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. 

Nurses’ psychosocial challenges are transformed into something private and personal instead of being solved at an overarching level in the organisation.

Fatigue, dry mouth and loss of appetite are the most distressing symptoms, according to a screening with the ESAS tool.

Women who had given birth by caesarean section often downplayed their own complaints, felt left to their own devices and received invaluable assistance from their partner.

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?  

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.

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

Residents with pain suffered from several health issues and presented with physical as well as mental symptoms. Healthcare personnel can help by providing more effective and appropriate treatment and nursing care.

Students who used this framework for communication conveyed more specific observations, gave fewer unfounded opinions, and experienced improvements in teamwork and patient safety.

The postnatal period is a vulnerable time that involves reorientation and new experiences. Early visits by a midwife may therefore help enhance the women’s perception of coping.