Measurement instruments for breathlessness in palliative care
The patient’s experience of breathlessness often do not correspond with the seriousness of the condition.
The patient’s experience of breathlessness often do not correspond with the seriousness of the condition.
Nurses’ psychosocial challenges are transformed into something private and personal instead of being solved at an overarching level in the organisation.
The method seems to be especially efficient for patients experiencing high initial pain intensities.
Faglig engasjement, arbeidsglede og tett oppfølging av nyansatte har bidratt til det gode arbeidsmiljøet på transplantasjonskirurgisk sengepost ved Oslo universitetssykehus.
Guided Self-Determination (GSD) can help improve the counselling skills of registered nurses. It can also encourage patients to reflect on their own communication skills.
Measures such as the ‘getting-to-know-you’ day, the ‘float nurse’ function at an early stage, group meetings and internal training greatly benefitted supervisors and students at Oslo University Hospital.
They no longer need to always be looking for their next fix and have more time and money. Even though the treatment programme is challenging, they feel a greater sense of freedom.
The study suggests that if evidence-based practice is taught systematically, it affects the students' learning outcome.