Direct and Indirect Nursing Activities in Three Home Care Settings in Italy: An Observational Time and Motion Study
Time nurses spent in this study on direct care outperformed the time allocated for indirect care. However, other important direct nursing activities were not performed, including family involvement in the care process and patient self-care education.
Authors
- Laura Rasero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4460-8002)
- Maurizio Zega (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7821-2615)
- Manuele Cesare (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2834-7594)
- Loredana Sasso (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5886-5937)
- Annamaria Bagnasco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9079-8460)
- Rosaria Alvaro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4659-1569)
- Francesco Zaghini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3327-5751)
- Loreto Lancia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2345-1731)
- Beatrice Mazzoleni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3870-1238)
- Paolo Iovino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5952-881X)
- Paolo Landa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6532-6747)
- Giancarlo Cicolini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2736-1792)
- Ilaria Marcomini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8096-0199)
- Marco Di Nitto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8951-622X)
- Duilio Fiorenzo Manara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5182-6994)
- Valeria Caponnetto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4573-6110)
- Gennaro Rocco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9211-3752)
Institutions
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (IT)
- University of Rome Tor Vergata (IT)
- Transport Canada (CA)
- Humanitas University (IT)
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (IT)
- University of L'Aquila (IT)
- University of Chieti-Pescara (IT)
- University Hospital Foundation (CA)
- Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec (CA)
- Texas Board of Nursing (US)
- Fatebenefratelli Hospital (IT)
- Catholic University Our Lady of Good Counsel (AL)
- University of the Sacred Heart (JP)
- Université Laval (CA)
- University of Florence (IT)
- University of Genoa (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Public Health Nursing
- Published
- 2025-11-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.70042
- Primary Topic
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00