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  • 1Horst Rettke, PhD, RN, is Clinical Nurse Scientist, Centre for Clinical Nursing Science, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland. Manuela Pretto, MNSc, RN, is Surgical Clinical Nurse Specialist, Surgery Department, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland. Elisabeth Spichiger, PD, PhD, RN, is Scientific Collaborator and Lecturer, Directorate of Nursing, Medical-Technical and Medical-Therapeutic Areas, Inselspital Bern University Hospital, and Institute of Nursing Science, Medical Faculty, University Basel, Switzerland. Irena Anna Frei, PhD, RN, is Head, Practice Development Unit, Department of Nursing and Allied Health Professions, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland. Rebecca Spirig, PhD, RN, is Director of Nursing and Allied Health Care Professions and Lecturer, Department of Nursing and Allied Health Professions, University Hospital Zurich, and Institute of Nursing Science, Medical Faculty, University Basel, Switzerland.

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