Accept or decline? Nurses and patients as Facebook friends
All the nurses in the study had received friend requests from patients. They had different, and sometimes conflicting, attitudes to contact with patients on Facebook.
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The role of close relatives in the allocation of long-term nursing home beds
Close relatives help patients to live at home longer and are an important resource for the welfare state. But they can also contribute to an unfair allocation of nursing home beds by advocating for their own family members.
The importance of motivation for the quality of next-of-kin involvement – a qualitative study of managers and employees in primary care services
Belonging to a team, flexibility and good systems for next-of-kin involvement create motivation.
Measurement instruments for breathlessness in palliative care
The patient’s experience of breathlessness often do not correspond with the seriousness of the condition.
Health education competence, self-management
A systematic literature review shows that six competence areas play a key role in enabling health personnel to give patients and service users good outcomes from self-management programmes.
Co-ordinated collaborative meetings as patients transition from the psychogeriatric health service
Collaborative interdisciplinary meetings may increase the mutual respect between health professionals and provide more knowledge about the patient.
Factors associated with post-stroke fatigue
When nurses and healthcare personnel are able to identify which patients are particularly at risk of post-stroke fatigue, patients can be given the appropriate follow-up at the right time.
Perceptions of postnatal care after emergency caesarean sections
Women who had given birth by caesarean section often downplayed their own complaints, felt left to their own devices and received invaluable assistance from their partner.
Palliative patients get greater relief from early screening of symptoms and implementation of measures
Fatigue, dry mouth and loss of appetite are the most distressing symptoms, according to a screening with the ESAS tool.
Forensic nursing in Norwegian sexual assault reception centres
Registered nurses in Norwegian sexual assault reception centres participate in or perform all tasks in the emergency treatment of victims of sexual assault, including forensic tasks.
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