Josef Trapani
University of Malta
39 Papers
24 Citations
Josef Trapani is an academic researcher from University of Malta. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Intensive care. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 19 publications.
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Papers
The effectiveness of virtual simulation in improving student nurses' knowledge and performance during patient deterioration: A pre and post test design.
TL;DR: This study supports virtual simulation as an effective learning tool for pre-registration nursing students in different programs after a significant improvement in students' post-scenario knowledge and performance during rapid patient deterioration.
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The effect of gum chewing on postoperative ileus in open colorectal surgery patients: A review:
TL;DR: Gum chewing decreases postoperative ileus following colorectal surgery, and its use is recommended even in the interim due to the low risk of harm and cost of using gum chewing.
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The impact of rapid response systems on mortality and cardiac arrests – A literature review
TL;DR: Evidence suggests that when the process of introducing/maintaining a rapid response system is successful and under certain favourable conditions, rapid response systems significantly decrease mortality and cardiac arrests.
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Intended and Actual Outcomes of Study Abroad Programs: Nursing Students' Experiences.
Josef Trapani,Maria Cassar +1 more
TL;DR: Positive experiences of Maltese nursing students' Erasmus+ exchanges confirm that nurse educators should continue encouraging and facilitating study abroad experiences, and that such opportunities should be offered to even more students.
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•Dissertation
Referring in critical care: nurses as dual agents
Josef Trapani
- 01 Feb 2014
TL;DR: The purpose of this study was to explore and explain the process of referring in the context of an intensive care unit by means of a substantive theory derived from the data.
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