Daily life after a kidney-pancreas transplantation
A successful kidney-pancreas transplantation improves and stabilises patients’ daily lives. It also brings with it new elements of uncertainty that are important to convey to the patient.
A successful kidney-pancreas transplantation improves and stabilises patients’ daily lives. It also brings with it new elements of uncertainty that are important to convey to the patient.
It is an ordeal to be diagnosed with and treated for testicular cancer. Various resources can help patients to handle the difficult situation more easily.
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.
The bereaved felt that they maintained a bond with their deceased family member through diaries that had been kept for the patients during their stay in ICU. The diaries also helped impart structure on a chaotic time and made it easier for the bereaved to vent their feelings.
Weight is one of the simplest measurements of nutritional status. Nevertheless, a number of personnel in the community nursing services lack knowledge about nutrition and good routines for weighing patients.
Women who had given birth by caesarean section often downplayed their own complaints, felt left to their own devices and received invaluable assistance from their partner.
From 2000 to 2006, the number of planned vaginal deliveries fell; numbers started rising again nearer 2012. Practice was probably influenced by the Term Breech Trial.
Registered nurses noted a greater number of clinical signs of infection in infants with catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI) than in infants without such infections. However, not all observations were documented.
It may be beneficial to screen at-risk individuals for depressive symptoms and recognise that they may need more support from healthcare personnel.
Guided Self-Determination (GSD) can help improve the counselling skills of registered nurses. It can also encourage patients to reflect on their own communication skills.