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.
1104 hit for Patient
The challenges associated with implementing new practice
Normalisation Process Theory can be used to assess the prerequisites for ensuring that a new intervention becomes established practice.
Rehabilitation ward holiday closure and the course of sepsis
It did not affect discharge destinations or survival.
Inadequate medication reconciliation in hospitals
Although there are procedures for medication reconciliation, the process is challenging to implement and the allocation of responsibility is unclear.
Dying patients in nursing homes: nurses provide “more of everything” and are “left to deal with everything on their own”
Nurses report that the end-of-life nursing care provided in nursing homes calls on staff to provide “more of everything”, and that nurses feel they are “left to deal with everything on their own”. This situation must be taken seriously, organisationally and policywise.
Norwegian translation of a new, patient-reported multidimensional questionnaire on dyspnoea
The Multidimensional Dyspnea Profile is the first instrument in Norwegian that measures multiple dimensions of dyspnoea, regardless of underlying medical conditions.
Communication training course with simulation
Simulation based communication courses can give improved communication skills and increased understanding of how the communication model may be used.
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.
Oxygen therapy for children in hospitals
The current practice of using oxygen therapy has proven to be incomplete.
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.
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