Women with recurrent ovarian cancer endure their disease by finding solace in the hope of recovery. How can nurses provide consolation?

Health personnel are instructed to register cardiac arrests in The Norwegian Cardiac Arrest Registry. Still, only one in three patients with cardiac arrest in the intesive care ward is registered.

It is an ordeal to be diagnosed with and treated for testicular cancer. Various resources can help patients to handle the difficult situation more easily.

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.

Health personnel find that high-energy smoothies do not always have the intended effect. Some patients become obstipated or nauseous, and undernourished patients do not gain weight.

Measures such as the ‘getting-to-know-you’ day, the ‘float nurse’ function at an early stage, group meetings and internal training greatly benefitted supervisors and students at Oslo University Hospital.