Simulation based communication courses can give improved communication skills and increased understanding of how the communication model may be used.

Involving a user and a professional translator may be appropriate when an instrument is translated and adapted to another culture.

Studien kan tyde på at sykepleiere opplever at de yter et bedre tilbud til pasienter med dobbeltdiagnose etter rusreformen.

Undersøkelsen viser at dokumentasjonen av effekt av behovsmedisineringen, ved sykehjemmet der undersøkelsen ble gjennomført, var manglefull.

Beboere på sykehjem er misfornøyde med å sitte passivt inne og er mer sosiale når de er ute. Likevel har de lite kontakt med naturen og utemiljøet.

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.

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

Patients undergoing gynaecological laparoscopies and anorectal procedures suffered the most nausea, while those who underwent major breast cancer surgery experienced the least nausea.