How to ensure safe and appropriate medication management
Nurses, social educators and pharmacists have reached a consensus on 77 standards for best practice in medication management in the nursing and care service.
Nurses, social educators and pharmacists have reached a consensus on 77 standards for best practice in medication management in the nursing and care service.
The teaching assistants were second-year students themselves, and used academic competence, social engagement and creative methods. This made it easier for the nursing students to learn complex academic material.
They are ever on the alert vis-à-vis their daughter, suffer loneliness and feel that the eating disorder is taking over their home.
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.
Nursing home residents are dissatisfied with a sedentary life indoors and reach out more to others socially when they are outdoors. Nevertheless, they have little contact with nature and the outdoor environment.
The experiences gained during a student exchange in Tanzania have subsequently had a major impact on the nurses’ personal and professional development.
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 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.
Anaesthetic nurses found that the children were easier to wake preoperatively and that their awakenings were calmer and less painful.
The women in this study wanted information and confirmation that their pregnancy was progressing normally in the first trimester. For them, a private ultrasound examination was a good investment.