The primary nursing implementation in late preterm

Background The Primary Nursing is a nursing care policy based upon an individualized patient-nurse relationship, with a particular attention to the communication and the continuity of the health care. This model has been implemented in all the structures of the ASL of Biella in 2013. The nurse becomes the coordinator of the patient’s assistance. The Primary Nursing objective is to develop the principles of self-care and enpowerment through taking care of the person and the continuity of care. The patient care is committed to a specific nurse (primary nurse) who is responsible for him during the hospitalisation. The primary nurse, planning a personalized and continuative assistance in cooperation with the patient, the family and the health staff, is the point of reference, not only for the patient and the family, but also for the health team.