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La prova finale per il conseguimento della laurea in infermieristica : studio trasversale
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Introduzione: il corso di laurea in Infermieristica termina con una prova abilitante (prova pratica e dissertazione di un elaborato). La normativa prescrive il numero di membri della commissione valutatrice, lasciando agli Atenei la scelta delle modalità di svolgimento. Le competenze da valutare sono uguali in tutta Italia; è auspicabile l’adozione di un metodo unico per l’accertamento, dunque servono dati sulle attuali modalità di svolgimento della prova.
Metodi e strumenti: studio trasversale, condotto tramite questionario somministrato via e-mail a 152 sedi del corso di laurea nel 2011, per indagare la composizione del voto di laurea, le caratteristiche della prova pratica, la soglia di superamento, la valutazione degli elaborati, la composizione della commissione.
Risultati: hanno risposto 112 sedi di tutta Italia. 60 considerano i voti degli esami di profitto e quelli di tirocinio; 7 non considerano il tirocinio. L’esperienza Erasmus è conteggiata da 18 sedi, la lode negli esami da 40. 60 sedi non prevedono una soglia di superamento della prova. In 56 sedi la prova pratica consiste in quiz (da 22 a 80 domande). 44 sedi usano la simulazione in laboratorio, 12 un caso clinico simulato, 10 un piano infermieristico. 7 portano lo studente al letto del malato. Gli elaborati sono di vario tipo e valgono da 5 a 22 punti. Nelle commissioni, il numero di membri è l’unico dato comune.
Conclusioni: la situazione è lontana da quella auspicata dal Processo di Bologna; la Conferenza Nazionale può avere un ruolo importante nell’uniformare criteri e metodi di svolgimento della prova abilitante
Qualitative analysis and evaluation of empathy trend in nursing students after an educational experience with a patient as narrator: An Italian quasi-experimental research.
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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
The association between mutuality and quality of life in adults with chronic illnesses and their nurses : actor-partner interdipendence model analysis
Full text linkAim: To examine the association between mutuality and quality of life in nurse–patient dyads. Design: A cross-sectional multi-centre study was conducted. Methods: The study was conducted in five tertiary hospitals in Italy. We enrol both inpatients and outpatients with chronic diseases and their nurses with a convenience sampling. One-hundred ninety-two dyads participated to the study. A self-assessment instrument including the Short-Form 12 Health Survey (SF-12), and the Nurse Patient Mutuality in Chronic Illness scale (NPM-CI scale), in the two versions—one for patients and one for nurses, was administered. The effects of nurse–patient mutuality on the physical and mental quality of life of nurses and patients were estimated with a series of actor-partner-interdependence models (APIM). Results: Patients' and nurses' perceptions of their mutuality were positively correlated. For patient mental quality of life, there was a statistically significant actor effect both for patients, and for nurses. There was also a consistent statistically significant partner effect for patient mental quality of life. There were no statistically significant actor or partner effects for the nurses' and patients' physical quality of life. This construct may be influenced by additional components, further studies are needed. Conclusions: Mutuality between nurses and patients in chronic diseases influence both patient and nurse quality of life. Implications for the Profession and/or Patient Care: Our results support the importance of taking a dyadic perspective when considering mutuality and quality of life in nurse–patient dyads. Impact: Nurse–patient mutuality is an indicator of a high-quality relationship, which allows shared goals and shared decision-making. Quality of life is one of the most important outcomes for chronic conditions patients and is an indicator of well-being. Quality of life is also an important variable in healthcare professionals' lives. Little is known about the association between mutuality and quality of life in nurse–patient dyads. Mutuality has an actor effect on patient's and nurse's quality of life and has a negative partner effect on patient's quality of life. The understanding of mutuality and interdependence within the dyad, could increase mental quality of life in nurse–patient dyads. Reporting Method: STROBE checklist for cross-sectional studies was followed in this study. Patient or Public Contribution: Patients were involved in the sample of the study
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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