Loredana Sasso
Loredana Sasso is professor of nursing at the University of Genoa, Italy. She was president of the European Federation of Nursing Regulators (FEPI) Brussels office from 2006 to 2009 during which period she worked on the creation of the Code of Ethics and Conduct for European Nursing. She is Founding President of the first Italian Sigma nursing chapter Alpha Alpha Beta based at the University of Genoa. Education. Sasso is a Registered Nurse with a master's degree from the University of Genoa. Professional life. Sasso led the establishment of the first PhD program in nursing in Italy . She is a member of the Scientific Committee of the Centre of Excellence for Nursing Scholarship in Rome, co-founder (2012) of the Italian Society of Nursing Sciences, a board member of the Foundation Insieme per Vita agli Anni and former board member (1997-2000) and Secretary General (2000-2009) of the Italian National Federation of Nursing (Federazione Nazionale Ordini Professioni Infermieristiche). She established the Italian leg of the RN4CAST study of nursing workforce, patient mortality and nurse retention. Sasso qualified as full professor in scientific disciplines general clinical and paediatric nursing sciences (Sector MED.45) and was appointed a full  professor (2018) at the University of Genoa. She is a Member (2015) of the Honor Society of Nursing Sigma Theta Tau International. Awards. Sasso is a Fellow (2016) of the American Academy of Nursing and a Fellow (2017) of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery "ad eundem". Publications. Sasso has over 150 academic and professional articles listed on Google Scholar which have been cited over 1,000 times giving her an h-index of 21. Her three top cited articles are: