Milko Zanini
With a career spanning over 20 years in the public health service, I worked as a nurse and later transitioned to an executive role focusing on quality and safety. In 2014, I started my academic journey at the University of Genoa in Italy. Alongside my teaching responsibilities, I have conducted extensive research in healthcare quality and safety, specializing in Geriatric Nursing, particularly malnutrition and swallowing impairments in frail individuals. I am proud to have published more than 150 articles in peer-reviewed journals.
Since 2015, I have actively collaborated with the RN4CAST International Consortium, undertaking funded national research projects that explore the relationship between nurse staffing, nurse-patient ratios, skill-mix, and missed care. I have established strong connections with international experts in this field. Over the past five years, my focus has centered on investigating the correlation between essential missed nursing care, nurse staffing ratios, patient safety, and nurses' job satisfaction. Additionally, I hold two international patents related to nutrition for swallowing impairments.
Presently, I serve as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, while also holding the position of President at the Sigma International Alpha Alpha Beta Chapter in Italy. Furthermore, I am honored to be part of the Leadership Succession Committee at Sigma nursing International and to be part of the SIGMA Europe Board of Directors.
Regarding my education, I obtained a PhD in Nursing from the University of Genoa between 2010 and 2014. Prior to that, I pursued a Master's Degree in Nursing and Midwifery Sciences at the University of Rome Tor Vergata from 2005 to 2006. Additionally, I completed a Master's Degree in Sociology at the University of Urbino "Carlo Bo" from 2001 to 2004. Moreover, I hold a University Diploma in Director and Lecturer of Nursing Sciences from the University of Genoa, School of Medicine (1995-1997), and began my career as a Registered Nurse at the Regional School of Nurses in Genoa (1988-1991).
Recognitions and accolades have accompanied my professional journey, including being named Fellow ad Eundem of the Royal College of Surgeon Ireland faculty of Nursing And Midwifery, an Overseas Fellow of the Royal Academy of Medicine in 2018. I have also been the recipient of various scholarships and awards, such as the SISI Award for Research in Nursing Sciences from the Italian Society of Nursing Sciences in 2017.
Furthermore, during my Master's in Nursing Sciences at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, I was honored with the "Sebastiano e Bruna Raeli" Award for outstanding achievements.
