Oxygen therapy for children in hospitals
The current practice of using oxygen therapy has proven to be incomplete.
The current practice of using oxygen therapy has proven to be incomplete.
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.
Health personnel find that high-energy smoothies do not always have the intended effect. Some patients become obstipated or nauseous, and undernourished patients do not gain weight.
Almost 84% of people over the age of 70 used a computer, smartphone or tablet to maintain contact with their friends and social networks. Only 8% used these media to contact healthcare personnel.
Normalisation Process Theory can be used to assess the prerequisites for ensuring that a new intervention becomes established practice.
Practice supervisors are of the opinion that the students need specially adapted arrangements for hospital work placements in order to complete their education.
Many municipal in-patient acute care units do not use scoring tools as part of registered nurses’ decision-making basis.
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.
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.
Inadequate post-stroke follow-up of dental health led to reduced oral health and loss of teeth. Better interdisciplinary follow-up could probably have prevented it.