CPOT – verktøy for smertevurdering av intensivpasienter
Intensivpasienter lider ofte av underbehandlet smerte. Et smertevurderingsverktøy i norsk versjon kan øke kvaliteten på pasientbehandlingen.
Intensivpasienter lider ofte av underbehandlet smerte. Et smertevurderingsverktøy i norsk versjon kan øke kvaliteten på pasientbehandlingen.
Course participants learn to shift their attention from disease to health, from a critical to an accepting attitude about themselves, and from despair to hope and belief in their own ability to cope.
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.
They observe eye contact, comforting and other behaviours based on experience rather than by making use of recognised instruments. Their assessments are influenced by professional development opportunities, a heavy workload and interdisciplinary collaboration.
The experiences gained during a student exchange in Tanzania have subsequently had a major impact on the nurses’ personal and professional development.
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.
Intensive care patients often suffer from undertreated pain. A pain assessment tool in a Norwegian version may increase the quality of patient treatment.
It can be an enormous burden to be the next of kin of a substance abuser. Health personnel can help the next of kin to find strategies that maintain and improve their mental health.
Teenage children’s diabetes diagnoses are an enormous emotional strain on mothers. They need support from healthcare personnel to cope with the stressful situation.