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Background and aim: Healthcare organizations, to reduce errors and extend the number of safe practices, are looking for possible solutions to enhance the clients’ health quality care and trying to spread the culture of safety healthcare. Although in the literature the field of research “patient safety” is very debated, there are few empirical studies that investigate about the strategies undertaken by nursing students for the patients’ identification process during their care pathway. The aim of this study is to investigate the knowledge of the Ministerial Recommendation No. 3/2008 among nursing students, a specific Italian directive that aims to guarantee the safety of cares. Methods: A four-weeks single-centered observational study was conducted, involving a convenient sample of 112 students of the 2nd and 3rd year of the Nursing Course Degree of the University of Parma. The survey was conducted using an ad-hoc questionnaire. Results: The use of the identification wristband is considered one of the most important strategy to make sure the patient identification; unfortunately, it is in practice used just on few occasions and only when performed specific procedures; it is furthermore noted that patients are not enough informed about the use and finalities of the identification wristband. Conclusions: Considering the importance of the patient identification process to guarantee the safety of cares, the results produced, suggest that this investigation field deserves further insights in order to collect more substantial data and expand knowledge on the specific subject, so as to fill knowledge gaps and sensitize nursing students to the correct use of the identification wristband.

Background and aim of the study: In the international literature there are no validated tools which investigate clinical tutors’ skills. The main objective of the study has been to describe the clinical nurse tutor’s skills, required to properly train nursing students during their educational path. Methods: In this observational study a non-probability sampling has been used. The study was led in two centers: the AOUPR of Parma and the AUSL of Parma, after obtaining the favorable opinion from the Ethics Committee of the Northern Emilia Large Section. The data have been collected by using a structured and self-given survey that investigated three areas. Each item has a 4-point Likert scale, in which 1 indicates “for nothing” and 4 “very much”. The data have been analyzed with the statistical software IBM SPSS v.26 (R) and with the open-source statistical software Jamovi v.1.6.9 (https://www.jamovi.org.). The number of factors in the original model was reduced using several established research steps and then evaluated for data quality and construct validity using principal component analysis and confimatory factor analysis. Results: Among 397 administered questionnaires, only 300, which were considered valid, have been filled. The psychometric properties of the investigation tool turned out to be good in all the areas analyzed with a Cronbach alpha higher than 0.70. The extensive process resulted in a version with 4 factors. Conclusions: Nurses’ answers have allowed to draw the required profile of the clinical tutors in the different organizational contexts. The results can target possible training proposals to create opportunities for the clinical tutors. (www.actabiomedica.it)