Where have all the nurses gone? A register-based analysis
This study shows that there is no large reserve of nurses. The vast majority hold relevant positions, but without direct patient contact.
This study shows that there is no large reserve of nurses. The vast majority hold relevant positions, but without direct patient contact.
Many municipal in-patient acute care units do not use scoring tools as part of registered nurses’ decision-making basis.
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.
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.
For nurses to be able to attend to their patients’ nutritional status in the best possible way, they need a regular nursing home doctor who knows the nutritional wishes and needs of individual patients.
There is no difference in functional disability between women and men after having a stroke.
Collaborative interdisciplinary meetings may increase the mutual respect between health professionals and provide more knowledge about the patient.
Patients undergoing gynaecological laparoscopies and anorectal procedures suffered the most nausea, while those who underwent major breast cancer surgery experienced the least nausea.
Group-based self-management programmes make it easier to cope with the disease. However, half of all patients decline to participate in such programmes.
Sykepleiere med master i anestesi- og intensivsykepleie vil styrke helseteamets samlede kompetanse og bidra til økt pasientsikkerhet.