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ArticleInternational nursing review2025

Are We Stepping Back? Findings From an Italian Study on Post-Pandemic Changes in Nursing Education.

Erika Bassi, Alberto Dal Molin, Stefania Chiappinotto, Anna Brugnolli, Federica Canzan, Marco Clari, Maria Grazia De Marinis, Valerio Dimonte, Paola Ferri, Loreto Lancia and 6 more

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Article in International nursing review, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Erika BassiDipartimento di Medicina Traslazionale, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6031-1271
Alberto Dal MolinDipartimento di Medicina Traslazionale, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2263-1340
Stefania ChiappinottoDipartimento di Medicina, Università degli Studi di Udine, Udine, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4829-1831
Anna BrugnolliCentro Interdipartimentale di Scienze Mediche Trento, Università degli studi di Trento, Trento, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7502-4563
Federica CanzanDipartimento di Diagnostica e Sanità Pubblica, Università degli Studi di Verona, Verona, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9927-6554
Marco ClariDipartimento di Scienze della Sanità Pubblica e Pediatriche, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy.
Maria Grazia De MarinisUnità di Ricerca di Scienze Infermieristiche, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Roma, Italy.
Valerio DimonteDipartimento di Scienze della Sanità Pubblica e Pediatriche, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0003-3481
Paola FerriDipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Metaboliche e Neuroscienze, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7761-7226
Loreto LanciaDipartimento di Medicina Clinica, Sanità Pubblica, Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università degli Studi dell'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2345-1731
Roberto LatinaDipartimento di Promozione della Salute, Materno-Infantile, di Medicina Interna e Specialistica di Eccellenza, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7829-3654
Zeno Gabriele PoliAzienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona, Verona, Italy.
Teresa ReaDipartimento di Sanità Pubblica, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6444-0951
Luisa SaianiDipartimento di Diagnostica e Sanità Pubblica, Università degli Studi di Verona, Verona, Italy.
Federico FondaDipartimento di Medicina, Università degli Studi di Udine, Udine, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3818-9676
Alvisa PaleseDipartimento di Medicina, Università degli Studi di Udine, Udine, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3508-844X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimTo describe (a) recommended changes implemented and their perceived effectiveness at the country level, (b) changes discontinued in the post-pandemic era with reasons, and (c) research priorities in nursing education for the next five years. BACKGROUND/

introductionThe COVID-19 pandemic has pushed several nursing education transformations. However, no studies have documented changes still prevalent in the post-pandemic era.

designA national cross-sectional study following the STROBE guidelines.

methodsAll Italian nursing programs (n = 241) were targeted. Eight major and 21 subrecommendations indicating changes expected were included in the online survey to measure their implementation, their perceived effectiveness and status at the time of the survey, discontinuation reasons, and the research priorities. Descriptive and content analyses were used.

results113 (45.5%) nursing programs participated reflecting the education received by >70% of Italian nursing students. All recommended changes have been implemented from 60.2% to 100% nursing programs, resulting in a perceived effectiveness from 4.29 (confidence interval [CI] 95%, 4.07-4.51) to 6.37 (CI 95%, 6.19-6.56) out of 7. A few recommendations were still applied at the time of the survey, while several were discontinued (from 4.8% to 61.9%) because, in order, of concern regarding their effectiveness, university/law dispositions, traditional methods reimplemented, technical/logistic difficulties and students' requests. Digital solutions' impact on nursing education was identified as a research priority.

conclusionAfter the multifaced changes triggered by the pandemic, the pace of transformation of nursing education seems to have been decelerated. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING: The potential regressive pattern that has emerged, wherein the previous model of nursing education is repristinated, calls for immediate action, which is also in line with the research priorities.

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COVID-19Education, NursingAdultCross-Sectional StudiesCurriculumFemaleHumansItalyMalePandemicsSARS-CoV-2Students, NursingSurveys and Questionnaireschangesimplementationnursing educationpandemicrecommendationssurvey

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