Name and Surname: Ilenia Tenti
E-mail: Ilenia.tenti@auslromagna.it ; ilenia.tenti2@unibo.it
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Registered Nurse with more than 20 years of clinical, organizational, and managerial experience in hospital settings. Strong expertise in human resource management, development of innovative organizational models, governance of healthcare processes, and university teaching. Strong commitment to quality of care, with particular attention to the nursing profession, patient safety, and multiprofessional integration.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Nursing Director – Surgical Department
January 2023 – Present
Employer: AUSL Romagna – Surgical Department, Rimini Area
Employment type: Permanent full-time contract
Main responsibilities:
- Governance and management of human resources within the healthcare professions area
- Development of projects aimed at managing surgical waiting lists
- Implementation of centralized pre-admission services at Infermi Hospital in Rimini
- Development of innovative organizational models, including the intensity-of-care model for Riccione District Hospital
- Training and implementation of Bedside Handover in 13 Operational Units (trainer and facilitator)
Nurse Coordinator – General Medicine and Gastroenterology
December 2018 – January 2023
Employer: AUSL Romagna
Department: General Medicine Unit (Medicine 2) and Gastroenterology Inpatient Unit – Emergency, Internal Medicine and Cardiology Department / Specialist Medicine Department
Employment type: Permanent full-time contract
Main responsibilities:
- Coordination of General Medicine Rimini (Medicine 2) and Gastroenterology Inpatient Unit
- From December 2018 to May 2020: dual assignment in Cattolica General Medicine and Medicine 2
- From March 2022: extension of assignment to outpatient services (Medicine 2 – Diabetology – Hepatology – Gastroenterology Day Hospital)
- From May 2022: management of 12 COVID beds in the former Nephrology Unit
- Management of the Unit converted into a COVID ward during the pandemic emergency, expanded up to 66 beds (from March 2020)
Skills acquired:
- Nursing care planning using nursing diagnoses
- Pilot implementation of the Primary Nursing model integrated with the Case Manager model
- Coordination of two Operational Units located in different areas
- Management of organizational models during the COVID-19 emergency
- Implementation of Bedside Handover methodology (2022 budget objective)
Nurse Coordinator – General Medicine Unit, Cattolica
March 2017 – May 2020
Employer: AUSL Romagna
Department: General Medicine Unit – Internal Medicine Department
Employment type: Permanent full-time contract
Skills acquired:
- Nursing care planning using nursing diagnoses
- Pilot implementation of the Primary Nursing model integrated with the Case Manager model
Nurse Coordinator – Gynecology and Obstetrics Unit
2010 – 2017
Employer: Former AUSL Rimini
Department: Gynecology and Obstetrics Unit – Gynecology Section and Outpatient Clinics
Employment type: Permanent full-time contract
Skills acquired:
- Application of Italian Law 194/78
- Pilot administration of misoprostol for first-trimester miscarriage management (first national experience)
- Management of oncological-gynecological and urogynecological pathways
- Management of stillbirth care pathways
- Multiprofessional integration with the midwifery role
- Development of a patient care model within the surgical pathway using the Gordon model in the pre-admission clinic
Emergency Department and Emergency Medicine Nurse
September 2005 – February 2010
Employer: Former AUSL Rimini – Riccione Emergency Department
Employment type: Permanent contract
Main duties:
Quality and Accreditation Officer; Deputy Nurse Coordinator
Skills acquired:
Emergency Department Nurse
November 2004 – September 2005
Employer: Former AUSL Cesena – Bufalini Hospital
Employment type: Permanent contract
Skills acquired:
- Triage
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- Nursing procedures and techniques
Emergency Department and Emergency Medicine Nurse
November 2003 – November 2004
Employer: Former AUSL Rimini – Riccione Emergency Department
Employment type: Fixed-term full-time contract
Skills acquired:
- Triage
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- Nursing procedures and techniques
EDUCATION AND TRAINING Master’s Degree in Nursing and Midwifery Sciences
Institution: University of Bologna
Year obtained: 2015
Duration: 2 years
Final grade: 107/110
Dissertation title:
“Mechanical Bowel Preparation (MBP) and Postoperative Ileus (POI) in Gynecological Surgery: RCT”
Supervisor: Prof. Paolo Chiari
Master’s Degree in Healthcare Professions Coordination
Institution: University of Bologna
Year obtained: 2009
Final grade: 30/30
Dissertation title:
“Nursing Career Pathways in Clinical Settings”
Supervisor: Antonietta Santullo
Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
Institution: University of Bologna
Year obtained: 2003
Duration: 3 years
Final grade: 110/110 cum laude
Dissertation title:
“The Structure of the Operating Room from the Nurse’s Managerial and Care Perspective”
Classical High School Diploma
Institution: “Giulio Cesare” Classical High School, Rimini
TEACHING AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES Adjunct Lecturer – Ethics and Professional Deontology
Academic Years: 2024–2025; 2025–2026
Institution: University of Bologna – Rimini Campus, School of Medicine, Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
Contract type: Unpaid appointment
Adjunct Lecturer – General, Clinical and Pediatric Nursing Sciences
Academic Years:
2016–2017, 2017–2018, 2018–2019, 2019–2020, 2020–2021, 2021–2022, 2022–2023
Institution: University of Bologna – Rimini Campus, School of Medicine, Bachelor’s Degree in Midwifery
Contract type: Unpaid appointment
Lecturer for Internal AUSL Romagna Courses Topics:
- Bedside Handover – Implementation of nursing handovers at the patient’s bedside
- Fundamental Care
- Primary Nursing
- Ethical issues applied to nursing practice
Scope:
13 Operational Units of AUSL Romagna – Rimini Area
PERSONAL SKILLS Mother tongue
Italian
Other languages
English: B2 Level
ORGANIZATIONAL AND MANAGERIAL SKILLS
- Human resource management in the nursing field
- Coordination of complex Operational Units
- Development and implementation of innovative organizational models
- Management of healthcare emergencies (COVID-19 experience)
- Advanced nursing care planning using NANDA-I Taxonomy
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
- Primary Nursing and Case Management
- Nursing diagnoses, Gordon Model, NANDA, NIC, NOC
- Bedside Handover
- Voluntary termination of pregnancy, stillbirth-related issues, gynecological care pathways
- Healthcare quality and accreditation
- Ethical issues related to end-of-life care
TEACHING SKILLS
- University teaching in Nursing and Midwifery Degree Programs
- Training of healthcare professionals with a focus on nursing-specific competencies
- Development of educational materials
Date: 29/12/2025
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