Routine screening for postpartum depression puts mental health on the agenda
When public health nurses use the EPDS screening tool in addition to their gut feeling and clinical judgment, they identify more mothers who need help.
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Healthcare personnel’s recognition of people with hydrocephalus affects their self-esteem
While the illness is potentially life-threatening, it is invisible and not well known. Consequently, patients may be mistrusted and ignored, and they may feel inferior, vulnerable and insecure.
Infection control at nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic
Nursing homes have had better routines, training of personnel, and access to testing and PPE during the coronavirus pandemic than the picture painted in the media.
What impact did a student exchange have on participating nurses in the longer term?
The experiences gained during a student exchange in Tanzania have subsequently had a major impact on the nurses’ personal and professional development.
No increase in in-patient detoxification completion rates following pre-hospital telephone intervention
Despite staff calling patients prior to the admission date, the proportion who presented for treatment did not increase. Nevertheless, it was a useful exercise for exchanging information and building relations.
Healthcare personnel as a source of comfort in recurrent ovarian cancer
Women with recurrent ovarian cancer endure their disease by finding solace in the hope of recovery. How can nurses provide consolation?
Mapping of procedures for set-up of instruments in the sterile field for surgery
National and multi-regional hospitals appear to use procedures for set-up of instruments in the sterile field more often than local and regional hospitals.
Obstetric care for breech presentations at Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål in the period 2000–2012
From 2000 to 2006, the number of planned vaginal deliveries fell; numbers started rising again nearer 2012. Practice was probably influenced by the Term Breech Trial.
Screening for symptoms of depression associated with heart disease
Heart disease increases the risk of depression. How can we best identify depressed cardiac patients?
From hospitals to nursing homes – the consequences of the Care Coordination Reform
Following the Care Coordination Reform, more frail elderly patients have died after discharge from hospitals to nursing homes and more have been discharged to return home.
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