Stigmatisation and shame – a qualitative study of living with obesity
Healthcare personnel should treat obese people with openness and without prejudice. By doing so, they can help them develop a resistance to shame.
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What is nursing? First-year students’ experiences with nursing in inspirational practical training
Inspirational practical training entails peer mentoring by third-year students. This provides a better understanding of the complexity of nursing and the relevance of the profession.
New app can give nutritional support to home-dwelling elderly
The recently developed app APPETITT can inspire to a varied diet and increase the attention to dietary habits for home-dwelling elderly.
Impaired quality of life and oral function after a stroke. A qualitative study
Inadequate post-stroke follow-up of dental health led to reduced oral health and loss of teeth. Better interdisciplinary follow-up could probably have prevented it.
Vitality Training Programme for people with fibromyalgia: ‘I’m good enough just as I am’
Course participants learn to shift their attention from disease to health, from a critical to an accepting attitude about themselves, and from despair to hope and belief in their own ability to cope.
Home visits by midwives in the early postnatal period
The postnatal period is a vulnerable time that involves reorientation and new experiences. Early visits by a midwife may therefore help enhance the women’s perception of coping.
Nursing competence in the municipal health service: can professional development be accommodated?
Following the introduction of the Coordination Reform, nurses employed by the municipal health service have had to deal with a growing number of complex, patient-focused tasks. The need for professional development is considerable, but there is no overall strategy in place.
Individual care plan at the palliative stage – helping relatives to cope
Establishing an individual care plan at an early stage of palliative care gives relatives hope and support. They also feel seen and their burden of responsibility is lessened.
Burden, coping and mental health among the next of kin of people with a substance abuse problem
It can be an enormous burden to be the next of kin of a substance abuser. Health personnel can help the next of kin to find strategies that maintain and improve their mental health.
Measures to improve nurses’ working environment often target individuals
Nurses’ psychosocial challenges are transformed into something private and personal instead of being solved at an overarching level in the organisation.
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