Experiences with being diagnosed with and treated for testicular cancer
It is an ordeal to be diagnosed with and treated for testicular cancer. Various resources can help patients to handle the difficult situation more easily.
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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.
Stigmatisation and shame – a qualitative study of living with obesity
Healthcare personnel should treat obese people with openness and without prejudice. By doing so, they can help them develop a resistance to shame.
People with dementia may benefit from adapted cognitive behavioural therapy
People with early stage dementia can have different insights into their disease, and their motivation to participate in conversations with therapists can vary. A manual-based intervention can help find a relevant goal for the therapy based on the person’s circumstances.
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.
Diabetes specialist nurses’ experiences when training patients in the use of insulin pump therapy
Diabetes specialist nurses have a strong feeling of responsibility for the patient and find it challenging to keep up to date with all the functions of some of the insulin pumps.
Translation and cultural adaptation of the Attentional Function Index (AFI)
Involving a user and a professional translator may be appropriate when an instrument is translated and adapted to another culture.
The experiences of registered nurses and specialist ICU nurses before and after implementation of ISBAR – a survey
The registered nurses found that the ISBAR communication tool improves the treatment and safety of patients in ICU and on general hospital wards by ensuring that transfer reports are made more standardised and time-efficient.
Mapping of procedures for set-up of instruments in the sterile field for surgery
National and multi-regional hospitals appear to use procedures for set-up of instruments in the sterile field more often than local and regional hospitals.
Obstetric care for breech presentations at Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål in the period 2000–2012
From 2000 to 2006, the number of planned vaginal deliveries fell; numbers started rising again nearer 2012. Practice was probably influenced by the Term Breech Trial.
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