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.
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.
Few midwives followed the recommendations for defining active labour in the electronic medical records. It is uncertain how many women in labour were continuously monitored by a midwife.
Healthcare personnel who work with parents who are mentally ill or have substance abuse problems are uncertain about their role. The support that the children receive can therefore be haphazard.
Helsepersonell kan for lite om sammenhengen mellom seksuell helse og kronisk hjertesykdom hos kvinner.
Tilfriskning fra en psykisk lidelse eller ruslidelse kan skje utenfor tradisjonelle terapeutiske rammer, på biltur, i sosialt samvær og på andre hverdagslige arenaer.
Alle skal ha lik tilgang til tjenester av god kvalitet. Likevel stigmatiseres personer med rusmiddelavhengighet, slik at de sjelden får optimal smertelindring på kirurgisk avdeling.
Mange soldater får sammensatte psykiske utfordringer etter å ha deltatt i internasjonale operasjoner. Kunnskap om veteraner som gruppe er nødvendig for å kunne gi dem et godt oppsøkende tilbud.
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.