Table 8 Quotes for Theme V: “Being informed”

Quote 1, Ginevra “being informed enables me to have a more commensurate role with nurses, information /knowledge helps me to anticipate things before they happen”.

Quote 2, Anna “Receiving accurate and timely answers is very important, being informed made me feel involved”.

Quote 3 Claudia “I asked many things both to physicians and nurses, and I have to say that they were very helpful and answered to my questions. However, I felt the need to gain a deeper understanding, I searched the Internet a lot and then I did things my own way, with all the limitations this involved”

Quote 4 Simona, “The information I would need has to more accurate, structured and monitored. In this I felt a little abandoned”.