Nurses’ experiences with remote patient monitoring for cancer patients
The RPM tool is flexible for both nurses and patients and can have a positive impact on the relationship. But it can also cause extra work.
The RPM tool is flexible for both nurses and patients and can have a positive impact on the relationship. But it can also cause extra work.
Measures such as the ‘getting-to-know-you’ day, the ‘float nurse’ function at an early stage, group meetings and internal training greatly benefitted supervisors and students at Oslo University Hospital.
The current practice of using oxygen therapy has proven to be incomplete.
Many municipal in-patient acute care units do not use scoring tools as part of registered nurses’ decision-making basis.
Too many patients had hypothermia both on admission, and one hour after admission, to a postoperative intensive care unit. Elderly patients and those who had undergone laparoscopic surgery were particularly at risk.
People with early stage dementia can have different insights into their disease, and their motivation to participate in conversations with therapists can vary. A manual-based intervention can help find a relevant goal for the therapy based on the person’s circumstances.
The father’s role has changed, and fathers have become more active as regards childcare. Nevertheless, they may feel excluded during pregnancy, childbirth and follow-up at the child health centre.
Mothers who engaged with the ‘New families’ home visit programme, had more frequent contact with child health centres. But more than a third of all the mothers reported that they had received inadequate information from public authorities about the child health centre’s services.
The patients accepted being asked about their alcohol habits and being referred to an alcohol and drug counsellor. The under-60s were more positive.
They are ever on the alert vis-à-vis their daughter, suffer loneliness and feel that the eating disorder is taking over their home.