Healthcare personnel as a source of comfort in recurrent ovarian cancer
Women with recurrent ovarian cancer endure their disease by finding solace in the hope of recovery. How can nurses provide consolation?
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In the child’s best interest? Making the decision to end life-sustaining treatment
Healthcare personnel found it challenging to judge what was in the child’s best interest. The child’s right to autonomy and involvement was often not heeded, and the child was rarely included in the decision-making process.
Incident reporting – a difficult balancing act
The purpose of reporting adverse incidents is not to point to scapegoats, but to increase patient safety. Nevertheless, many professionals fail to report unwanted incidents, a study shows.
Experiences gained from testing a work placement supervision model at the Master’s degree level
The model helped to ensure that work placement supervisors were better prepared to welcome students, and this strengthened the quality of learning. However, this requires management support, as well as planning and professional resources.
Women’s and men’s assessment of health and functional ability in HUNT 3 after a stroke
There is no difference in functional disability between women and men after having a stroke.
Surgical nurses lack the time and competence to work in an evidence-based manner
Surgical departments and educational institutions lack an organisational structure and culture that supports evidence-based practice. This may affect patient safety.
Home health care services in collaboration with the specialist health care services
Different perspectives on what to prioritise, characterise the cooperation.
New practice model improved students’ leadership and organisational skills
At the University of Tromsø, first year students in nursing homes are supervised by final year students in order to strengthen their occupational competence in nursing leadership.
Accept or decline? Nurses and patients as Facebook friends
All the nurses in the study had received friend requests from patients. They had different, and sometimes conflicting, attitudes to contact with patients on Facebook.
Sexual coercion in marriage or cohabitating relationships is linked to other types of intimate partner violence
Women who have experienced sexual coercion have normally been subjected to other forms of violence, such as acts of dominance and isolation, or emotional, verbal or physical abuse.
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