Patients with cancer and hospital admissions: disease trajectory and strategic choices.

Objectives: Hospital admission (HA) in cancer history is a common, repeated and frequently unplanned event. The emergency departments (EDs) and the oncological outpatient service (OOS) are the ordinary way of entry. We studied the reasons of admission, pathways of access and discharge and prognostic factors in a population of admitted patients with cancer.

The Impact of the Primary Nursing Model on Cultural Improvement: A Mixed-Method Study.

Evaluating the implementation of care models such as Primary Nursing requires assessment of both short-term and long-term outcomes. In a hospital in Piemonte, Italy, a mixedmethod time-series study was conducted to assess if and how the organizational culture of nurses changed in relation to the implementation of a new organizational model of care. Instruments used included the Condition of Work Effectiveness Questionnaire (CWEQ II) and an investigator-developed questionnaire to evaluate perceptions of dimensions consistent with Primary Nursing.

The impact of primary nursing care pattern: Results from a before-after study.

Aims And Objectives: To explore the effect of "Primary Nursing" on nursing-sensitive patient outcomes, staff-related outcomes and organisation-related outcomes.

Background: Primary nursing is one example of a care pattern that has recently been implemented in many countries.

Design: Before-after study.