Parenteral nutrition at the end of life
Registered nurses and doctors should base their assessments of whether to stop parenteral nutrition on inter-disciplinary collaboration and competencies, with particular emphasis on experience-based knowledge.
Registered nurses and doctors should base their assessments of whether to stop parenteral nutrition on inter-disciplinary collaboration and competencies, with particular emphasis on experience-based knowledge.
When ESAS is routinely used to map symptoms, the patients experience greater symptom relief and a better quality of life. However, not everyone uses the tool systematically.
Nurses report that the end-of-life nursing care provided in nursing homes calls on staff to provide “more of everything”, and that nurses feel they are “left to deal with everything on their own”. This situation must be taken seriously, organisationally and policywise.
Kommunene mangler helsefagarbeidere med kompetanse innen lindrende behandling og omsorg ved livets slutt. En ny digital opplæringspakke er utviklet for å heve kompetansen.
Finn Nortvedt hadde undervist i årevis om sykepleie. Så ble han selv alvorlig syk. Her beskriver han hva det gjorde med hans syn på god pleie, selvbestemmelse og døden.
Atle Halvorsen tar imot både ris og ros på vegne av sykehuset. Lytteposten er kommet for å bli.
Sykehjemslege Pernille Bruusgaard ser at livet svinger, også når det nærmer seg slutten.