Safe surgery – set-up and organisation of instrument tables for surgery: a scoping review
Only one guideline detailed a practical and systematic set-up of instrument tables.
Only one guideline detailed a practical and systematic set-up of instrument tables.
Some nurses say nothing about the problem of smell in order to protect the service user. However, the silence of the nurses reinforces shame and loneliness.
Close relatives help patients to live at home longer and are an important resource for the welfare state. But they can also contribute to an unfair allocation of nursing home beds by advocating for their own family members.
A care discourse, aimed at the patient’s needs, was prominent in the evaluation and assessment notes. The treatment plans reflected a problem-focused discourse, where only problems were recorded.
By adopting a new supervision model, nurse managers acquired more positive attitudes towards students and started paying more attention to nursing issues.
At the University of Tromsø, first year students in nursing homes are supervised by final year students in order to strengthen their occupational competence in nursing leadership.
Few midwives followed the recommendations for defining active labour in the electronic medical records. It is uncertain how many women in labour were continuously monitored by a midwife.
Practice supervisors are of the opinion that the students need specially adapted arrangements for hospital work placements in order to complete their education.
The study’s informants were particularly apprehensive about critical emergencies and unsure how to use medical equipment such as bag valve masks.
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.