Measurement instruments for breathlessness in palliative care
The patient’s experience of breathlessness often do not correspond with the seriousness of the condition.
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Translation and psychometric testing of the Family Collaboration Scale
The instrument measures the collaboration between healthcare personnel and the relatives of frail elderly patients in acute hospital wards. Having a Norwegian version of the instrument will mean it can be used in our clinical practice and research.
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.
The organization of 22 care pathways in the Western Norway Regional Health Authority
Norwegian health care personnel find the systematic follow-up of care pathways and the collaboration with the primary health service to be poorer than other organizational areas.
Forensic nursing in Norwegian sexual assault reception centres
Registered nurses in Norwegian sexual assault reception centres participate in or perform all tasks in the emergency treatment of victims of sexual assault, including forensic tasks.
Mothers’ experiences of caring for an adolescent with recently diagnosed type 1 diabetes
Teenage children’s diabetes diagnoses are an enormous emotional strain on mothers. They need support from healthcare personnel to cope with the stressful situation.
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.
Mild cognitive impairment and physical function in community-dwelling older adults
Most community-dwelling older adults had a high function level. However, those with mild cognitive impairment had a significantly poorer grip strength and slower walking speed, and had taken fewer steps.
Screening for symptoms of depression associated with heart disease
Heart disease increases the risk of depression. How can we best identify depressed cardiac patients?
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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