When nurses encounter parents with a sick newborn child, it is vital that they see them as individuals and establish a relationship based on empathy.

Nursing home residents are dissatisfied with a sedentary life indoors and reach out more to others socially when they are outdoors. Nevertheless, they have little contact with nature and the outdoor environment. 

While the illness is potentially life-threatening, it is invisible and not well known. Consequently, patients may be mistrusted and ignored, and they may feel inferior, vulnerable and insecure.

Simulation based communication courses can give improved communication skills and increased understanding of how the communication model may be used.

When ESAS is routinely used to map symptoms, the patients experience greater symptom relief and a better quality of life. However, not everyone uses the tool systematically.

Sykdommen er potensielt livstruende, men usynlig og lite kjent. Dermed kan pasientene bli mistrodd og oversett, og de føler seg mindreverdige, sårbare og utrygge.