Young girls’ need for information after starting the combined oral contraceptive pill
Young girls want information about bleeding and irregular bleeding in relation to use of the contraceptive pill.
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Nursing competence in the municipal health service: can professional development be accommodated?
Following the introduction of the Coordination Reform, nurses employed by the municipal health service have had to deal with a growing number of complex, patient-focused tasks. The need for professional development is considerable, but there is no overall strategy in place.
Few patients receiving multimodal antiemetic treatment experience postoperative nausea after ambulatory surgery
Patients undergoing gynaecological laparoscopies and anorectal procedures suffered the most nausea, while those who underwent major breast cancer surgery experienced the least nausea.
Measures to improve nurses’ working environment often target individuals
Nurses’ psychosocial challenges are transformed into something private and personal instead of being solved at an overarching level in the organisation.
Burden, coping and mental health among the next of kin of people with a substance abuse problem
It can be an enormous burden to be the next of kin of a substance abuser. Health personnel can help the next of kin to find strategies that maintain and improve their mental health.
Reported competence enhancement from participation in resource nurse cancer and palliative care networks
Participation in cancer and palliative care networks increased the registered nurses’ competence. Staff exchange training schemes and frequent participation in clinical practice days were also highly beneficial.
How nursing research has developed
In the last twenty years, PhD theses in nursing science at the University of Oslo (UiO) have changed in terms of methodology, authorship and theoretical approach. Has the research become less patient-centred and patient-oriented?
Electronic message exchange for patients discharged from hospital
Whereas «PLO»-messages serve as a beneficial communication tool, they have to be supplemented with oral communication and meetings.
Almost half of patients experience full remission after treatment at a psychiatric clinic
Whether the therapist at the district psychiatric centre was a psychologist, psychiatrist or psychiatric nurse seemed to have little bearing on the outcome.
Lack of clear framework impedes work with children of sick parents
Healthcare personnel who work with parents who are mentally ill or have substance abuse problems are uncertain about their role. The support that the children receive can therefore be haphazard.
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