People with genetic aortopathies should be given information on their diagnosis and support to find safe, enjoyable activities. Many also need psychosocial support.
Stadig flere studier omhandler verktøy for tidlig oppdagelse av forverret tilstand utenfor sykehus. Likevel har få av studiene satt søkelys på eldre og kommunale helsetjenester.
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.
It can be an enormous burden to be the next of kin of a substance abuser. Health personnel can help the next of kin to find strategies that maintain and improve their mental health.
Group-based self-management programmes make it easier to cope with the disease. However, half of all patients decline to participate in such programmes.
There was no correlation between the total score for frailty measured by Share-FI and cognitive tests.
The ALERT training programme raised the competence level of healthcare personnel in the municipal health service and is likely to have increased their job satisfaction.
It may be beneficial to screen at-risk individuals for depressive symptoms and recognise that they may need more support from healthcare personnel.
Most women in labour with intrapartum fever receive the correct treatment on suspicion of infection. But in 28 per cent of cases, antibiotic therapy is initiated unnecessarily or too early.
They believe that they have their highest level of competence within the competence area ‘Value-based nursing care’.
