ICU dyspnoea assessment tools: Norwegian translation and inter-rater reliability
The scales IC-RDOS and MV-RDOS had ‘very good‘ inter-rater reliability.
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Doctor’s visits to nursing homes: Are out-of-hours doctors given sufficient patient information?
The out-of-hours doctor did not receive formal patient information in at least half of the doctor’s visits to nursing homes in Oslo. This may subject the patients to inappropriate treatment and unnecessary hospitalisation.
Language use and patterns in nursing records. A discourse analytical approach
A care discourse, aimed at the patient’s needs, was prominent in the evaluation and assessment notes. The treatment plans reflected a problem-focused discourse, where only problems were recorded.
Patients’ perceptions of quality of life in heroin-assisted treatment
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.
The challenges associated with implementing new practice
Normalisation Process Theory can be used to assess the prerequisites for ensuring that a new intervention becomes established practice.
New practice model improved students’ leadership and organisational skills
At the University of Tromsø, first year students in nursing homes are supervised by final year students in order to strengthen their occupational competence in nursing leadership.
Diabetes specialist nurses’ experiences when training patients in the use of insulin pump therapy
Diabetes specialist nurses have a strong feeling of responsibility for the patient and find it challenging to keep up to date with all the functions of some of the insulin pumps.
Barriers to compliance with guidelines for health personnel in hospital
Guidelines that were not regarded as professionally sound, logical and relevant or in keeping with one’s own clinical experiences or feelings were more difficult to follow.
Registered nurses’ experiences of using ESAS to map cancer patients’ symptoms
When ESAS is routinely used to map symptoms, the patients experience greater symptom relief and a better quality of life. However, not everyone uses the tool systematically.
Registered nurses’ experiences and the challenges they face in relation to peripheral venous cannulation
It can be almost impossible to insert a needle in the case of some patients. Moreover, registered nurses have many work tasks to carry out at the same time in different places, and this can reduce concentration.
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