Safety measures for medication in nursing homes
New reforms and time-consuming tasks such as cleaning, preparing food and poor ICT solutions mean that nurses give less priority to safety measures in connection with medication management.
New reforms and time-consuming tasks such as cleaning, preparing food and poor ICT solutions mean that nurses give less priority to safety measures in connection with medication management.
Although there are procedures for medication reconciliation, the process is challenging to implement and the allocation of responsibility is unclear.
De-escalation training improved students’ de-escalation skills and boosted their confidence in coping with patient aggression.
They should be on the lookout for risk factors such as functional impairment, loneliness, changing roles and the feeling of being a burden.
Women with recurrent ovarian cancer endure their disease by finding solace in the hope of recovery. How can nurses provide consolation?
When staff in the child health clinic and school health services tell parents that their child is overweight, many feel both a sense of shame and guilt.
Many midwives do not feel confident in using fetal stethoscopes. A mobile app that displays the heart rate makes them feel more confident when it is used together with the stethoscope.
Both students in clinical nursing education and their preceptors think that the assessment form, which is based on the principles of the AssCE form, can be used as a model to assess the students.
The study suggests that if evidence-based practice is taught systematically, it affects the students' learning outcome.
Simulation based communication courses can give improved communication skills and increased understanding of how the communication model may be used.