[Measuring nurses' attitudes to family care: a longitudinal mixed method study]. / Misurare l'atteggiamento degli infermieri nel prendersi cura della famiglia: uno studio mixed method longitudinale.

. Measuring nurses' attitudes to family care: a longitudinal mixed method study. INTRODUCTION: In a scenario of demographic changes with an ageing population and an increase in people with chronic illnesses, the family assumes a central role in the care of their family member. Providing nurses with knowledge and strategies of family-centred care may change current standards of practice to a more family-focused approach. OBJECTIVES: To explore nurses' perceptions on the importance of involving families in the project of care and their attitudes before, during and after an implementation of family-centred care. METHODS: A longitudinal mixed method study was conducted during the implementation of family-centred care in a health district. A training package for the district nurses and individual coaching by an experienced nurse were offered. The Families' Importance in Nursing Care-Nurses Attitudes (FINC-NA) questionnaire was administered pre- and post training and one year later and two focus groups were conducted. RESULTS: All the 19 health district nurses participated in the study; average age 49.3 years, working experience 26.8 years. Statistically significant changes were observed in all four dimensions of the FINC-NA: family as a personal and professional resource, as a partner and a burden. The same results were confirmed by the focus groups. CONCLUSIONS: An educational intervention for home care nurses proved to be useful during the implementation of family-centred care. A key aspect was the support offered to nurses in transferring their knowledge and skills to their practice.

[The implementation of family nursing in a municipality of the Provence of Bolzano]. / L'esperienza dell'introduzione dell'infermiere di famigliain un comune della Provincia di Bolzano.

. The implementation of Family Nursing in a municipality of the Provence of Bolzano. In the Province of Bolzano, 45 Family and Community Nurses have been trained to date with a 1250-hour course of which 400 hours of practical training. The working model adopted is the Calgary Assessment model, based on ithe relationship with families. The experience of the District of Bassa Atesina, which includes ten municipalities and about 40,000 inhabitants, is described, and in particular the assignment of three family nurses to a mountain municipality with a population of 1700 inhabitants, located with a considerable territorial dispersion. The FCNs cared for 48 families with tailored care plans. The model will be extended to other Districts.