Intentional Rounding in Internal Medicine

Intentional Rounding in Internal Medicine: a Multicenter, Randomized National Study Studio INTENTO - FADOI.03.2018

Each investigator will have to collect data for 50 hospitalized patients in the Internal Medicine wards. If the center is randomized to Intentional Rounding, the staff of nurses and OSS will have to implement the new care strategy.

The centers participating in the study are randomized to the Intentional Roundig group and the Control group, in a 1: 1 ratio. In the randomized centers for experimental intervention, a training intervention lasting about 4 hours was conducted by a nurse expert in Intentional Rounding.

At the end of the study, training is also scheduled for the Control Centers.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age ≥ 18 years
• Signature of informed consent
• Patients who understand Italian

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who deny informed consent