Mild kognitiv svikt og fysisk funksjonsnivå blant hjemmeboende eldre
De fleste hjemmeboende eldre hadde høyt funksjonsnivå. Men personer med mild kognitiv svikt hadde betraktelig dårligere gripestyrke, lavere ganghastighet og færre antall skritt.
De fleste hjemmeboende eldre hadde høyt funksjonsnivå. Men personer med mild kognitiv svikt hadde betraktelig dårligere gripestyrke, lavere ganghastighet og færre antall skritt.
Sykepleiere tilpasser seg strukturer og normer i helsetjenesten fremfor å hevde faglige vurderinger. Erfaring vektlegges mer enn vitenskap.
Most community-dwelling older adults had a high function level. However, those with mild cognitive impairment had a significantly poorer grip strength and slower walking speed, and had taken fewer steps.
Patients undergoing gynaecological laparoscopies and anorectal procedures suffered the most nausea, while those who underwent major breast cancer surgery experienced the least nausea.
Registered nurses noted a greater number of clinical signs of infection in infants with catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI) than in infants without such infections. However, not all observations were documented.
Following the Care Coordination Reform, more frail elderly patients have died after discharge from hospitals to nursing homes and more have been discharged to return home.
Many medical records lacked information about nutritional risk, and few patients at nutritional risk were followed up.
The infection control measures may have impacted negatively on the breastfeeding assistance provided for first-time mothers in postnatal facilities. There was also a greater reliance on breast-milk substitutes than normal.
Health personnel are instructed to register cardiac arrests in The Norwegian Cardiac Arrest Registry. Still, only one in three patients with cardiac arrest in the intesive care ward is registered.
The postnatal period is a vulnerable time that involves reorientation and new experiences. Early visits by a midwife may therefore help enhance the women’s perception of coping.