Measures to improve nurses’ working environment often target individuals
Nurses’ psychosocial challenges are transformed into something private and personal instead of being solved at an overarching level in the organisation.
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Nutritional screening in home-based nursing care can be improved
In order to meet the challenges associated with undernutrition in elderly patients who receive home-based nursing care, it is necessary to screen for nutritional status.
Palliative patients get greater relief from early screening of symptoms and implementation of measures
Fatigue, dry mouth and loss of appetite are the most distressing symptoms, according to a screening with the ESAS tool.
A survey of clinical competence among health personnel in care homes: a pilot study
The registered nurses demonstrated a higher level of competence than the nursing associates and healthcare assistants. However, scores were too low in all three groups in response to emergency scenarios.
The association between depressive symptoms and self-management in persons with type 2 diabetes
It may be beneficial to screen at-risk individuals for depressive symptoms and recognise that they may need more support from healthcare personnel.
The CPOT – a tool for pain assessment for intensive care patients
Intensive care patients often suffer from undertreated pain. A pain assessment tool in a Norwegian version may increase the quality of patient treatment.
The organization of 22 care pathways in the Western Norway Regional Health Authority
Norwegian health care personnel find the systematic follow-up of care pathways and the collaboration with the primary health service to be poorer than other organizational areas.
Co-ordinated collaborative meetings as patients transition from the psychogeriatric health service
Collaborative interdisciplinary meetings may increase the mutual respect between health professionals and provide more knowledge about the patient.
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.
Screening of nutritional risk among older persons
30–60 per cent of older adults in hospitals and nursing homes are malnourished. A well-suited screening tool is to detect the persons who are at risk of malnutrition.
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