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Deficient documentation of falls may stop the implementation of necessary preventive interventions. The nursing homes in the study are nevertheless failing to comply with their own documentation requirements.

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.

Simulation-based team training improves quality of patient care, but the training should be a planned activity.

Although there are procedures for medication reconciliation, the process is challenging to implement and the allocation of responsibility is unclear.

Patients move quickly between different units during the surgical pathway. Older patients in particular are at risk of suffering related to care such as violations of dignity, neglect and poor pain management.

Undesøkelsen viser at retningslinjer for arbeidsantrekk i helsetjenesten, med tanke på hygiene, bare er delvis forskningsbaserte.

Nærmere 100 prosent av sykepleierne som deltok i undersøkelsen mente at alle ansatte bør få tilbud om kurs i legemiddelhåndtering, og at slike kurs bør være obligatoriske.

Det kan være utfordrende for eldre som bor på sykehjem å få dekket sitt ernæringsbehov.