Conceptualising nursing theory and practice within a local cultural and professional context: a methodological example to inform theory development.

Background: Nursing theories are crucial toward orienting the development of knowledge and practice. However, there is a persistent debate in the literature regarding the gap between theory and practice. Theories and conceptual models developed in Anglo-Saxon countries are often proposed within diverse educational and clinical contexts in other countries, generating challenges in their application in practice.

Newly qualified nurses' and midwives' experience with continuing professional development during transition: A cross-sectional study.

Aim: To explore newly qualified nurses and midwives' experience of continuing professional development (CPD) and factors associated with CPD participation during newly qualified nurses and midwives' transition, such as job satisfaction and intention to leave.

Background: Newly qualified nurses and midwives find it difficult to make the transition to their first registered post. During the transition, professional support through CPD is essential to build competence and confidence and increase job satisfaction and retention.

Assessing triage efficiency in Italy: a comparative study using simulated cases among nurses.

Background: Emergency Departments (EDs) across Italy use different triage systems, which vary from region to region. This study aimed to assess whether nurses working in different EDs assign triage codes in a similar and standardized manner.

Methods: A multicenter observational simulation study involved the EDs of Bolzano Hospital, Merano Hospital, Pisa University Hospital, and Rovereto Hospital.

Correlation between surgical position and neck pain in patients undergoing thyroidectomy: a prospective observational study.

Background: Thyroid diseases are one of the most common health problems worldwide. Although they represent a necessary step in order to perform thyroidectomy, hyperextension of the neck can potentially increase postoperative pain. The aim of this study is to determine a correlation between the degree of neck hyperextension on the operative table and the postoperative pain in patients undergoing open thyroidectomy.

Nurses' attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccines: A qualitative study (PROACTIVE-study).

Aim: To explore the attitudes of healthcare workers towards COVID-19 vaccines.

Design: A qualitative descriptive design was used.

Methods: Five focus groups were conducted between October and November 2021, with a total of 30 nurses from different contexts in Northern Italy.

Protective and risk factors of workplace violence against nurses: A cross-sectional study.

Aims: To describe how workplace violence (WPV) is experienced by nurses in hospitals and community services and identify protective and risk factors.

Methods: An online cross-sectional national study was conducted from January to April 2021 in Italy. Hospitals and community services were involved in the study.

The effectiveness of continuing professional development for the residential long-term care workforce: A systematic review.

Objectives: To investigate the effectiveness of continuing professional development in residential long-term care.

Design: Systematic review.

Data Sources: PubMed, Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health (CINAHL), and Web of Science.

The effectiveness of learning strategies for the development of Emotional Intelligence in undergraduate nursing students: A systematic review protocol.

Aim: This protocol proposes a systematic review to identify and disclose learning strategies and evaluation tools to improve Emotion Intelligence (EI) in undergraduate nursing students.

Background: EI improves the ability to manage emotions and their consequences. Management of emotions is fundamental in nursing both at inter- and intra-professional levels, and with the patients and their family carers.

The experience and attitudes of long-term care workers with teaching and learning modalities for the delivery of continuing professional development activities: a mixed-methods study.

Aim: to develop a better understanding of the attitudes and experiences of healthcare workers and managers with face-to-face, online asynchronous (pre-recorded), and online synchronous (live) modalities for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) working in the Long-Term Care (LTC) sector.

Background: The recent global pandemic significantly interrupted the delivery and organisation of education and training for healthcare professionals internationally. As a result of the restrictions, healthcare professionals' access to CPD was limited, consequentially education and training activities were mostly delivered online.

Teaching and learning modalities for continuing professional development in the long-term care: A rapid synthesis review.

Aim: To describe the various teaching and learning modalities for the delivery of Continuing Professional Development activities for health care professionals in the long-term care sector.

Background: Continuing Professional Development is a key activity that organisations undertake to achieve effective workforce planning, recruitment, retention and upskilling strategies in long-term care settings. During the Covid-19 pandemic there was a rapid move to online modalities of Continuous Professional Development, but there is a paucity of evidence in relation to their effectiveness compared with face-to-face, or in-class learning.

Reorganization of Intensive Care Units for the COVID-19 pandemic: effects on nursing sensitive outcomes.

Background: Since the first months of 2020 COVID-19 patients who were seriously ill due to the development of ARDS, required admission to the intensive care unit to ensure potentially life-saving mechanical ventilation and support for vital functions. To cope with this emergency, an extremely rapid reorganization of premises, services and staff, to dedicate an entire intensive care unit exclusively to SARS-CoV-2 patients and increasing the number of beds was essential. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effects of reorganization of the COVID-19 intensive care unit in terms of nursing sensitive outcomes.

Predictors of events of violence or aggression against nurses in the workplace: A scoping review.

Aim: To identify predictors and consequences of violence or aggression events against nurses and nursing students in different work contexts.

Background: Workplace violence against nurses and nursing students is a very common and widespread phenomenon. Actions to manage or prevent violent events could be implemented knowing the risk factors and consequences.

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.

Nursing management of fatigue in cancer patients and suggestions for clinical practice: a mixed methods study.

Background: Fatigue is a complex and frequent symptom in cancer patients, influencing their quality of life, but it is still underestimated and undertreated in clinical practice. The aims of this study were to detect the presence of fatigue in cancer patients, describe how patients and nurses perceived it and how nurses managed fatigue.

Methods: This is a mixed methods study.

[The conceptualization of nursing in the Italian literature: an integrative analysis to inform theory development].

Introduction: Nursing theories are essential for orienting nursing practice. To date, three models for nursing practice have been developed in Italy. In addition, significant epistemological reflections have been published, sparking a rich professional debate regarding the theoretical foundations of nursing in Italy.

The effects of the reorganisation of an intensive care unit due to COVID-19 on nurses' wellbeing: An observational cross-sectional study.

Objectives: To evaluate the effects of the reorganisation of an intensive care unit for COVID-19 patients in the context of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on wellbeing perceived by nurses.

Methods: An observational cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate wellbeing perceived by nurses who during the study were on duty in the COVID-19 intensive care unit. The "Covid-19-Nurse Well-being at Work (NWB) scale" questionnaire consisting of 72 items divided into 13 sections, was validated and used to collect data.

Reducing Pain During Emergency Arterial Sampling Using Three Anesthetic Methods: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.

Background: Taking a sample of arterial blood is widely reported as a cause of significant pain.

Objectives: To compare three anesthetic methods with standard practice (no anesthesia) to establish which was the most effective in reducing pain caused by radial artery puncture in patients requiring an arterial blood gas test in the emergency department (ED).

Methods: A randomized controlled trial was conducted to compare the effectiveness between anesthetic cream, cryoanalgesia, and subcutaneous mepivacaine in reducing pain caused by radial artery puncture in ED patients.

[Patients and caregivers experience on Nursing in Italy: scoping review].

Introduction: Comparison of the state of nursing in Italy with other countries has shown that theory development in Italian nursing remains quite undeveloped. Theory development in Italian nursing will need to consider local cultural and professional aspects, specific to the Italian practice context, by drawing on known health needs, experiences and nursing approa- ches. The aim of this investigation was to map current knowledge related to nursing in Italy, based on the experiences of patients, families and communities, to provide a basis on which nursing theories could be developed.

Promoting nighttime sleep in the intensive care unit: Alternative strategies in nursing.

Aim: To identify if complementary interventions impacted on conscious intensive care patients' perception of stress factors and quality of sleep.

Research Methodology: A non-controlled clinical study was undertaken on conscious patients in an intensive care unit in central Italy. Patients perception of stress factors and quality of sleep during the first night with usual medical and nursing treatments was measured using two questionnaires: the Stress Factors in Intensive Care Unit Questionnaire and the Modified Richards-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire.

The communication experience of tracheostomy patients with nurses in the intensive care unit: A phenomenological study.

Objectives: To describe the experience and sources of comfort and discomfort in tracheostomy patients, when they communicate with nurses in the Intensive Care Unit.

Research Methodology/design: Benner's interpretive phenomenology. Data were collected through: a) semi-structured interviews conducted with the patients after leaving the intensive care unit; b) participant observation; c) situated interviews with intensive care nurses.

Health Care Professionals Attitudes Towards Mental Illness: Observational Study Performed at a Public Health Facility in Northern Italy.

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Defines stigma as the process of social oppression barring persons with mental illness from enjoying social interaction through discrimination, exclusion and denial of human and social rights. Modern stereotypes still portray the mentally ill as guilty, unpredictable and violent. Observational studies report how healthcare professionals, including nurses, are often part of the stigma.