How to ensure safe and appropriate medication management
Nurses, social educators and pharmacists have reached a consensus on 77 standards for best practice in medication management in the nursing and care service.
Nurses, social educators and pharmacists have reached a consensus on 77 standards for best practice in medication management in the nursing and care service.
Urinkontinensproblematikk er et vanlig problem blant pasienter på norske sykehjem. Artikkelen bygger på en studie gjennomført på fire sykehjem i Trondheim der inkontinesproblematikk ble kartlagt.
Doktorgradsavhandlingene i sykepleievitenskap ved Universitetet i Oslo har endret metoder, forfatterskap og teoretisk tilnærming de siste tjue årene. Er forskningen blitt mindre pasientrettet og pasientnær?
Simulation-based team training improves quality of patient care, but the training should be a planned activity.
The ALERT training programme raised the competence level of healthcare personnel in the municipal health service and is likely to have increased their job satisfaction.
The current practice of using oxygen therapy has proven to be incomplete.
Body temperature was measured differently and the routines were not the same. Provision should be made for a practice ensuring that staff have the necessary equipment and time to prevent inadvertent perioperative hypothermia.
Patients fail to turn up for their treatment in private institutions if they feel inadequately involved, suffer dwindling motivation or feel pressurised into accepting the treatment.
Både smerte og smertebehandling kan være medvirkende årsaker til delirium hos eldre pasienter. Det er derfor viktig at sykepleiere har god kompetanse til å vurdere smerte for å forebygge og behandle delirium.