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.
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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.
Patient experiences following day surgery – translation and validation of the Quality of Recovery-15 (QoR-15nor) questionnaire
The Norwegian translation is appropriate for exploring postoperative symptoms in patients following day surgery. The language, instructions and scoring are comprehensible as well.
How nurses and service users deal with malodour in the home
Some nurses say nothing about the problem of smell in order to protect the service user. However, the silence of the nurses reinforces shame and loneliness.
Medication reviews on admission of residents to nursing homes
A large proportion of the residents at nursing homes did not receive a medication review when they were admitted, despite this being a statutory requirement.
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.
Are group-based self-management programmes suitable for all patients with type 2 diabetes?
Group-based self-management programmes make it easier to cope with the disease. However, half of all patients decline to participate in such programmes.
Surgical nurses lack the time and competence to work in an evidence-based manner
Surgical departments and educational institutions lack an organisational structure and culture that supports evidence-based practice. This may affect patient safety.
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