Palliative patients get greater relief from early screening of symptoms and implementation of measures
Fatigue, dry mouth and loss of appetite are the most distressing symptoms, according to a screening with the ESAS tool.
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Evaluation of research investment in nurses and allied health professionals in the Northern Norway Regional Health Authority area
The Northern Norway Regional Health Authority has specifically focused over time on enhancing health-related competence and research. This has resulted in a greater number of researchers and research fellows, and an increase in the number of published articles.
The registered nurse in the field of substance abuse – invisible and generic or distinct and specific?
Healthcare personnel in interdisciplinary teams believed that registered nurses made a distinct and recognised contribution to the collaborative effort. In particular, they valued the registered nurses’ somatic knowledge and their milieu therapy expertise.
Family caregivers to a patient with chronic heart failure living at home: «co-workers» in a blurred health care system
Family caregivers will need correct and relevant information and support from health care professionals to perform the significant caring role they have to take on.
The e-multidose is better for patients’ safety than dosette boxes and faxes
With the use of multidose electronic prescriptions, sources of error linked to paper-based solutions have been eradicated. However, it is still challenging to achieve optimal handling of medication.
Full time or part time? Working time preferences among registered nurses
Most of those who work part time choose to do so for reasons of lifestyle or family values. However, sociable working hours and professional challenges may provide the motivation required for some to increase their full-time equivalent percentage.
How public health nurses use sources of knowledge
Public health nurses consider themselves to be adept at finding and assessing national guidelines, but feel less proficient at assessing research-based knowledge.
Screening for symptoms of depression associated with heart disease
Heart disease increases the risk of depression. How can we best identify depressed cardiac patients?
Lecturers’ experiences with supervising nursing students in clinical practice during the COVID-19 pandemic
They wanted clear guidelines and procedures and felt forced to digitise their work.
Patient experiences following day surgery – translation and validation of the Quality of Recovery-15 (QoR-15nor) questionnaire
The Norwegian translation is appropriate for exploring postoperative symptoms in patients following day surgery. The language, instructions and scoring are comprehensible as well.
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