There is no difference in functional disability between women and men after having a stroke.

Norwegian health care personnel find the systematic follow-up of care pathways and the collaboration with the primary health service to be poorer than other organizational areas.

National and multi-regional hospitals appear to use procedures for set-up of instruments in the sterile field more often than local and regional hospitals.

In the last twenty years, PhD theses in nursing science at the University of Oslo (UiO) have changed in terms of methodology, authorship and theoretical approach. Has the research become less patient-centred and patient-oriented?  

Establishing an individual care plan at an early stage of palliative care gives relatives hope and support. They also feel seen and their burden of responsibility is lessened. 

Some municipalities gave considerably more prominence to finances and day-to-day operations than safe and secure patient experiences.

Different perspectives on what to prioritise, characterise the cooperation.

Group-based self-management programmes make it easier to cope with the disease. However, half of all patients decline to participate in such programmes. 

Weight is one of the simplest measurements of nutritional status. Nevertheless, a number of personnel in the community nursing services lack knowledge about nutrition and good routines for weighing patients.