Inadequate medication reconciliation in hospitals
Although there are procedures for medication reconciliation, the process is challenging to implement and the allocation of responsibility is unclear.
Although there are procedures for medication reconciliation, the process is challenging to implement and the allocation of responsibility is unclear.
The Multidimensional Dyspnea Profile is the first instrument in Norwegian that measures multiple dimensions of dyspnoea, regardless of underlying medical conditions.
Nurses report that the end-of-life nursing care provided in nursing homes calls on staff to provide “more of everything”, and that nurses feel they are “left to deal with everything on their own”. This situation must be taken seriously, organisationally and policywise.
Simulation based communication courses can give improved communication skills and increased understanding of how the communication model may be used.
Whether the therapist at the district psychiatric centre was a psychologist, psychiatrist or psychiatric nurse seemed to have little bearing on the outcome.
The current practice of using oxygen therapy has proven to be incomplete.
With the use of multidose electronic prescriptions, sources of error linked to paper-based solutions have been eradicated. However, it is still challenging to achieve optimal handling of medication.
Norwegian health care personnel find the systematic follow-up of care pathways and the collaboration with the primary health service to be poorer than other organizational areas.
Differences in the level of knowledge and unreliable equipment make it difficult for health personnel in the home health care services to discover and diagnose urinary tract infection. We need national guidelines for the collection of urine samples and the use of urine dipsticks in the home care services.
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.