Maura Lusignani

ORCID: 0000-0002-5389-9879
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Research Areas
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Educational and Social Studies
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
  • Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
  • Management, Economics, and Public Policy
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation
  • Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management
  • Ethics in medical practice
  • Cardiac Health and Mental Health
  • Patient Dignity and Privacy
  • Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research
  • Frailty in Older Adults
  • Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
  • Healthcare Systems and Practices
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Workplace Violence and Bullying
  • Cancer survivorship and care
  • Organ Donation and Transplantation
  • Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management

University of Milan
2016-2025

Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda
2019-2025

Lombardia Informatica (Italy)
2024

Ospedale Maggiore
2019-2023

Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori
2023

National Cancer Institute
2023

Schlumberger (Ireland)
2023

Metropolitana Milanese (Italy)
2023

Azienda Ospedaliera Nazionale SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo
2022

Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
2012-2022

Aim To assess the frequency, intensity and level of moral distress perceived by nurses working in medical, surgical intensive care units. Background Moral among compromises their ability to provide optimal patient may cause them leave job. Methods A cross-sectional questionnaire survey 283 registered was conducted evaluate levels distress. revised version Distress Scale (MDS-R) used. Results The highest associated with provision treatments aggressive that were not expected benefit patients...

10.1111/jonm.12431 article EN Journal of Nursing Management 2016-10-11

Nursing care plans document the nursing process, displaying actions, and illustrating expected outcomes. Their integration into electronic health records (EHRs) is critical for accurate documentation, enhanced by standardized terminologies that promote communication, reasoning, patient safety through consistent language information.

10.1177/01939459241310402 article EN cc-by Western Journal of Nursing Research 2025-01-06

Aims and objectives To determine compare the prevalence of malnutrition in medical surgical hospital units; to assess quality nutritional care patients’ perception about food care. Background Hospital older people leads increased mortality, length stay, risk infections pressure ulcers. Several studies show that is often caused by hospitalisation related poor Few report data on patients. Design A cross‐sectional, multicenter study was conducted 12 hospitals northern Italy. Methods...

10.1111/jocn.14051 article EN Journal of Clinical Nursing 2017-08-23

Abstract Background and aims Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) pose a growing global health challenge, with prevalence expected to double in coming years. The chronic nature of IBD, marked by recurrent inflammatory episodes, significantly impacts patients' quality life increases healthcare costs. In this context, the IBD nurse plays crucial role building supportive relationship patients, promoting self-care, encouraging active management, ultimately reducing hospitalizations. This study...

10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjae190.1602 article EN Journal of Crohn s and Colitis 2025-01-01

BACKGROUND: Gestire un percorso di cure palliative oncologiche è spesso gravoso per i professionisti. SCOPO: Valutare la fattibilità uno studio sugli effetti del case management infermieristico migliorare gestione tempo e soddisfazione nelle attività tra il personale sanitario amministrativo in contesto ambulatoriale palliative. METODI: Uno pre-post stato condotto da febbraio ad agosto 2023. Tutti professionisti hanno stimato giornaliero dedicato alle proprie relativa soddisfazione, prima...

10.54103/dn/27125 article IT cc-by-nc-nd Dissertation Nursing 2025-02-14

Background: Non–heart‐beating donors have great potential for organ donation, which still needs to be used. Young adults aged 18–30 years are often hesitant donate their organs; high schools ideal places education aimed at fostering donations, but effective strategies need developed in the literature. Objective: To build an educational intervention targeted school students 18+, also developing dedicated tools. Materials and Methods: A before–after study on a non‐randomized sample of from...

10.1155/nuf/5582539 article EN cc-by Nursing Forum 2025-01-01

Background/Objectives: Hospital bed shortage is a widespread issue affecting healthcare systems globally, often exacerbated by bed-blocking, phenomenon where patients remain hospitalized longer than medically necessary due to discharge delays. The aim of this study was evaluate the prevalence with bed-blocker status admitted internal medicine wards. Methods: This cross-sectional conducted at an academic tertiary-level hospital in Milan (Italy) from 1 January 31 December 2023. All adult...

10.3390/nursrep15030098 article EN cc-by Nursing Reports 2025-03-14

lovallo c., rolandi s., rossetti a.m. & lusignani m. (2010) Acciden‐tal falls in hospital inpatients: evaluation of sensitivity and specificity two risk assessment tools. Journal Advanced Nursing 66 (3), 690–696. Abstract Aim. This paper is a report study comparing the effectiveness tools (Conley Scale Hendrich Risk Model) by using them simultaneously with same sample inpatients. Background. Different are available literature. However, neither recent critical reviews nor international...

10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05231.x article EN Journal of Advanced Nursing 2010-02-09

Introduction: There is paucity of data within the Italian context regarding moral distress in intensive pediatric settings. The aim present study was to assess frequency, intensity and level experienced by nurses working a sample care units. Materials Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey conducted eight units northern region. Moral evaluated using modified version Distress Scale Neonatal–Pediatric Version convenience 136 nurses. Results: Nurses exhibit low-moderate distress, with...

10.3389/fped.2019.00338 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Pediatrics 2019-08-13

This study investigates the psychometric properties of Mutuality Scale in a sample patient-caregiver dyads following recent episode coronary heart disease. A cross-sectional analysis was conducted. Factorial validity tested with confirmatory factory analysis. Internal consistency reliability investigated model-based internal index. Pearson's correlation coefficient used to test convergent between mutuality and other theoretical empirical variables associated it. We included 150 (patient:...

10.1002/nur.22443 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Research in Nursing & Health 2025-02-08

Background Depression is common in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). The 9-item patient health questionnaire (PHQ-9) an instrument for screening depression. However, evidence on the psychometric properties of PHQ-9 Italian populations CHD still lacking. Objective objective this study was to examine and measurement invariance a large sample. Methods This secondary analysis 3-month follow-up data collected from multicenter longitudinal study. Patients completed battery self-reported...

10.1097/jcn.0000000000001178 article EN The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 2025-02-10

Abstract Aims To describe how workplace violence (WPV) is experienced by nurses in hospitals and community services identify protective risk factors. Methods An online cross‐sectional national study was conducted from January to April 2021 Italy. Hospitals were involved the study. The survey combined adapted validated Italian version of Violence Emergency Nursing Triage (VENT) questionnaire, which explores episodes WPV during previous 12 months, Practice Environment Scale Work Index...

10.1111/jocn.17169 article EN Journal of Clinical Nursing 2024-04-17

Electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePROMs) enhance symptom management and patients' engagement in palliative cancer care. However, integrating them into this setting brings challenges, including familiarity with technological devices declining health status. Prioritizing the patient's acceptability feasibility is crucial for their adoption. more knowledge needed about perspectives on adoption of ePROMs community, especially home-based

10.1177/20552076241249962 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Digital Health 2024-01-01

To examine the role of nurse-patient mutuality on three self-care behaviours in chronic illness patients.

10.1111/jocn.17181 article EN Journal of Clinical Nursing 2024-04-29

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has turned our lives upside down and virtually all care settings have undergone profound transformations worldwide. In a short time, thousands of patients required hospital treatment, many them in an intensive unit (ICU).1 One the most critical aspects for patients, their families health professionals (HCPs) was isolation, which severe, especially at early stages pandemic.2 mortality associated with serious infection necessitated public measures to...

10.1111/nicc.12647 article EN cc-by Nursing in Critical Care 2021-05-05
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