Nurse-performed ultrasound-guided nerve block for hip fracture patients
The method seems to be especially efficient for patients experiencing high initial pain intensities.
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Women’s and men’s assessment of health and functional ability in HUNT 3 after a stroke
There is no difference in functional disability between women and men after having a stroke.
Can we trust urine dipsticks?
Urine dispsticks are frequently used in the clinic to diagnose urinary tract infection in elderly patients even though the urine disptick does not distinguish between urinary tract infection and asymptomatic baceriuria.
Incident reporting – a difficult balancing act
The purpose of reporting adverse incidents is not to point to scapegoats, but to increase patient safety. Nevertheless, many professionals fail to report unwanted incidents, a study shows.
International student exchange in Africa – the experiences of nursing students after returning home
On returning home from their clinical placement in southern Africa, the nursing students missed having someone to share their intense experiences with.
Nutritional screening in home-based nursing care can be improved
In order to meet the challenges associated with undernutrition in elderly patients who receive home-based nursing care, it is necessary to screen for nutritional status.
Health care personnel’s experiences with suicide risk in older adults living at home
They should be on the lookout for risk factors such as functional impairment, loneliness, changing roles and the feeling of being a burden.
Routine screening for postpartum depression puts mental health on the agenda
When public health nurses use the EPDS screening tool in addition to their gut feeling and clinical judgment, they identify more mothers who need help.
The home care services carry out extensive laboratory activity
A study shows that most home care services in Nordland, Sogn og Fjordane and Østfold counties perform a wide range of laboratory services.
New form is suitable for assessing clinical nursing education
Both students in clinical nursing education and their preceptors think that the assessment form, which is based on the principles of the AssCE form, can be used as a model to assess the students.
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