Encountering parents of a sick newborn child
When nurses encounter parents with a sick newborn child, it is vital that they see them as individuals and establish a relationship based on empathy.
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Healthcare personnel’s recognition of people with hydrocephalus affects their self-esteem
While the illness is potentially life-threatening, it is invisible and not well known. Consequently, patients may be mistrusted and ignored, and they may feel inferior, vulnerable and insecure.
Ethical reflection and awareness in supervision
Nurses can experience moral stress and feel a sense of shame when they are torn between a patient’s needs and the requirements of the treatment system. Ethical reflection in supervision can help.
Inadvertent perioperative hypothermia and day surgery – nurse anaesthetists’ experience
Body temperature was measured differently and the routines were not the same. Provision should be made for a practice ensuring that staff have the necessary equipment and time to prevent inadvertent perioperative hypothermia.
The experiences of bereaved relatives on receiving the intensive care diaries of their loved ones
The bereaved felt that they maintained a bond with their deceased family member through diaries that had been kept for the patients during their stay in ICU. The diaries also helped impart structure on a chaotic time and made it easier for the bereaved to vent their feelings.
Health education competence, self-management
A systematic literature review shows that six competence areas play a key role in enabling health personnel to give patients and service users good outcomes from self-management programmes.
Lack of clear framework impedes work with children of sick parents
Healthcare personnel who work with parents who are mentally ill or have substance abuse problems are uncertain about their role. The support that the children receive can therefore be haphazard.
Routine screening for postpartum depression puts mental health on the agenda
When public health nurses use the EPDS screening tool in addition to their gut feeling and clinical judgment, they identify more mothers who need help.
Health promotion in mental health nursing – patients’ dream hospital
Patients dream of a living space with a predictable daily structure and clear organisation, where they receive individually tailored care and treatment, and where healthcare personnel enter into health-promoting relationships with them.
Screening for symptoms of depression associated with heart disease
Heart disease increases the risk of depression. How can we best identify depressed cardiac patients?
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