Simulering gjør sykepleierstudenter tryggere på å behandle meningitt
Studenter som lærer å behandle pasienter med meningitt gjennom praktisk øvelse, får økt kunnskap og mestringstro. Men simuleringen kan bli enda bedre, viser denne undersøkelsen.
Studenter som lærer å behandle pasienter med meningitt gjennom praktisk øvelse, får økt kunnskap og mestringstro. Men simuleringen kan bli enda bedre, viser denne undersøkelsen.
Family caregivers will need correct and relevant information and support from health care professionals to perform the significant caring role they have to take on.
Mobile intensive care nurses are called out to hospital wards when a patient’s condition is showing signs of deterioration. When are they called out, and what measures do they initiate?
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.
The patients accepted being asked about their alcohol habits and being referred to an alcohol and drug counsellor. The under-60s were more positive.
It did not affect discharge destinations or survival.
The out-of-hours doctor did not receive formal patient information in at least half of the doctor’s visits to nursing homes in Oslo. This may subject the patients to inappropriate treatment and unnecessary hospitalisation.
Whereas «PLO»-messages serve as a beneficial communication tool, they have to be supplemented with oral communication and meetings.
For nurses to be able to attend to their patients’ nutritional status in the best possible way, they need a regular nursing home doctor who knows the nutritional wishes and needs of individual patients.
Patients fail to turn up for their treatment in private institutions if they feel inadequately involved, suffer dwindling motivation or feel pressurised into accepting the treatment.