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Artikkelen presenterer resultatene av en undersøkelse om bruk av symptomkartleggingsverktøyet ESAS ved sykehjem.

Intensive care patients often suffer from undertreated pain. A pain assessment tool in a Norwegian version may increase the quality of patient treatment.

They observe eye contact, comforting and other behaviours based on experience rather than by making use of recognised instruments. Their assessments are influenced by professional development opportunities, a heavy workload and interdisciplinary collaboration.

It is challenging for community nurses to screen their patients’ nutritional risk because the guidelines fail to take sufficient account of the domestic arena. 

There is no difference in functional disability between women and men after having a stroke.

Healthcare personnel find that they are better equipped to receive and treat trauma patients after taking the Course in Trauma Nursing.

A quasi experimental study testing the effects of an interactive tailored patient assessment on communication between patients and physicians and nurses.

Studien viser at systematisk klinisk undersøkelse kan hjelpe sykepleiere til å treffe bedre beslutninger.

Når symptomene kartlegges rutinemessig med ESAS, får pasientene bedre symptomlindring og livskvalitet. Likevel er det ikke alle som bruker verktøyet systematisk.