Professor Lorendana Sasso is a full professor since 2018 at Genoa University, Italy, and Past President & member of our Sigma European chapter Alpha Alpha Beta. Having gained a master’s degree in nursing and Midwifery in 2006, a Degree in Pedagogy 1989 & qualifying as Paediatric Nurse in 1976. Her current research interests within the field of nursing mainly include missed care, skill mix, nurse-to-patient staffing ratios. Previously, she has conducted research in the fields of patient assessment of chronic illness care, staff attitudes towards nutritional care, child and family centred care, teaching methods for students, assessment of competencies, nursing leadership and management, prison nursing, and paediatric nursing.
Lorendana speaks French fluently. Her Teaching activity since 2004 has mainly been with teaching activities for post-graduate students (master’s Degrees) at the School of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of Genoa. She has also provided supervision for PhD students, residents and post-doctoral. Coordinator of the Doctoral Program in METHODOLOGY OF NURSING, supervisor of some Doctoral Students of the Doctoral Program in ‘Innovative Methodologies applied to chronic-degenerative and infectious diseases: epidemiology, statistics, prevention, management and nursing'. Coordinator of the Curriculum 'Methodology of Research in Nursing' within the Doctoral Program 'Innovative Methodologies applied to chronic degenerative and infectious diseases: epidemiology, statistics, prevention, management and nursing'.
Loeendana has managed to acquire many grant to help with research, for example in 2018 which is ONGOING EuropeaN curriculum for fAmily aNd Community nurse. From the European Commission. Also, a Creation of a European Curriculum for Family and Community Nurses 2017 – ONGOING RN4CASTIT - PED Forecasting Paediatric Nurses in Italy. This project addresses the issue of nurse understaffing in paediatric hospitals. 2016 – ONGOING Plus a Shared Learning from practice to Improve Patient Safety from the European Commission - ERASMUS+ Project Key Action 203 Strategic. This project aims at improving patient safety through patient safety learning events.
In December 2017 she became a Fellow Ad Eundem of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (FRCSI).In October 2016 a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN). In June 2015 a Member of the Honor Society of Nursing Sigma Theta Tau International and in 2009 to 2013 Vice President of the European Federation of Nursing Regulators (FEPI). President of the European Federation of Nursing Regulators (FEPI) Brussels office from 2006 to 2009.