Nursing care received by older patients in Italian medical units: findings from an explorative study

Abstract

This assessment exercise indicates that nursing care in medical units faces high workloads. Establishing national minimum standards of nursing care to be delivered towards older people admitted in Italian medical units is recommended.

The degree of satisfaction of in‐hospital medical patients with nursing care and predictors of dissatisfaction: findings from a secondary analysis

“…A secondary analysis of data derived from a multicentre longitudinal study involving 12 north‐eastern Italian acute medical units appertaining to a research network named ESAMED (outcomes sensitive to NC in medical units) from September 2012 to March 2013 was performed.…”

“…The medical units adhered on a voluntary basis to the research network comprising the ESAMED study . They cooperated in designing the research protocol, which was approved by the Ethical Committee of the Coordinator Centre (Azienda Ospedaliero – Universitaria, Verona [Italy]).…”

Overcoming redundancies in bedside nursing assessments by validating a parsimonious meta‐tool: findings from a methodological exercise study

“…A secondary analysis of the ESAMED study database was performed. A two‐step research process, based on a cross‐validation study design aimed at validating the meta‐tool and on a longitudinal study design aimed at assessing the occurrence of events predicted by the original tools , was performed.…”

Post-hoc validation of the Conley Scale in predicting the risk of falling with older in-hospital medical patients: findings from a multicentre longitudinal study

“…It involved 12 acute medical units in northeast Italy, selected on a voluntary basis from a panel of units belonging to the research network ESAMED (outcomes sensible to nursing care in medical units) [24,25]. The Ethical Committee of the Coordinator Centre [Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Verona (Italy)] approved the research protocol.…”