CLINICAL NURSING APPLICATIONS LABORATORY

Department: Internal Medicine-Nursing
Laboratory:  Clinical Nursing Applications Laboratory
Director: Professor Dr. Margarita Giannakopoulou
Secretariat: Emmanouil Chatiris 
Tel/Fax: +30 210 746 1443, +30210 746 1476
E-mail: mchatiris[at]uoa[dot]gr

Laboratory Contact Details

Teaching Simulation Room (Goudi)

• Telephone: +30 210 746 1486, +30 210 746 1503,                                                                   
• E-mail: ergastirionurse[at]gmail[dot]com

Hospital (General Oncology Kifissia Hospital “Agioi Anargiri)   

• Telephone: +30 210 350 1668,  Secretariat:   +30 210 3501409                                                                                                                                                           

Room / Building

• Lab Teaching Simulation Room:
  3-04/05, Main  building of the Department  of Nursing,
  123 Papadiamantopoulou St, Goudi, 11527 Athens, Greece
• Hospital:
  Office 19, Building of Oncology Unit, General Oncology.
  Kifissia Hospital “Agioi Anargiri”, 14 Timiou Stavrou & Noufaron  St, Kaliftaki    145 64 N. Kifissia,  Athens, Greece

General Description

The main purposes are:

1. The training of Under-graduate nursing students’ in nursing skills based on the following classes: “Fundamentals of Nursing”, “Nursing Assessment”, “Surgical Nursing”, “Neurological-Neurosurgical Nursing” e.t.c. using various Models, High fidelity mannequins  and equipment, as well as a variety of teaching methods.

2. Post graduate nursing students. Group work is done on research protocols and analysis of clinical cases

3. New hospital nurses training in specific skills, providing care to Hospital patients in G.O. Kifissia Hospital “Agioi Anargiri”.

Students develop theoretical and clinical skills necessary for the provision of holistic individualized care to individuals, families and groups in various health and illness situations, critical thinking and an understanding of the principles that support, interpret, and document nursing interventions.

In addition, groups of experts are organized for reviewing and adapting research instruments (questionnaires & scales).

The research work of the laboratory is reflected on the PhD theses and the funded research programs, which are carried out in cooperation with other Universities of Greece and abroad.

Moreover, the Clinical Nursing Applications Lab is collaborated with the Clinical Guidelines Development Team of the Emergency and Intensive Care Nursing Department of the Hellenic Nurses Association. Also with the Greek Nursing Studies Association for the continuing nursing education and training mainly in advanced clinical skills, as well as with the Greek Medical Students' Association for the education of medical students in various clinical skills.

Laboratory Staff

Laboratory  Courses (undergraduate and postgraduate curriculum) - taught in the laboratory

Undergraduate Program 

• Fundamentals of Nursing
• Nursing Assessment
• Neurological & Neurosurgical Nursing
• Surgical Nursing I & II

Other Teaching Activities

• Professional Nurses’ teaching on Nursing Skills
• Continuing Nursing Education Program “Update of Fundamentals and Training in Advanced Nursing Competencies Required for Healthy and Unhealthy Individuals’ Care”
• Medical Students’ training in “Clinical Skills” via a workshop performed every year in the context of the “Annual PanHellenic Medical Students Conference”

Infrastructure

The laboratory has modern equipment and simulation mannequins (medium and high fidelity) for training in fundamentals and advanced practice nursing interventions.

Laboratory Research Activities

• Study of adverse outcomes, hospital costs, nursing workload and staffing in Children ICUs. H.F.R.I.(Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation), 2^nd call for H.F.R.I.scholarships_Research with Code Number 16188 (main researcher A-S Nieri & scientific responsible Prof. M. Giannakopoulou).
• The impact of the structure and process of care on the patient outcomes: a multicenter cohort study using the “Nursing Activities Score-NAS” (Brazil, Canada, Norway, Poland, Greece, Portugal, Italy, Egypt, Israel) (Partner for Greece Prof. M. Giannakopoulou)
• The effects of Guided Imagery and Progressive Muscle Relaxation Intervention in Cancer Patients, funded by the Euro-Mediterranean Research Center for Oncology and Palliative Care. Collaborators: Dr A. Charalambous (Cyprus University of Technology, Department of Nursing) - Prof. M. Giannakopoulou - (NKUA, Department of Nursing, Greece).
• Investigation of clinical nursing decision making process in Intensive Care Units. Funded by the scholarship program“Herakleitos II”.  Scientific Responsible Prof. M. Giannakopoulou.
• Inter-relationships between genes and environment affecting teenage obesity. Collaborators: Prof. G. Dedoussis (Harokopio University), Prof. M. Giannakopoulou (NKUA Department of Nursing, Greece). 

Selected Publications

1. Gamvrouli M, Karanikola MNK, Paschali A, Giannakopoulou M. “Reliability of Moral Distress Scale, Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale, and Jefferson Scale of Empathy Among Greek Nurses: A Pilot Study.” J Nursing Measurement. 2024 Mar 14;32(1):18-27. doi: 10.1891/JNM-2022-0007. PMID: 3734888.
2. Tamvaki E, Giannakopoulou M, Bozas E, Zachpoulou D. “Use of Biomarkers to Objectively Evaluate Pain in Critically Ill Children: A Scoping Review.” Crit Care Nurse. 2024 Feb 1;44(1):55-66. doi: 10.4037/ccn2024257. PMID: 38295869.
3. Nieri AS, Ilia S, Sinani G, Asimina E, Spithouraki E, Briassoulis G, Matziou V, Kaitelidou D, Giannakopoulou M. “Factors Associated with Increased Nursing Workload in a Pediatric ICU: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study.” The Cureus Journal of Medical Science 2023  doi: 10.7759/cureus.
4. Mpouzika, M.; Iordanou, S.; Kyranou, M.; Iliopoulou, K.; Parissopoulos, S.; Kalafati, M.; Papathanassoglou, E. “Strategies of Screening and Treating Post-extubation Dysphagia: An Overview of the Situation in Greek-Cypriot ICUs”. Healthcare 2023, 2023060574. doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.0574.v1,
5. Dionysakopoulou C, Lianou L, Boutopoulou B, Giannakopoulou M, Vlachioti E, Koumpagioti D, Bozas E, Matziou V. “The Role of Substance P, Neurokinin A, Neuropeptide Y, and Cortisol in Assessing Neonatal Pain.” Neonatal Netw. 2023 Mar 1;42(2):65-71. doi: 10.1891/NN.2022-0006. PMID: 36868802
6. Nieri, A. S., Sinani, G., Asimina, E., Spithouraki, E., Ilia, S, Giannakopolou, M. “Factors associated with increased nursing workload in a pediatric ICU: A prospective observational cohort study.” Journal of Intensive and Critical Care Nursing. 2023; 6(2): 136.
7. Giannakopoulou M, Vouzavali F, Paikopoulou D, Paschali A, Mpouzika MDA, Karanikola MNK. “Attitudes, beliefs and knowledge towards Medical Cannabis of Greek undergraduate and postgraduate university nursing students”. Complement Ther Med. 2021 May;58:102703. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2021.102703. Epub 2021 Feb 26. PMID: 33647397
8. Douvanas A, Kalafati M, Tamvaki E, Nieri A, Papalois A, Koulouglioti C, Aggelina A, Papathanassoglou E. “Ventilation with or without Endotracheal Tube Leak in Prolonged Neonatal Asphyxia.” CUREUS. 2021 Sep 7;13(9): e17798. doi: 10.7759/cureus.17798. PMID: 34660008; PMCID: PMC8496741
9. Tamvaki E, Efstratiou F, Nteli C, Matziou V, Pavlopoulou I, Myrianthefs P, Papathanassoglou E, Giannakopoulou M. “Validation of the Greek Version of Comfort-B, FLACC, and BPS Scales in Critically Ill Children and Their Association with Clinical Severity.” Pain Manag Nurs. 2020 Oct;21(5):468-475. doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2019.10.004. Epub 2019 Dec 18. PMID: 31862298
10. Kapritsou M, Papathanassoglou ED, Konstantinou EA, Korkolis DP, Mpouzika M, Kaklamanos I, Giannakopoulou M. Effects of the Enhanced Recovery Program on the Recovery and Stress Response in Patients With Cancer Undergoing Pancreatoduodenectomy. Gastroenterol Nurs. 2020 Mar/Apr;43(2):146-155. doi: 10.1097/SGA.0000000000000417. PMID: 32251216 Clinical Trial.