A daughter’s experience when her mother is struck by dementia
Healthcare personnel who interact with patients and their families can learn from the families’ experiences when a loved one is affected by dementia.
Healthcare personnel who interact with patients and their families can learn from the families’ experiences when a loved one is affected by dementia.
Weight measurement provides an indication of the well-being, nutrition and health of children and adolescents. It is therefore important that the scale that is used provides precise measurements.
Both students in clinical nursing education and their preceptors think that the assessment form, which is based on the principles of the AssCE form, can be used as a model to assess the students.
They no longer need to always be looking for their next fix and have more time and money. Even though the treatment programme is challenging, they feel a greater sense of freedom.
Inspirational practical training entails peer mentoring by third-year students. This provides a better understanding of the complexity of nursing and the relevance of the profession.
Registered nurses and doctors should base their assessments of whether to stop parenteral nutrition on inter-disciplinary collaboration and competencies, with particular emphasis on experience-based knowledge.
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.
Differences in the level of knowledge and unreliable equipment make it difficult for health personnel in the home health care services to discover and diagnose urinary tract infection. We need national guidelines for the collection of urine samples and the use of urine dipsticks in the home care services.
The learning outcome improved when digital resources were combined with teacher-led activities in lectures. Working in a social setting and participating in group work also had a positive effect on students’ learning.
Recruitment to the Cardiac Rehabilitation Programme seems to be somewhat random and ‘the main concern is to get the patients on the list’. Health professionals should communicate better among themselves and prepare guidelines for recruitment.