En møteplass på tvers av institusjoner, fremmer kunnskap og samhandling mellom helsepersonell ved overføring av eldre pasienter.

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

Following the introduction of the Coordination Reform, nurses employed by the municipal health service have had to deal with a growing number of complex, patient-focused tasks. The need for professional development is considerable, but there is no overall strategy in place.

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

Nurses are better at using their professional knowledge and applying research in their work following postgraduate study in evidence-based practice (EBP). Their belief in the value of such work also increases.

New reforms and time-consuming tasks such as cleaning, preparing food and poor ICT solutions mean that nurses give less priority to safety measures in connection with medication management.  

In order to meet the challenges associated with undernutrition in elderly patients who receive home-based nursing care, it is necessary to screen for nutritional status.