Nursing organisation: an overview of the Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital and nursing research

The first core of the Hospital started with few beds in a small street (via delle Zoccolette) and the religious Institute “Figlie della Carità di San Vincenzo de Paoli” was entrusted with the management of this new hospital, hosting children aged from four to twelve. In 1887 the Hospital moved to the building of the S. Onofrio ancient Convent, on the Gianicolo hill. This was bound to become the final premises of the Bambino Gesù Hospital.The hospital nursing service has been evolving in accordance with the hospital's objectives and can guarantee quality, safety, and resource management in nursing care provided by health care professionals according to their role and function. It is structured in Departments. Our nursing service belongs to Healthcare Department and our main responsibilities are technical coordination and programming, management and organizational consulting.The nursing service is structured into three levels: a strategic planning central level, an intermediate level providing nursing planning, coordination and management and a peripheral level. Our hospital is a Research Institute with the main objective of pursuing research projects in the biomedical field together with health services management and organization.