Vol. 1 No. Suppl. 1 (2026): The Nursing Forum 2026 – Where Ideas Heal
The Nursing Forum 2026 – Where Ideas Heal

The Nursing Forum Supplement 2026 brings together the scientific, professional, and cultural contributions developed within The Nursing Forum, an initiative dedicated to fostering dialogue among research, clinical practice, leadership, education, innovation, and the ongoing development of healthcare systems.

More than a collection of conference abstracts, this supplement represents a multidisciplinary platform where ideas, evidence, and professional experiences converge to explore the present and future of nursing and healthcare. It includes editorials, scientific contributions, selected abstracts, research and innovation awards, educational initiatives, workshops, and perspectives from academic, clinical, managerial, and professional settings.

Aligned with the theme Where Ideas Heal, this publication is grounded in the belief that progress in healthcare depends not only on the generation of new knowledge, but also on the creation of spaces where ideas can be shared, challenged, refined, and transformed into meaningful action. In this sense, the supplement documents not only scientific outcomes and professional achievements, but also the intellectual and cultural processes through which research, practice, and imagination contribute to shaping the future of care.

Through the contributions of researchers, clinicians, educators, leaders, students, and healthcare organizations, The Nursing Forum Supplement 2026 aims to promote a vision of nursing that integrates scientific evidence, critical thinking, innovation, and social responsibility. It reflects a commitment to advancing healthcare through collaboration, curiosity, and the continuous exchange of perspectives across disciplines and professional boundaries.

Because healthcare advances when knowledge grows, but meaningful transformation begins when ideas find a place where they can be heard.

Articles

Hamilton Dollaku, Floriana Pinto, Francesco Limonti, Simone Ghiribelli
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Beyond Knowledge: Why Nursing Needs Spaces Where Ideas Can Heal
https://doi.org/10.82051/ijhs-2026-520
PDF (ENG) PDF (ITA) (Italiano)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.82051/ijhs-2026-520
Emanuele Buccione
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From Discovery to Production: Scientific Research in the Age of Information Overload
https://doi.org/10.82051/ijhs-2026-523
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.82051/ijhs-2026-523
Rosario Caruso, Francesca Angelelli, Paola Arcadi, Elena Bernabei, Gianluca Castiello, Bruno Cavaliere, Walter De Caro, Stefano Mancin, Giancarlo Mercurio, Eustachio Parente, Stefano Sironi, Bernardino Tomei, Antonio Vitiello
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Building the Architecture of Nursing Professional Identity: A Position Paper From Italian Scientific Societies at The Nursing Forum 2026
https://doi.org/10.82051/ijhs-2026-557
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.82051/ijhs-2026-557
Pasquale Iozzo, Antonino Amato, Gennaro Rocco
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Measuring Change: Which Needs Can We No Longer Leave Unanswered?
https://doi.org/10.82051/ijhs-2026-534
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.82051/ijhs-2026-534

Conference Abstracts

Valerio Della Bella, Jacopo Fiorini, Alessandro Sili
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Latent Profiles of Nurses’ Organizational Well-being and Turnover Intention: A Person-Centered Multilevel Multicenter Study
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Francesco Zaghini, Chiara Vergari, Rocco Mazzotta, Roberta Morandini, Alessandro Boccanelli, Donatella Padua, Vera Kopsaj, Gianluca Cortis, Niccolò Marchionni, Nazzario Carrabba, Matteo Amico, Eleonora Selvi, Ercole Vellone, Francesco Scerbo, Rosaria Alvaro
28-29
The PREVASC Multidisciplinary Model for Cardiovascular Prevention in Frail Older Adults: Implementing Person-Centred Nursing to Improve Outcomes and Transform Care Processes
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Valentina Biagioli, Giampiera Bulfone, Rocco Mazzotta, Valeria Vannini, Luisa Sist, Roberto Latina, Daniela Mecugni
30-31
The Role of the Clinical Learning Environment in Shaping Nursing Students’ Clinical Self-Efficacy
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Eleonora Martellini, Erika Foschi
32-33
A Multidimensional Performance Management Framework Reduces Nurse Burnout and Increases Unit Efficiency: A Pre-Post Study
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Chiara Tedesco, Ercole Vellone, Gianluca Pucciarelli, Vicente Bernalte-Martí, Chiara Greggi, Umberto Tarantino, Rosaria Alvaro, Barbara Riegel, Maddalena De Maria
34-35
Understanding Self-Care in People Living With Osteoporosis: A Situation-Specific Theory
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Guglielmo Imbriaco, Juliette Masina, Giorgia Ghedini, Gianluca Federiconi, Jihan Kayal, Diana Demaria, Francesco Onofri
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Dispatcher-Assisted Instructions and Community Engagement: Translating Evidence Into Impact in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
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Marco Abagnale, Francesco Limonti, Luciano Cecere, Chiara Palazzo, Francesco Gravante
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Nurse-Performed Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Critical Care: Implications for Clinical Decision-Making and Advanced Nursing Practice
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Mariana Raluca Doru, Federica Raimondi
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Empathic AI and Conversational Agents in Clinical Care: Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials
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Bianca Reitano, Angela Durante, Massimo Scolaro
40
ECMO in Italy: Early Results of the First National Survey on Organization, Training and Network Integration
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Flavio Gheri, Nicola Ramacciati, Sara Morales Palomares
41
Workplace Violence in Emergency Care After COVID-19: Evidence Synthesis and Implications for Nursing Practice
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Eleonora Moraca, Fabio Sollazzo, Carmen Cappitella, Federica Forcellini
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Barriers and Facilitators in Nurse Managers’ Change Management: A Mixed-Methods Study
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Christian Ramacciani Isemann, Simona Burresi, Sabina Innocenti, Lorenzo Righi
43
Can AI Improve Triage Quality? A Preliminary Assessment of ChatGPT Performance in Evaluating Triage Decisions
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Matteo Cosci, Chiara Balestri, Francesca Braschi, Franca Pinelli
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The Core Competences in Wound Care of Registered Nurses at Careggi University Hospital: A Survey Through Focus Groups
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Sara Alberti, Lucio Raimondi, Francesca Facchinetti, Marzia Pedrazzi, Aurelio Colosio, Maria Grazia Ghitti, Chiara Pedercini, Sonia Maspero, Claudia Silini, Nadia Trevisan
45-46
Evaluating the Implementation of Primary Nursing on Nurse-Sensitive Outcomes and Missed Nursing Care: Preliminary Results From a Quasi-Experimental Study
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Angela Durante, Fabio Fedeli, Debora Colombo, Maria Leone, Angela Cuoco, Francesca Nardini, Veronica Tenerani, Paola Da Valle, Simone Drago
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Virtual Reality Relaxation for Family Caregivers of ICU Patients: Preliminary Findings on Feasibility and Acceptability
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Marius Pavel Simion, Gaia Sciotti, Eleonora Tosto, Lanfranco Cortegiani, Marinella Durante, Gabriella Facchinetti
48-49
Immersive Virtual Reality and Educational Escape Rooms in Undergraduate Nursing Education: A Comparative Quasi-Experimental Study on Learning Outcomes and Student Engagement
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Francesco Francavilla, Lucilla Sponcichetti, Paolo Perdonò, Marilena Marchese, Marco Paglialonga
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Narrative Medicine and Nurses’ Professional Well-Being: Effects of a Read-Aloud Narrative Intervention on Burnout
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Stefania Avoni, Giannina Sanzovo, Vittoria Amoriello, Chiara Carraro, Denise Baron
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Nursing Challenge: Competition as a Pedagogical Lever for Developing Clinical Reasoning and Teamwork
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Gianluca Fedelfranco
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European Models of Advanced Practice Nursing Autonomy and Their Applicability to Italian IFoC Development: A Comparative Policy Analysis
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Simone Amato, Vincenza Giordano, Noemi Giannetta, Daniele Napolitano, Alessio Lo Cascio, Francesco Gravante, Hamilton Dollaku, Emanuele Buccione
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Pressure Injury Prevention During Prone Ventilation
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Sara Leonardi, Diletta Fabrizi, Michela Luciani, Davide Luigi Lino Ausili
54
Health Status, Quality of Life and Stress in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Multicentre Cross-sectional Observational Study
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Cristiana Rago, Beatrice Meucci, Rossella Ventura, Francesca Galatioto, Alice Grieco, Ilaria Marzotti, Simone Anderini, Francesco Branchetti
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Cultural Diversity in Healthcare Teams: A Phenomenological Study on Nurses’ Experiences and Implications for Professional Identity
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Paola Arcadi, Sara Falbo, Valentina Farè, Carmela Santamaria, Eleonora Zanella
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Developing Professional Judgment in Nursing Education: An Integrated Reflective Clinical Learning Model
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Sara Bertilorenzi, Angela Durante, Olena Chubuchna, Michele Emdin, Giuseppe Vergaro
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Burden and Self-Care Needs Among Informal Caregivers of Patients With Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis (ATTR-CA): A Qualitative Analysis
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Flavia Fiumarella
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Quality of Life and Treatment Experience of Experimental CAR-T Cell Therapy in Oncology Adolescents: A Scoping Review
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Angelo Fattorusso, Marco Vaselli, Maila Lazzarini, Paola Palumbo, Stefano Dalmiani, Claudio Passino, Angela Durante
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Humanization vs Automation: The Impact of Nurse-Led Sensibilization Intervention on Response Rate to Patient-Reported Outcome Measures
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Chiara Gammarota, Marco Clari, Paola Di Giulio, Mario Paleologo, Valerio Dimonte, Simona Frigerio
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Turnover, Internal Mobility and Nurse Retention
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Camilla Elena Magi, Martina Roccasecca, Ilaria Saltori, Martina Cavestro, Debora Chillon, Francesca Matteucci, Stefano Deiana, Fabiana Veronese, Khadija El Aoufy, Yari Longobucco, Maria Mongardi
61-62
Educational Models and Training Strategies for the Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections Among Healthcare Professionals: A Rapid Review
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Federica Raimondi, Mariana Raluca Doru, Rudina Duka
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AI-Based Clinical Decision Support Systems in Nursing Practice: A Systematic Review of Clinical Outcomes, Workflow Integration, and Adoption
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Maria Romilda Filice, Sipontina Rina Zerulo, Federico Ruta, Elena Cocozza, Chiara Maddalo, Davide Ulivieri, Bruno Cavaliere
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Dignity as a Guiding Principle in Nursing Management: A Multicenter Qualitative Study Protocol
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Francesca Micelli
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The ANCHOR: A New Vision for Nursing in the Italian National Health Service
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Gaia Sciotti, Carlotta Mostarda , Marius Pavel Simion, Yari Longobucco, Sara Dionisi, Jessica Longhini, Valentina Biagioli, Gabriella Facchinetti
66-67
Synergies for Care: A Mixed-Methods Research on the Integration of Territorial Health and Social Services From the Health Professionals’ Perspective (SYN4CARE)
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Marcello Torre, Desiree Lucà, Rosario Caruso, Arrigoni Cristina, Antonio Maria Giuseppe Staffa, Arianna Magon
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Conceptual Plurality in Transition Programmes for Newly Hired Nurses: An Umbrella Review
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Dario Ottobretti, Carlotta Zanetti, Gloria Buconi
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From Near Miss to Collective Learning: Team-Based Learning as a Structured Debriefing Tool for Expert Nurses
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Federica Pirro, Martina Batino, Elisabetta Mezzalira, Mauro Parozzi, Rachel Clare Stancliffe
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The Italian Centre for Sustainable Healthcare (CSH Italia): Promoting Environmental Sustainability Through Education, Research, and Advocacy
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Ilaria Saguatti, Socaina Kahoua, Giovanna D'Iapico, Dalia Caleffi, Domenico Cannizzaro, Ludovica Greco, Fabio Di Cristofaro, Angela Contri, Paola Ferri
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The Perception of Self-Efficacy in Caring Among Home Care Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study
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Valerio Della Bella, Jacopo Fiorini, Alessandro Sili
72
Development and Validation of the Nursing Organizational Well-being Questionnaire (NOW-Q): A Theory-Based Questionnaire to Identify Organizational Well-being Profiles
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Pierpaolo Servi, Giovanna Artioli, Andreina Saba, Maria Chiara Gandini, Laura Bertarini, Orejeta Diamanti, Federica Dellafiore
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Transforming Clinical Practice into Meaningful Care: Spiritual Awareness Among Palliative Care Professionals
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Chiara Palazzo, Vincenza Giordano, Andrea Chirico, Teresa Rea, Assunta Guillari
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Gendered Pathways to Nursing Leadership in Italy: An Interpretative Phenomenological Study
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Noemi Giannetta, Vincenza Giordano, Mariachiara Figura, Fabio Massimo Abenavoli, Valentina Maietti, Simone Amato
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Lived Experiences of Healthcare Volunteers in Humanitarian Missions: An Interpretative Phenomenological Study
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Vincenza Giordano, Simone Amato, Noemi Giannetta, Daniele Napolitano, Alessio Lo Cascio, Gianluigi Comparone, Francesco Gravante
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Exploring Health Education, Training, and Continuity of Care in Surgical Humanitarian Missions: A Qualitative Approach
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Luciano Cecere, Marco Abagnale; Francesco Limonti; Francesco Gravante
77
Early Mobilisation in Severe Burn Patients
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Chiara Arianna Accornero, Andrea Moro, Stefania Grisanti, Giorgio Magon
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Beyond Genetic Testing: The Impact of Nurse Case Management in Hereditary Cancer Surveillance
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Laura Panigada, Chiara Colombo, Silvia Trazzi
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Enhancing Home Care Safety: Validation of a Context-Aware Incident Reporting Tool Integrated into the EHR
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Gianluca Fedelfranco
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Compassion Fatigue Education in Italian Nursing Curricula: A Systematic Gap Analysis Driven by Patient Safety Evidence
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Christian Ramacciani Isemann, Sara Moi, Simona Nasorri, Giada Goracci, Agnese Falsetti
81
Humanizing Perioperative Care Through Lean Thinking and Value-Based Healthcare: A Nurse-Led Organizational Redesign
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Francesca Savigliano, Luisella Canta , Rudina Lika, Daniela Sciancalepore, Marco Clari, Sabrina Contini
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The Pathway Nurse in the Emergency Department of ASL CN2: Effectiveness Evaluation of an Organizational Model
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Alice D'Abramo, Büşra Yürük, Gianluca Pucciarelli, Rosaria Alvaro, Ercole Vellone, Silvio Simeone, Paola Arcadi, Mariachiara Figura
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Clarifying Transcultural Competence in Nursing: A Systematic Synthesis of Concept Analyses
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Cristiana Rago, Mayra Veronese, Francesco Brandi, Annalisa Dal Fitto, Camilla Barletta, Gabriele Pisanello, Giovanni Grumo, Erika Pesce, Giancarlo Mercurio
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Telemedicine in Parkinson’s Disease Management: Clinical Innovations and Patient Empowerment
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Federica Raimondi
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Nursing Handover in Acute Care: A Cross-Sectional Survey on Nurses' Knowledge, Practices and Perceived Disruptors
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Ludovica Greco, Ivan Rubbi, Paola Ferri, Valeria Cremonini
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Assessing Nurses’ Self-Perceived Competencies After University Education: A Cross-Sectional Study Using the Italian Nurse Competence Scale
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Stefano Mancin, Sara Morales Palomares, Gaetano Ferrara, Domenica Gazineo, Lea Godino, Marco Sguanci
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Building a Shared Competency Identity for Nephrology Nurses in Italy: Development of a National Framework Through a Modified Delphi Study
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Maicol Zanellati
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From ICN Standards to Strategic Practice: The Impact of the Nursing Disaster Manager on Territorial Resilience and Mass Casualty Management
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Alessandro Sebastiani, Michele Salata, Alessandra Magnera, Emanuela Tiozzo, Orsola Gawronski
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Supporting Caregivers in Pediatric Palliative Care Through Narrative Medicine: The “Ali di Carta” Pilot and a Multicenter Nursing Study
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Federica Forcellini, Jacopo Fiorini, Valerio Della Bella , Alessandro Sili
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Organizational Determinants and Interventions for Nurses’ Organizational Well-Being: An e-Delphi Study
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Lorenzo Righi, Vianellla Agostinelli, Maristella Mencucci, Gianluca Bugnoli, Moris Rosati, Silvia Bellucci, Christian Ramacciani Isemann, Fabio Ferretti
93-94
Building an Inter-Organizational Nursing Research Network Through Team-Building Strategies to Foster Healthcare Innovation
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Anna Arnone, Rocco Capasso; Giovanni Gioiello; Alessandro Marino
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The Role of Nursing Leadership in Promoting Evidence-Based Nursing Practice
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Dario Ottobretti, Gloria Buconi, Carlotta Zanetti
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Team-Based Learning for Delirium Prevention and Detection: An Educational Proposal for Expert Nurses
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Gianluca Fedelfranco
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Meritocracy Perception and Work Disengagement in Italian Nurse Managers: A National Survey Protocol
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Chiara Palazzo, Vincenza Giordano, Andrea Chirico, Teresa Rea, Assunta Guillari
98-99
The Influence of Gender Stereotypes on Career Expectations in Nursing Students (GENSCARE): A Mixed-Methods Approach. A Study Protocol
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Elisabetta Cesaro, Mario Degan, Elena Massarotto, Michela Zanella, Nicola Trevisan
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Leaving the Hospital: Generational Drivers of Voluntary Resignation Among Healthcare Workers
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Cristiana Rago, Alessandro Pini, Alice Grieco, David Nucci
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Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality for Personalized Home Rehabilitation: A Multidimensional Care Approach
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Alice D'Abramo, Büşra Yürük, Gianluca Pucciarelli, Rosaria Alvaro, Ercole Vellone, Silvio Simeone, Paola Arcadi, Mariachiara Figura
102-103
Barriers and Facilitators of Self-Care Among Vulnerable Migrants Living in Reception Centers
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