Health care personnel’s experiences with suicide risk in older adults living at home
They should be on the lookout for risk factors such as functional impairment, loneliness, changing roles and the feeling of being a burden.
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Patients’ families in intensive care units in Norway before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
More families had daily access to doctors during the pandemic than before the pandemic. But the nurses were involved in fewer conversations.
Women’s experiences with the health service provision for medical abortions in Norway
They feel like a burden on resources and have a need for care and real co-determination.
New app can give nutritional support to home-dwelling elderly
The recently developed app APPETITT can inspire to a varied diet and increase the attention to dietary habits for home-dwelling elderly.
Rescue workers had greater confidence in their own mastery after the terror attacks of 22 July 2011
Healthcare personnel, the police and the fire and rescue service, as well as voluntary groups, felt that they were supported by management, worked well together and shared a sense of pride in their efforts.
A survey of school nurse staffing in the school health services
There is a considerable gap between the health authorities’ recommended minimum norm for school nurse staffing and the actual figures at most schools in Norway.
Interaction between nurses and doctors is important for the nutritional status of nursing home patients
For nurses to be able to attend to their patients’ nutritional status in the best possible way, they need a regular nursing home doctor who knows the nutritional wishes and needs of individual patients.
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.
Use of restraint in the paediatric ward – a survey study
Restraint is used to safeguard the child’s best interests when performing procedures and administering medications, generally in children below the age of four.
Experiences with a telemedicine service for patients with COPD: a case study
Patients and their caregivers experience less anxiety and worry. Healthcare personnel also had positive experiences with the telemedicine service.
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