Milena Bruschini, MScN

Work at ZHAW

Focus

acute care, rehabilitation, patient centered outcome measure (PCOM), sexual harassment towards nurses

Experience

• Research Associate
  Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW)
  01 / 2022 - today
• Registered Nurse
  Rehabilitation clinic, aarReha Schinznach
  08 / 2020 - 06 / 2022
• Registered Nurse
  Contonal Hospital Baden
  01 / 2018 - 05 / 2020

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Master of Science in Nursing (MScN)
  Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Winterthur
  09 / 2020 - 02 / 2022
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN)
  Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Winterthur
  02 / 2018 - 08 / 2020
• Registered Nurse / Acute care
  College of Higher Education for Health and Social Affairs (HFGS), Aarau
  09 / 2015 - 09 / 2017
• Licensed Practical Nurse
  Vocational Education and Training for Health and Social Affairs (BFGS), Brugg
  08 / 2012 - 08 / 2015

Network

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8630-2090

Projects

• Organisational capacity building on person-centred dementia care – Development of a toolbox for nursing homes / Team member / ongoing
• Sex and gender integration in the bachelor curricula of nursing, physiotherapy, and occupational therapy / Team member / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Bruschini, M. M., Nielsen, M. B. D., Naef, R., Schubert, M., & Quasdorf, T. (2026). Approaches to preventing workplace sexual harassment of nurses or minimising its adverse consequences : a scoping review. BMC Nursing, 25(30). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-025-04179-2
• Bruschini, M. M., & Schubert, M. (2025). Interventions to prevent sexual harassment against nurses - StopSH : protocol for an intervention development study. JMIR Research Protocols, 14(e71425). https://doi.org/10.2196/71425
• Borchart, D., Galatsch, M., Bruschini, M., & Garthe, N. (2025). Contributing factors of the preferred retirement age in nursing professionals : cross-sectional results of the German lidA cohort study. Journal of Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-025-02511-3
• Bruschini, M., Hediger, H., & Busch, A. K. (2023). Patients’ sexual harassment of nurses and nursing students : a cross-sectional study. International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances, 5(100121). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnsa.2023.100121

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

de Wolf-Linder, S., Bruschini, M., Kramer, I., Ellis-Smith, C., Schubert, M., Murtagh, F. E. M., & Ramsenthaler, C. (2025, May). A person-centred outcome measure for generalist palliative care in dementia : construct validity, factor analysis, internal consistency, reliability, and responsiveness of the Integrated Palliative Care Outcome Scale – Dementia (IPOS-Dem). 19th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, Helsinki, Finland, 29-31 May 2025.

Other publications

Zigan, N., Bruschini, M., Eicher, M., & Schubert, M. (2025). Bedürfnisse junger Onkologiepflegefachpersonen. Onkologiepflege, 2025(3), 11–15.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

• de Wolf-Linder, S., Bruschini, M., Kramer, I., Marbach, C., Schubert, M., & Ramsenthaler, C. (2025). Can an electronic person-centred outcome measure be implemented in a resource-constrained, task-focused setting? Co-productive development of an implementation strategy in the community dementia care setting [Conference presentation]. Palliative Medicine, 39(2_suppl), 460. https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163251335482
• de Wolf-Linder, S., Bruschini, M., Kramer, I., Ellis-Smith, C., Schubert, M., Murtagh, F. E. M., & Ramsenthaler, C. (2025). A person-centred outcome measure for generalist palliative care in dementia : construct validity, factor analysis, internal consistency, reliability, and responsiveness of the Integrated Palliative Care Outcome Scale – Dementia (IPOS-Dem) [Conference presentation]. Palliative Medicine, 39(2_suppl), 374. https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163251335482
• Bruschini, M. (2025, May 8). Was hilft bei sexueller Belästigung gegenüber Pflegepersonen? Schweizer Pflegekongress SBK-ASI, Bern, Schweiz, 7.-8. Mai 2025.
• Bruschini, M. (2024, May 3). Problem sexuelle Belästigung gegenüber Pflegepersonen : was nun? Schweizer Pflege Kongress SBK-ASI, Bern, Schweiz, 3. Mai 2024.
• Bruschini, M. (2023, July 6). Sexuelle Belästigung. SBK ZH/GL/SH Webinarreihe, online, 6. Juli 2023.
• de Wolf-Linder, S., Kramer, I., Bruschini, M., Ramsenthaler, C., Murtagh, F. E. M., & Schubert, M. (2022, August 25). Person-centred outcome guided palliative care for people with dementia : SENIORS-D research protocol. National Research Day Palliative Care, Bern, Switzerland, 25 August 2022.

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

Patients’ sexual harassment of nurses and nursing students : a cross-sectional study.

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