Curriculum

Education

- 2001: Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing - Verona University

- 2004: Specialization degree in critical care nursing - Florence University

- 2011: Specialization degree in evidence based clinical practice - Bologna University

- 2015: Master of Science in Nursing - Ferrara University

- 2015: PhD candidate in Nursing Science and Public Health - Tor Vergata University, Rome (admission October 2015). Research topic: Missed Nursing Care. Research project on prevalence, pattern and nurses' priority-setting among Italian medical and surgical units: a mixed-methods approach.

Experiences abroad

- 2000 (4th quarter): Oulu School of Health and Social Care - Finland

- 2006: EfCCNA exchange program at PICU, Groningen University Medical Centre - Netherlands

- 2010: Visiting scholar at Joanna Briggs Institute - Adelaide, Australia

- 2011: Evidence Informed Decision Making Workshop, McMaster University - Hamilton, Canada

- 2013: Evidence Informed Decision Making Workshop, McMaster University - Hamilton, Canada (co-tutoring a working group)

- 2014: Visiting scholar at Nursing Health Service Research Unit, McMaster University - Hamilton, Canada (4 weeks, "Atlante" grant sponsored by Ferrara University & Rotary Club)

- 2017 - July: European Accademy of Nursing Science - Summer school on mixed method and complex intervention - Malmo, Sweden (2 weeks, 1st year)

- 2017 - September: RANCARE Training School on conceptual, organizational and methodological Issues of Nursing Care Rationing - Turku, Finland

Current and past position

- 2001 - 2003: ICU nurse at Verona University Hospital

- 2003 - 2008: ICU expert nurse at NSGDD Hospital, Florence

- 2008 - 2011: ICU expert nurse and students' tutor at  Ferrara University Hospital

- 2011 - 2015: EBP expert at Clinical Governance and Quality of Care Area, Regional Health Care System, Regione Emilia Romagna, Bologna

- 2015 - present: in charge of Care Models & Quality Improvement Area at Nursing Care Service, S. Anna University Hospital, Ferrara

Primary areas of interest

- evidence informed decision making

- care models and quality improvement

- nursing sensitive outcomes measurement

- missed nursing care, nursing staff outcome and priority setting

Personal skills and competencies

- Mother tongue: Italian

- Other language: English (excellent reading skills, good writing and verbal)

- Good teaching and tutoring skill. Experience in leading working groups

- Excellent skills in using biomedical database and critical appraisal tools, good in comprehension/ synthesis of research results and project writing.