Effects of de-escalation training on student nurses' skills and confidence
De-escalation training improved students’ de-escalation skills and boosted their confidence in coping with patient aggression.
De-escalation training improved students’ de-escalation skills and boosted their confidence in coping with patient aggression.
Health personnel are instructed to register cardiac arrests in The Norwegian Cardiac Arrest Registry. Still, only one in three patients with cardiac arrest in the intesive care ward is registered.
Weight measurement provides an indication of the well-being, nutrition and health of children and adolescents. It is therefore important that the scale that is used provides precise measurements.
The study suggests that if evidence-based practice is taught systematically, it affects the students' learning outcome.
There is a considerable gap between the health authorities’ recommended minimum norm for school nurse staffing and the actual figures at most schools in Norway.
For nurses to be able to attend to their patients’ nutritional status in the best possible way, they need a regular nursing home doctor who knows the nutritional wishes and needs of individual patients.
Involving a user and a professional translator may be appropriate when an instrument is translated and adapted to another culture.
Close relatives help patients to live at home longer and are an important resource for the welfare state. But they can also contribute to an unfair allocation of nursing home beds by advocating for their own family members.
The translated NIHSS form and guide remain true to the English version and are harmonised with the non-validated Norwegian version.
The experiences gained during a student exchange in Tanzania have subsequently had a major impact on the nurses’ personal and professional development.