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Italian Contributions to Nursing Theory: A Scoping Review

Valerio Della Bella1, Omar Pereira de Almeida Neto, Rosaria Alvaro

  • 1Author Affiliations: Nursing Department, University Hospital of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy (Drs Della Bella and Sili); Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy (Prof de Almeida Neto, Prof Alvaro, and Prof Vellone); Department of Nursing, Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil (Prof de Almeida Neto); and Division of Research Methodology, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland (Prof Vellone).

ANS. Advances in Nursing Science
|September 22, 2026
PubMed

Keywords:
Italynursesnursingnursing theoryphilosophyreviewscoping review

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