Det antyder en ny norsk studie.
– Kjære Ingvild Kjerkol, jeg hører deg bare snakke om fastlegekrisen, men hva med sykepleiermangelen? Den angår meg direkte, og jeg kjenner den daglig på kroppen, skriver innleggsforfatteren.
Helsedirektoratet kan ikke forutsi når vinterens smittetopp for korona og influensa vil komme. Som så mange andre sykehus er også Vestre Viken på gult beredskapsnivå.
The patient’s experience of breathlessness often do not correspond with the seriousness of the condition.
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.
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.
Group-based self-management programmes make it easier to cope with the disease. However, half of all patients decline to participate in such programmes.
Following the introduction of the Coordination Reform, nurses employed by the municipal health service have had to deal with a growing number of complex, patient-focused tasks. The need for professional development is considerable, but there is no overall strategy in place.
