[Strategy and priority of nursing research in Italy]

This is a summary of a seminar held in Rome by the Advanced Nursing School of the University "La Sapienza" in collaboration with a Fulbright research fellow to explore the possibility to set up a strategy and to define priority of Nursing research in Italy. The seminar has been a consequence of the report of the Council of Europe on Nursing research. The Italo-American seminar has been honored by the participation to the works by the WHO (World Health Organization) Regional Adviser. The main international and national documents on the topic have been considered along with a national analysis through epidemiological data of the health of Italians, Considerations on actual nursing education have been done. The final document, produced by a peer review of participants to the seminar, will be ready shortly and spread out nationally and internationally.