Patients and their caregivers experience less anxiety and worry. Healthcare personnel also had positive experiences with the telemedicine service.

Participation in cancer and palliative care networks increased the registered nurses’ competence. Staff exchange training schemes and frequent participation in clinical practice days were also highly beneficial.

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.

The women in this study wanted information and confirmation that their pregnancy was progressing normally in the first trimester. For them, a private ultrasound examination was a good investment.

The Norwegian translation is appropriate for exploring postoperative symptoms in patients following day surgery. The language, instructions and scoring are comprehensible as well.

Many municipal in-patient acute care units do not use scoring tools as part of registered nurses’ decision-making basis. 

They are ever on the alert vis-à-vis their daughter, suffer loneliness and feel that the eating disorder is taking over their home.

A care discourse, aimed at the patient’s needs, was prominent in the evaluation and assessment notes. The treatment plans reflected a problem-focused discourse, where only problems were recorded.