Review Board
The Review Board of NSC Nursing comprises experienced scholars and experts dedicated to ensuring the scientific integrity, quality, and methodological rigor of submitted manuscripts. Members of the Board play a central role in the peer review process by evaluating manuscripts within their areas of expertise and providing constructive recommendations to support editorial decision-making.
Working in close collaboration with the Editorial Board, the Review Board helps maintain the Journal’s high scientific standards and promotes fairness, transparency, and excellence in scholarly publishing. The Board may be supported by Associate Reviewers, who contribute to the peer review process under the guidance of senior reviewers and the Editorial Board. When specific expertise is required, additional External Reviewers may be invited to assist in the evaluation of individual manuscripts.
Review Board Members
Michela Barisone, PhD
Role: Review Board Member (Italy)
Academic position: Research Fellow, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Piemonte Orientale, Italy.
Job position: Researcher
Research Interests: Innovative methodologies applied to communicable and chronic-degenerative disease, Epidemiology, prevention, management.
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Dr. Grazia Isabella Continisio
Role: Review Board Member (Italy)
Academic position: Lecturer, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Job position: Psychologist, Psychotherapist
Research Interests: Clinical Psychology, Head of Continuing Medical Education
Dania Comparcini, PhD
Role: Review Board Member (Italy)
Academic position: Assistant Professor in Nursing Sciences, Department of Innovative Technologies in Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
Job position: Researcher
Research Interests: Nursing students’ education; nurses’ management; Public Health Nursing; digital health technology in nursing care.
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Emanuele Di Simone, RN, MSc, PhD
Role: Review Board Member (Italy)
Academic position: Assistant Professor in Nursing Sciences, Department of Medical, Movement and Wellbeing Sciences, University of Naples Parthenope, Naples, Italy.
Job position: Researcher
Research Interests: Medication Errors, oncological nursing, hospital and home care settings.
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Maria Rosaria Esposito, PhD
Role: Review Board Member (Italy)
Academic position: Lecturer in Nursing Sciences at University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
Job position: Nursing Coordinator at National Cancer Institute – G. Pascale Foundation IRCCS.
Research Interests: Advanced practice nursing, nursing assessment, nursing management, clinical decision making, nursing, cancer.
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Florinda Carcarino, MSN, PhD
Role: Review Board Member (Italy)
Academic position: Lecturer in Nursing Sciences at University Federico II of Naples and the University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli.
Job position: Nursing Coordinator of the Operative Unit for Endocrine, Metabolic and Nutritional Diseases, Sea Hospital – Naples.
Research Interests: Metabolic and Nutritional Diseases.
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Francesca Gambalunga, PhD
Role: Review Board Member (Italy)
Academic position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
Job position: Researcher
Research Interests: Oncology nursing, medication adherence, patient education, qualitative study, review.
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Gianpaolo Gargiulo, Dr., MSN
Role: Review Board Member (Italy)
Academic position: Lecturer in Nursing Sciences at School of Medicine and Surgery of the University Federico II of Naples.
Job position: Senior nurse at UOC of Haematology and Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, University Federico II of Naples.
Research Interests: Bone Marrow Transplants, clinical management, stem cells, prevention of clinical risk and continuous improvement of the quality of care, healthcare-related infections.
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Laura Iacorossi, PhD
Role: Review Board Member (Italy)
Academic position: Assistant Professor in Nursing Sciences, Department of Life Sciences, Health and Health Professions, Link Campus University, Rome, Italy.
Job position: Researcher
Research Interests: Oncology nursing, medication adherence, patient education, qualitative research.
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Dario Paladino, MSN, PhD
Role: Review Board Member (Italy)
Academic position: Adjunct Professor in Nursing Sciences at University Federico II of Naples.
Job position: Senior nurse manager/coordinator at Antonio Cardarelli Hospital AORN (Hospital of National Relevance)
Research Interests: Wound care, nursing students’ education; nurses’ management.
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Nicolò Panattoni, RN, MSN, PhD
Role: Review Board Member (Italy)
Academic position: Research Fellow, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Job position: Researcher
Research Interests: Oncology nursing, stoma care, patient education, PROMs, clinical nursing.
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Giulia Villa, RN, PhD
Role: Review Board Member (Italy)
Academic position: Assistant Professor in Nursing, Center for Nursing Research and Innovation, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
Job position: Researcher
Research Interests: Urology, nutrition, self care, ostomy, urinary tract infections.
Prof. Chiara Mastroianni
Role: Review Board Member (Italy)
Academic position: Professor of Nursing Science, Department of Life Health Sciences and Health Professions, Link Campus University.
Job position: Associate Professor
Research Interests: Palliative care, hospice care.
Daiana Campani, PhD
Role: Review Board Member (Italy)
Academic position: Assistant Professor, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy.
Job position: Researcher
Research Interests: Aging, Public Health, Digital Health, Nursing, Best practices.
Chiara Cannici, RN, MSN
Role: Review Board Member (Italy)
Academic position: None.
Job position: Senior nurse at the AOU SS Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, Alessandria (AL)
Research Interests: Bone Marrow Transplantation, Haematopoietic Stem Cells, Cell Therapy, patient reported outcomes, healthcare-related infections.
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Francesco Gravante, RN, MSN, PhDs
Role: Review Board Member (Italy)
Academic position: PhD Student in Nursing Sciences and Public Health, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
Job position: Critical care nurse, Department of Emergency, San Giuseppe Moscati Hospital – Local Health Authority of Caserta, Italy.
Research Interests: Critical Care, Nursing research, clinical nursing, quantitative research, infection control.
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Rita Nocerino, Dr., RN, MSN, PhD
Role: Review Board Member (Italy)
Academic position: Lecturer and tutor in Nursing Sciences, Department of Translational Medical Science, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Job position: Nursing Coordinator, Integrated Maternal and Child Care Department of Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria “Federico II”, Naples.
Research Interests: Pediatrics, nutrition, gastroenterology, allergology, epidemiology.
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Caterina Mercuri, RN, MSN, PhDs
Role: Review Board Member (Italy)
Academic position: PhD Student, Department of Neurosurgery – Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Italy.
Job position: Nurse Tutor at Department of Neurosurgery – Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro.
Research Interests: Nurse education, self-care, counselling, chronic disease.
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Vincenzo Bosco, RN, MSN, PhD
Role: Review Board Member (Italy)
Academic position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Nursing Sciences, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
Job position: Researcher
Research Interests: ICU; anxiety; depression; diary; post-traumatic stress disorder; quality of life.
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Elena Cristofori, PhD
Role: Review Board Member (Italy)
Academic position: Educational Tutor and Adjunct Professor in Nursing Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
Job position: Nurse and Academic Tutor, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
Research Interests: Health literacy within a Nursing Minimum Data Set (NMDS). Epidemiology of priority health problems and emerging health emergencies in the community. Identification of health profiles through surveillance systems. Raising awareness of the importance of early diagnosis and participation in community screening programs.
Anna Marchetti, PhD
Role: Review Board Member (Italy)
Academic position: Lecturer in Nursing Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
Job position: Nursing Coordinator, Palliative Care Center “Insieme nella Cura”, Campus Bio-Medico University Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Research Interests: Palliative care and pain therapy, nursing research, and biostatistics.
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Associate Reviewers
Melania Totaro, RN, MSN, PhD
Role: Associate Reviewer (Italy)
Academic position: PhD Candidate in Nursing Science and Public Health, University of Rome Tor Vergata.
Job position: Registered Nurse, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, ASL Bari.
Research Interests: Digital health literacy, artificial intelligence, public health, patient education, intensive care.
Flavia Minoia, RN, MSN, PhDs
Role: Associate Reviewer (Italy)
Academic position: PhD Student in Nursing Science and Public Health, University of Rome Tor Vergata (Italy).
Job position: Registered Nurse, Department of Surgical Sciences, IRCCS «S. de Bellis», Castellana Grotte, Bari, Italy.
Research Interests: Family and Community Nurse, Advanced Nursing Practice, Digital Health, Artificial intelligence, Public Health, Health Education, Clinical Risk Management.
Chiara Visintini, RN, MSN, PhD
Role: Associate Reviewer (Italy)
Academic position: Adjunct professor at Nursing Bachelor’s degree program, University of Udine.
Job position: Nurse at Bone Marrow Transplant Centre, Udine Academic Hospital, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Friuli Centrale.
Research Interests: BMT, CAR-T, haematological care, HSCT nursing care, Medication Adherence, Nursing Sensitive Outcomes.
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Chiara Palazzo, PhDs
Role: Associate Reviewer (Italy)
Academic position: PhD Student in Nursing Science and Public Health, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy.
Job position: Registered Nurse, Department of Oncology, Hematology and Cellular Therapies, AORN IRCCS Santobono Pausilipon, Naples, Italy.
Research Interests: Nursing education, gender gap, gender stereotypes, equity, nursing leadership, pediatric onco-hematology, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and cellular therapies, qualitative studies, nursing research.
Marco Abagnale, PhDs
Role: Associate Reviewer (Italy)
Academic position: PhD Student in Nursing Sciences and Public Health, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy.
Job position: Intensive Care Nurse, “M. Scarlato” Hospital, Scafati (Salerno), Local Health Authority (ASL) Salerno, Italy.
Research Interests: Intensive Care, Nursing Research, Clinical Nursing, Quantitative Research, Qualitative Research, Infection Prevention and Control, Nursing Education, Organ Transplantation.
Deborah Maselli, PhDs
Role: Associate Reviewer (Italy)
Academic position: PhD Student in Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Department of Surgical, Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
Job position: Research Nurse
Research Interests: Public Health, Survivorship Care, Quality of Life, Breast Cancer, Oncological Care, EBP/EBN, Advanced Nursing Competencies, Ethics and Professional Conduct, Mixed-Methods Research, Research on Models of Care.
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Francesco Pastore, PhD
Role: Associate Reviewer (Italy)
Academic position: Research Fellow and Lecturer in Nursing Sciences, Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
Job position: Nurse Researcher with expertise in clinical and nursing research.
Research Interests: Nursing science; multiple sclerosis and chronic neurological diseases; digital health, telemedicine and telenursing; health literacy and digital health literacy; self-care and patient empowerment; patient-reported outcomes; innovative models of care.