10890 hit for Pasient
Hjemmetesting av blodprøver gir pasientene en enklere hverdag og bedre livskvalitet
Sykehuset Østfold har testet ut blodprøvetaking hjemme for å effektivisere pasientforløpene. For mange betydde det færre turer til sykehuset og mer overskudd i hverdagen.
Når familie og venner blir pasienter, settes sykepleieren i et etisk dilemma
Som hovedregel bør behandlingen overlates til en annen. Likevel finnes det situasjoner der det vil være hensiktsmessig å behandle en man har en nær relasjon til.
Measurement instruments for breathlessness in palliative care
The patient’s experience of breathlessness often do not correspond with the seriousness of the condition.
Screening of nutritional risk among older persons
30–60 per cent of older adults in hospitals and nursing homes are malnourished. A well-suited screening tool is to detect the persons who are at risk of malnutrition.
Are group-based self-management programmes suitable for all patients with type 2 diabetes?
Group-based self-management programmes make it easier to cope with the disease. However, half of all patients decline to participate in such programmes.
Routines in the community nursing services for assessing nutritional status
Weight is one of the simplest measurements of nutritional status. Nevertheless, a number of personnel in the community nursing services lack knowledge about nutrition and good routines for weighing patients.
