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.  

Group-based self-management programmes make it easier to cope with the disease. However, half of all patients decline to participate in such programmes. 

Simulation-based team training improves quality of patient care, but the training should be a planned activity.

Student assistants taught the students in small groups and helped them to gain a better understanding of the subject content and inspired them to learn.

A study shows that most home care services in Nordland, Sogn og Fjordane and Østfold counties perform a wide range of laboratory services.

Nurses are better at using their professional knowledge and applying research in their work following postgraduate study in evidence-based practice (EBP). Their belief in the value of such work also increases.

Some nurses say nothing about the problem of smell in order to protect the service user. However, the silence of the nurses reinforces shame and loneliness.