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.
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How nurses and service users deal with malodour in the home
Some nurses say nothing about the problem of smell in order to protect the service user. However, the silence of the nurses reinforces shame and loneliness.
The traditional doctor–patient roles may be disempowering the patient
Makten og avmakten som ligger i rollene der legen er ekspert og pasienten hjelpetrengende, påvirker kommunikasjonen og samhandlingen under legevisitten.
A survey of healthcare professionals’ experiences with the Paediatric Early Warning Score (PEWS)
PEWS promotes a systematic approach to monitoring and better communication in paediatric departments, but there is a need to follow up and improve guidelines and quality-assurance activities.
Characteristics of nursing home residents with late-stage dementia and pain
Residents with pain suffered from several health issues and presented with physical as well as mental symptoms. Healthcare personnel can help by providing more effective and appropriate treatment and nursing care.
The registered nurse in the field of substance abuse – invisible and generic or distinct and specific?
Healthcare personnel in interdisciplinary teams believed that registered nurses made a distinct and recognised contribution to the collaborative effort. In particular, they valued the registered nurses’ somatic knowledge and their milieu therapy expertise.
Experiences with mobile intensive care nurses (MICNs)
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?
Nurse-performed ultrasound-guided nerve block for hip fracture patients
The method seems to be especially efficient for patients experiencing high initial pain intensities.
What is nursing? First-year students’ experiences with nursing in inspirational practical training
Inspirational practical training entails peer mentoring by third-year students. This provides a better understanding of the complexity of nursing and the relevance of the profession.
Nutritional status assessment – a professional responsibility in community nursing
It is challenging for community nurses to screen their patients’ nutritional risk because the guidelines fail to take sufficient account of the domestic arena.
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