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.
1025 hit for Forebygging
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.
Routines in the community nursing services for assessing nutritional status
Weight is one of the simplest measurements of nutritional status. Nevertheless, a number of personnel in the community nursing services lack knowledge about nutrition and good routines for weighing patients.
Parents’ experiences of having an adult daughter with an eating disorder
They are ever on the alert vis-à-vis their daughter, suffer loneliness and feel that the eating disorder is taking over their home.
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.
Intranasal dexmedetomidine is of benefit as paediatric premedication – from the perspective of anaestetic nurses
Anaesthetic nurses found that the children were easier to wake preoperatively and that their awakenings were calmer and less painful.
Preoperative warming with a forced-air warming blanket prevents hypothermia during surgery
Surgical patients are exposed to heat loss, which can lead to complications such as increased oxygen demand, higher infection risk and cardiovascular problems.
Women’s experiences with the health service provision for medical abortions in Norway
They feel like a burden on resources and have a need for care and real co-determination.
Får til mer effektiv kommunehelsetjeneste
Forventet levealder i Finland er omtrent like høy som i Norge, selv om vi har dobbelt så høy ressursbruk og høyere levestandard.
Psykiatri: Brukerstyrte innleggelser gir pasientene økt trygghet
Pasienter med emosjonelt ustabile trekk føler seg tryggere når de har muligheten til å få et par dagers frivillig opphold på et psykiatrisk akuttmottak.
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