Anna Rita Marucci

[ICNP- International Classification of Nursing Practice: origin, structure and development].

ICNP is a standardized nursing terminology included within acknowledged terminologies by WHO, it is a relevant aspect of ICN programs and strategies. This paper aims to describe structure and characteristics of ICNP terminology as well as to highlight how this tool can be useful both in practice and in terms of nursing professional development. This version looks like a pyramid with seven axes describing different areas of nursing and related interventions, enriched by two special axes related to pre-coordinated Diagnosis / Outcomes (DC) and Operations (IC) which facilitate daily use in practice. In order to clarify how this tool can be actually be used in daily nursing practice some examples are provided, clarifying how adopting the current version of ICNP terminology (2015 release) Diagnosis/Outcomes and Interventions can be built. The ICNP Italian Centre is committed to introduce it to Italian nurses as a tool for sharing and disseminating terminology in our Country, having as main final aim to achieve even in Italy, professional visibility objectives promoted in different ways by the International Council of Nurses.

Case Study in Nursing

Nursing complexity requires comprehensive tools for evidence appraisal and synthesis, able of taking into account several factors driving outcomes, resource use, and patient well-being. Umbrella reviews, overviews of reviews, and meta-epidemiologic studies offer a unique opportunity to capture and navigate such complexity, without disregarding the multiple evidence sources informing on nursing. In this chapter, a set of key umbrella reviews is presented on nursing which offer a poignant case study on the pros and cons of this kind of research design in this clinical and research discipline.

L'esperienza dei caregiver primari che assistono a domicilio le persone affette dalla Malattia di Alzheimer Alzheimer's disease and caregivers experience in home care

The aim of this study is to investigate the experience of primary caregivers (men and women) of Alzheimer Disease dementia, in order to tailor program and project to avoid care giving burden. A qualitative phenomenological method was used and the sample was defined by data saturation. Interviews were carried out and recorded in a day care Centre, transcribed verbatim. The analysis was conducted coding common themes and phrases. Six main themes emerged. Our results are similar to those existing in literature, showing care givers as individual in great danger physically and mentally. In the light of the study it is possible to tailor a nursing model in order to improve quality of life and decrease the burden of caregivers, this model should be implemented and analyzed.