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.
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New app can give nutritional support to home-dwelling elderly
The recently developed app APPETITT can inspire to a varied diet and increase the attention to dietary habits for home-dwelling elderly.
Registered nurses’ experiences of using ESAS to map cancer patients’ symptoms
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.
Suffering related to care among older patients on perioperative care pathways
Patients move quickly between different units during the surgical pathway. Older patients in particular are at risk of suffering related to care such as violations of dignity, neglect and poor pain management.
Family rooms in neonatal ICUs – registered nurses’ experiences
The organisational form results in RNs working in greater isolation, and this may mean that their professional competence stagnates. The parents become the experts on the child – not the RNs.
Medication reviews on admission of residents to nursing homes
A large proportion of the residents at nursing homes did not receive a medication review when they were admitted, despite this being a statutory requirement.
Evidence-based practice in nursing education
The study suggests that if evidence-based practice is taught systematically, it affects the students' learning outcome.
Caring for children in the general intensive care unit – the experiences of intensive care nurses
It is challenging to treat children in a general intensive care unit intended for adults. Good training, good cooperation, and fulfilling children’s needs are valuable measures.
Hypothermia in surgical patients on admission to a postoperative ICU
Too many patients had hypothermia both on admission, and one hour after admission, to a postoperative intensive care unit. Elderly patients and those who had undergone laparoscopic surgery were particularly at risk.
Collaboration for good patient trajectories in the short-term ward of nursing homes
Ensuring a good patient trajectory is difficult. In order to be successful, it is essential that all healthcare professionals involved have a close, trust-based cooperation, also with patients and their families.
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