Incident reporting – a difficult balancing act
The purpose of reporting adverse incidents is not to point to scapegoats, but to increase patient safety. Nevertheless, many professionals fail to report unwanted incidents, a study shows.
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Nurse-performed ultrasound-guided nerve block for hip fracture patients
The method seems to be especially efficient for patients experiencing high initial pain intensities.
From hospitals to nursing homes – the consequences of the Care Coordination Reform
Following the Care Coordination Reform, more frail elderly patients have died after discharge from hospitals to nursing homes and more have been discharged to return home.
Fewer cardiac arrests are registered
Health personnel are instructed to register cardiac arrests in The Norwegian Cardiac Arrest Registry. Still, only one in three patients with cardiac arrest in the intesive care ward is registered.
Use of scoring tools in municipal in-patient acute care services – a cross-sectional study
Many municipal in-patient acute care units do not use scoring tools as part of registered nurses’ decision-making basis.
The association between depressive symptoms and self-management in persons with type 2 diabetes
It may be beneficial to screen at-risk individuals for depressive symptoms and recognise that they may need more support from healthcare personnel.
COVID-19: Initiation of breastfeeding during a global pandemic
The infection control measures may have impacted negatively on the breastfeeding assistance provided for first-time mothers in postnatal facilities. There was also a greater reliance on breast-milk substitutes than normal.
Evidence-based practice in nursing education
The study suggests that if evidence-based practice is taught systematically, it affects the students' learning outcome.
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.
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.
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