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The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Defines stigma as the process of social oppression barring persons with mental illness from enjoying social interaction through discrimination, exclusion and denial of human and social rights. Modern stereotypes still portray the mentally ill as guilty, unpredictable and...

Objectives: To evaluate the effects of the reorganisation of an intensive care unit for COVID-19 patients in the context of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on wellbeing perceived by nurses. Methods: An observational cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate wellbeing perceived by nurses who during the study were on duty in the COVID-19 intensive...

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INTRODUZIONE: Il confronto con le realtà infermieristiche di altri paesi ha messo in luce che in Italia è ancora poco sviluppata la fase di teorizzazione, in particolare per quanto concerne la ricerca e lo sviluppo di aspetti teorici dell'infermieristica. I bisogni e le esperienze di salute della popolazione e gli approcci infermieristici in...

Background: In‐hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) is a major public health problem with significant mortality. Rapid cardiopulmonary resuscitation and early defibrillation is extremely connected to patient outcome. In this study, we aimed to assess the effects of a basic life support and defibrillation course in improving knowledge in IHCA...

Introduction: The quality of care for tracheostomy and mechanically ventilated patients in intensive care units (ICUs) has improved considerably. However, the communication barrier attributable to these procedures generates many problems for patients, as they are unable to communicate effectively with family members and ICU healthcare...

Aim: To identify if complementary interventions impacted on conscious intensive care patients' perception of stress factors and quality of sleep. Research methodology: A non-controlled clinical study was undertaken on conscious patients in an intensive care unit in central Italy. Patients perception of stress factors and quality of sleep during...

Background: Taking a sample of arterial blood is widely reported as a cause of significant pain. Objectives: To compare three anesthetic methods with standard practice (no anesthesia) to establish which was the most effective in reducing pain caused by radial artery puncture in patients requiring an arterial blood gas test in the emergency...

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Background: Fatigue is a complex and frequent symptom in cancer patients, influencing their quality of life, but it is still underestimated and undertreated in clinical practice. The aims of this study were to detect the presence of fatigue in cancer patients, describe how patients and nurses perceived it and how nurses managed fatigue....

Several studies have highlighted the health-promoting effects of antioxidants contained in fruit and vegetables. Blueberries are palatable fruits with one of the highest antioxidant contents to be found. Oxidative stress plays a key role in aging and neurodegeneration. In the last 15 years, the effects of blueberries' polyphenolic compounds in...

INTRODUZIONE: Le teorie infermieristiche costituiscono un riferimento imprescindibile per la prassi infermieristica. In Italia sono stati elaborati e proposti tre modelli professionali italiani. Oltre ad essi, il dibattito professionale si è arricchito anche di significative riflessioni di tipo epistemologico. Tuttavia, ancora oggi risultano...

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