The article present the results of a project carried out by a group of four nurse managers of the Hospital "Ospedale di Circolo Fondazione Macchi" in Varese, Italy, in order to constitute the "Nursing Service". The Authors have described the initial situation with the traditional leading nursing roles in the Hospital (Nursing Officer and Director of the Nursing School) defining the objectives of the project. The goal of the Service has been identified, the organizational structure has been chosen and the different line and staff functions described. The conclusions inform on the current situation and work for the accreditation of the Service according to the mission of the Hospital managers and the announced changes in Lombardy health policy.
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Funct Neurol
February 2013
Maggiore Policlinico Hospital, IRCCS, University of Milan, Italy.
The Italian region of Lombardy, with its existing stroke centers and high-technology laboratories, provides a favorable context for studying monogenic diseases associated with stroke. The Lombardia GENS project was set up to create a regional network for the diagnosis of six monogenic diseases associated with stroke: CADASIL, Fabry disease, MELAS, familial and sporadic hemiplegic migraine, hereditary cerebral amyloid angiopathy and Marfan syndrome. The network comprises 36 stroke centers and seven high-technology laboratories, performing molecular analysis.
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