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The TPB could represent a good framework to explain the role of Italian women in prevention behaviors related to the prostatic screening domain. Consistent with literature findings in social and nursing sciences, the intention to promote prostate cancer screening was a powerful "predictor" of the behavior itself.

To evaluate all the variables that affect nursing education is important for nursing educators to have valid and reliable instruments that can measure the perceived quality of the Bachelor Degree in Nursing. This study testing the Scale for Quality Evaluation of the Bachelor Degree in Nursing instrument and its psychometric properties with a descriptive design. Participant were first, second and third year students of the Bachelor Degree in Nursing Science from three Italian universities. The Scale for Quality Evaluation of Bachelor Degree in Nursing consists of 65 items that use a 4 point Likert scale ranging from "strongly disagree" to "strongly agree". The instrument comes from a prior version with 41 items that were modified and integrated with 24 items to improve reliability. Six hundred and fifty questionnaires were completed and considered for the present study. The mean age of the students was 24.63 years, 65.5% were females. Reliability of the scale resulted in a very high Cronbach's alpha (0.96). The construct validity was tested with factor analysis that showed 7 factors. The Scale for Quality Evaluation of the Bachelor Degree in Nursing, although requiring further studies, represents a useful instrument to measure the quality of the Bachelor Nursing Degree.

Background: During the last years High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV) has been increasingly used in preterm infants with respiratory failure. In our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) newborns with gestational age (GA) ≤ 27 weeks and/or birth weight (BW) < 1000g requiring mechanical ventilation, are electively treated with HFOV, performed with Draeger Babylog 8000 plus. Specific knowledge regarding optimal methods for setting and managing HFOV involves both physicians and nurses. Nursing considerations for the use of HFOV to detect changes in condition and to prevent complications in a high risk population, such as patients of NICU, are strongly needed. Furthermore data on weaning and extubation criteria are limited, especially in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants. Objective of this study was to evaluate the HFOV major nursing issues in the light of a more than ten years' experience in the management of preterm infants (GA ≤ 27 weeks) and/or BW < 1000g who require invasive respiratory assistance and managed with HFOV as a primary mode of ventilation.

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