Alberto Lucchini, RN, is head nurse at the General Intensive Care Unit, San Gerardo Hospital–ASST Monza, Italy. He is the coordinator of the master's degree program in intensive and critical care nursing at University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy. His main publications concern the nursing workload in intensive care, nursing care of ECMO patients, invasive and noninvasive mechanical ventilation, and endotracheal suctioning.
Marco Giani, MD, is coordinator of the ECMO program at the general intensive care unit, San Gerardo Hospital–ASST Monza, Italy.
Katia Ferrari, RN, CCN, is staff nurse at the general intensive care unit, San Gerardo Hospital–ASST Monza, Italy.
Stefania Di Maria, RN, CCN, is critical care nursing master degree student, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy.
Giulia Galimberti, RN, CCN, is critical care nursing master degree student, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy.
Alessandra Zorz, RN, CCN, is critical care nursing master degree student, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy.
Pasquale Iozzo, MSN, RN, CCN, is nurse manager, ICU Department, Palermo. He is professor in charge at School of Nursing, Palermo University of Palermo, Italy.
Stefano Elli, RN, is head nurse of the Vascular Access Team, San Gerardo Hospital–ASST Monza, Italy.
Roberto Fumagalli, is director and full professor at the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy.
Stefano Bambi, PhD, RN, MSN, CCN, is associate professor in nursing science at the University of Florence, Italy. He is the director of master's degree program in intensive and critical care nursing at University of Florence, Italy.
The present study was performed at the General Intensive Care Unit, Emergency Department and Intensive Care, San Gerardo Hospital–ASST Monza, and Milan-Bicocca University, Italy.
The authors have disclosed that they have no significant relationship with, or financial interest in, any commercial companies pertaining to this article.
Author Contributions: A.L.: conception, design of the study, original draft writing, review and editing, formal analysis. M.G.: original draft writing, data curation, formal analysis. K.F.: original draft writing, formal analysis. S.D.M.: Original Draft Writing, Data Curation. G.G.: original draft writing, data curation. A.Z.: original draft writing, data curation. P.I.: conception, design of the study, original draft writing, data curation. S.E.: conception, design of the study, formal analysis. R.F.: conception, design of the study, review and editing. S.B.: conception, design of the study, review and editing, formal analysis.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Alberto Lucchini, RN, General Intensive Care Unit, San Gerardo Hospital–ASST Monza, Via Pergolesi 33, Monza, MB, Italy ([email protected], [email protected]).
