Psychometric properties of the clei-19 scale to assess clinical learning environment in nursing students: a multicenter observational study. / Proprietà psicometriche della scala CLEI-19 nella valutazione dell'apprendimento clinico degli studenti infermieri: studio osservazionale multicentrico.

INTRODUCTION: The clinical learning environment is the context of overlap between the educational system and the working environment. Here students apply the knowledge learned during theoretical teachings, acquire practical, relational and caring skills. It is fundamental for nursing training and there are several rating scales aimed at evaluating it: the presence and quality of the studies that investigate their performances are heterogeneous, so it is difficult to identify the best tool. The CLEI-19 scale is the most concise instrument and its performance has not been tested in the Italian context. OBJECTIVES: The study aims to evaluate the psychometric properties of the instrument in terms of factor structure and reliability. METHODS: A multicenter cross-sectional observational study was conducted in Italy, at the University of Milan-Bicocca. Two tools were used: a context data collection questionnaire and the Italian CLEI-19 scale. The data were analyzed through descriptive statistics, the scale's factorial structure was tested by Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling ESEM. The reliability of the scale was evaluated by Alpha and Omega coefficients. RESULTS: The sample consists of 1095 statistical units. The factor analysis shows the presence of two latent factors that have been called Internship Assistant and Internship Environment. They correlate significantly and the fit indices confirm the solidity of the two-factor model. Internal coherence was adequate or more than adequate for single factors and overall tool. CONCLUSIONS: The CLEI-19 scale is a reliable tool, which comprehensively investigates the two key components of the clinical learning environment: the Internship Assistant and the Environment. The employment simplifies the process of evaluating the internship environment, offers the possibility of improving its quality, facilitates the comparison between realities and enhances the perception of students.

[Accuracy of hospital nursing documentation: a multi-center observational study]. / L'accuratezza della documentazione infermieristica in ospedale: uno studio osservazionale multicentrico.

INTRODUCTION: In literature it is reported that accurate nursing documentation improves patients' outcomes but nursing planning data is seldom available. The accuracy of nursing documentation in hospitals has been assessed in many healthcare settings through the detection of three key elements of nursing decision-making: diagnoses, interventions and outcomes. However, studies conducted in Italy are scant and none of them have been conducted in Lombardy Region. AIM: the aim of this study is to assess the accuracy of nursing documentation in six hospitals. Accuracy in documentation's compilation was sought, as well as the three essential elements expected in the nursing decision-making process: diagnoses, interventions and outcomes. METHOD: a multicentre retrospective observational study was conducted on a sample of 430 computerized and paper-based nursing records in surgical and medical areas. D-Catch instrument was used to evaluate documentation's accuracy. This instrument is divided into six sections, with scores ranging from one to four: a higher score corresponds to a greater accuracy of the documentation. The six sections assess whether the documentation structure and the assessment are accurate, the presence of a nursing diagnosis, the accuracy of interventions and assessments and documentation's clarity and legibility. RESULTS: it emerged that in the six hospitals there is a structured and personalized nursing documentation. From the 430 nursing documentations, a total of 623 nursing diagnoses were observed. Diagnoses reached an average score of 2.5, with significant differences between surgical and medical areas and between computerized and paper documentations. Interventions also showed significant differences between surgical and medical areas, and between computerized and paper documentation, with an average score of 2.04. The outcomes received the lowest scores with an average of 1.75. CONCLUSIONS: the specific nursing data that would make the care process evident are hardly visible and, despite the nursing records of the six hospitals being oriented by a conceptual model, there is no shared terminology that helps nurses to describe univocally the care process. The introduction of a standardized nursing language and an integrated computerized medical record could help to improve the accuracy of the documentation.

[Over-Under Triage in Trauma Team Activation: A retrospective analysis in Asst Monza]. / Over-Under Triage nell'attivazione del Trauma Team: un'analisi retrospettiva nella ASST Monza.

INTRODUCTION: Meeting the literature standards during the triage process of trauma victims, allows to make optimal use of the resources available in Trauma Centers and defines their level of quality and efficiency. Otherwise, it may occur over or under-triage. Up to now, in the reality under study and in the national literature, there wasn't any available data about efficiency and effectiveness in the triage of traumatic patients, therefore the primary objective of this study is to evaluate the over and under-triage rate in activating Trauma Team (TT) in the ASST of Monza San Gerardo Hospital. METHOD: The study design is retrospective monocentric observational. RESULTS: During the analysis, the TT-activation in ASST of Monza-San Gerardo Hospital produced an over-triage of 62,9% and an under-triage of 1,7% for the same year. DISCUSSION: The use of TT-activation algorithm is the first step of the entire care process ofthe trauma victim. This tool should guarantee the right balance between high sensitivity and high specificity (minimum over-triage rate with the possibility of higher under-triage). However, there is no sharing of these algorithms as they are inhomogeneous in the different realities; for example, the definition of major trauma, of TT and of its composition is still uneven. CONCLUSION: This study measured the over and under-triage rate related to the TT activation in the ASST of Monza. It is therefore advisable to monitor those rates periodically, as possible indicators of quality of assistance and to pursue the mission of increasing efficiency as well as effectiveness.