacy in Nutritional Care for Older People among Italian Nurses: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study.

Malnutrition in older people is still an unsolved issue. Clinical nurses have a key role in malnutrition prevention. This study aims to describe the individual-level variables associated with self-efficacy in nutrition care for older adults among nurses.

COVID-19 pandemic experiences, ethical conflict and decision-making process in critical care professionals (Quali-Ethics-COVID-19 research part 1): An international qualitative study.

Aim And Objectives: The aim of this study was to explore the sources of ethical conflict and the decision-making processes of ICU nurses and physicians during the first and subsequent waves of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: Depside several studies exploring ethical conflicts during COVID-19 pandemic, few studies have explored in depth the perceptions and experiences of critical care professionals regarding these conflicts, the decision-making process or which have analysed the complexity of actually implementing the recommendations of scientific societies and professional/healthcare institutions in interdisciplinary samples.

Design: A descriptive phenomenological study.

Protocol for a pilot and feasibility study evaluating a complex nurse-led patient education intervention to promote cancer patient engagement in healthy lifestyle (O-PHE programme).

Introduction: Literature suggests that patient engagement in healthy lifestyle is of crucial importance in ensuring a more effective management of side effects of cancer therapies and better quality of life for patients. While many studies describe educational interventions to promote healthy lifestyles, few are focused on promoting active patient engagement in this field. This protocol paper outlines a study to determine the feasibility of a complex nurse-led patient education intervention aimed to promote cancer patient engagement in a healthy lifestyle.

Moral Distress of Intensive Care Nurses: A Phenomenological Qualitative Study Two Years after the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed great pressure on healthcare facilities, exposing healthcare professionals to various challenges that may result in the onset of moral distress, a condition of psychological distress caused by the inability to act as it would be most morally appropriate. The purpose of this research was to investigate the experience lived by nurses who worked in an intensive care unit during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: This is a phenomenological study using interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Pharmacotherapy for Obstructive Sleep Apnoea and Coupled Life: A Descriptive Phenomenological Study of a Complex Interaction.

Background: Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) is a common chronic sleep-related breathing disorder. Drug therapy is a recent approach to treating OSA, and no data is available regarding its effects on a couple's life. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact on couples' lives of a novel drug treatment for OSA.

Experiences and Needs of Patients, Caregivers and Nurses during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Study Protocol for a Mixed-Methods Multicentre Study.

The COVID-19 pandemic is a major public health problem with millions of confirmed cases and deaths described. Nurses are among the health care professionals most involved at the front line, caring for those affected by COVID-19. Patients and families have been subjected to a high emotional burden of fear, anxiety, and uncertainty.

Patient Engagement in Oncology Practice: A Qualitative Study on Patients' and Nurses' Perspectives.

Patient engagement has gained increasing attention in cancer care as it is widely acknowledged as an essential element of high-quality care. There are limited data on how oncology nurses might apply techniques that encourage patient engagement. Therefore, this study aims to understand which nursing strategies can favour patient engagement in oncological care from patients' and nurses' perspectives.

Moral Distress Scores of Nurses Working in Intensive Care Units for Adults Using Corley's Scale: A Systematic Review.

Background: No systematic review in the literature has analyzed the intensity and frequency of moral distress among ICU nurses. No study seems to have mapped the leading personal and professional characteristics associated with high levels of moral distress. This systematic review aimed to describe the intensity and frequency of moral distress experienced by nurses in ICUs, as assessed by Corley's instruments on moral distress (the Moral Distress Scale and the Moral Distress Scale-Revised).

Nurse's bedside screening of dysphagia: an umbrella review.

Introduction: Dysphagia often results in serious, poor health outcomes. Nurses have an important role in assessing dysphagia. Therefore, they need reliable and effective screening tools to detect dysphagia.

Nursing interventions to promote patient engagement in cancer care: A systematic review.

Background: Patient engagement is becoming increasingly relevant in cancer care. Nurses have been recognized as crucial in promoting active engagement of people with carcer. Despite the growing interest on this topic and the relevance of patient engagement interventions to improve patient' conditions, to the best of our knowledge there is no synthesis of the literature on the characteristics and impact of nurse-led patient engagement intervention for adults with cancer.

Sensitivity and specificity of the new Geriatric Dehydration Screening Tool: An observational diagnostic study.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the Geriatric Dehydration Screening Tool-Modified (GDST-M) in detecting dehydration in older people and, if possible, to simplify the tool and make it easier to use.

Methods: This was a monocentric diagnostic accuracy study. We involved people ≥65 y of age with a Mini Mental State Evaluation (MMSE) score >24 and who were hospitalized in five medical wards of a large teaching hospital in Milan (Italy).

Communication experiences of tracheostomy patients with nurses in the ICU: A scoping review.

Introduction: The quality of care for tracheostomy and mechanically ventilated patients in intensive care units (ICUs) has improved considerably. However, the communication barrier attributable to these procedures generates many problems for patients, as they are unable to communicate effectively with family members and ICU healthcare professionals, especially nurses.

Aims: To describe (1) tracheostomy patients' needs, emotions and difficulties when communicating with ICU nurses and (2) which strategies nurses and patients have adopted to improve their communication.