Inadequate documentation of nutritional practice in the specialist health service
Many medical records lacked information about nutritional risk, and few patients at nutritional risk were followed up.
1025 hit for Review
Nurses’ experiences with remote patient monitoring for cancer patients
The RPM tool is flexible for both nurses and patients and can have a positive impact on the relationship. But it can also cause extra work.
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.
Practice supervision of minority language nursing students requires more time and adaptation
Practice supervisors are of the opinion that the students need specially adapted arrangements for hospital work placements in order to complete their education.
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.
Impaired quality of life and oral function after a stroke. A qualitative study
Inadequate post-stroke follow-up of dental health led to reduced oral health and loss of teeth. Better interdisciplinary follow-up could probably have prevented it.
The experiences of bereaved relatives on receiving the intensive care diaries of their loved ones
The bereaved felt that they maintained a bond with their deceased family member through diaries that had been kept for the patients during their stay in ICU. The diaries also helped impart structure on a chaotic time and made it easier for the bereaved to vent their feelings.
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.
Suffering related to care among older patients on perioperative care pathways
Patients move quickly between different units during the surgical pathway. Older patients in particular are at risk of suffering related to care such as violations of dignity, neglect and poor pain management.
Inadvertent perioperative hypothermia and day surgery – nurse anaesthetists’ experience
Body temperature was measured differently and the routines were not the same. Provision should be made for a practice ensuring that staff have the necessary equipment and time to prevent inadvertent perioperative hypothermia.
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