Patients’ families in intensive care units in Norway before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
More families had daily access to doctors during the pandemic than before the pandemic. But the nurses were involved in fewer conversations.
More families had daily access to doctors during the pandemic than before the pandemic. But the nurses were involved in fewer conversations.
The scales IC-RDOS and MV-RDOS had ‘very good‘ inter-rater reliability.
Differences in the level of knowledge and unreliable equipment make it difficult for health personnel in the home health care services to discover and diagnose urinary tract infection. We need national guidelines for the collection of urine samples and the use of urine dipsticks in the home care services.
Sykepleiere møter daglig utfordrende atferd hos demenspasienter. En helhetlig tilnærming kan skape trygghet og øke livskvaliteten til pasienten.
Anestesisykepleierne erfarte at barna var lette å vekke preoperativt og hadde roligere og mindre smertefulle oppvåkninger.
Quality improvement measures led to midwives reducing the use of cardiotocography (CTG) on admission by 47 per cent. Nevertheless, they continued to use CTG more often than necessary.
Mange intensivpasienter sliter med angst og depresjon i etterkant av opphold på intensivavdeling. Med kunnskap om pasientens erfaringer kan intensivsykepleier utøve bedre sykepleie.
Varmepute kan virke smertelindrende for kvinner som har gjennomgått kirurgiske inngrep.
Sykepleiere må ha et årvåkent klinisk blikk på pasientene, men samtidig tenke helhetlig og forebyggende. Dosen av væske de administrerer, må være gjennomtenkt.