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.
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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.
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.
Obstetric care for breech presentations at Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål in the period 2000–2012
From 2000 to 2006, the number of planned vaginal deliveries fell; numbers started rising again nearer 2012. Practice was probably influenced by the Term Breech Trial.
Is it acceptable to be asked about alcohol habits when admitted to a somatic hospital ward?
The patients accepted being asked about their alcohol habits and being referred to an alcohol and drug counsellor. The under-60s were more positive.
Oxygen therapy for children in hospitals
The current practice of using oxygen therapy has proven to be incomplete.
Practice supervision of minority language nursing students requires more time and adaptation
Practice supervisors are of the opinion that the students need specially adapted arrangements for hospital work placements in order to complete their education.
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