Incident reporting – a difficult balancing act
The purpose of reporting adverse incidents is not to point to scapegoats, but to increase patient safety. Nevertheless, many professionals fail to report unwanted incidents, a study shows.
The purpose of reporting adverse incidents is not to point to scapegoats, but to increase patient safety. Nevertheless, many professionals fail to report unwanted incidents, a study shows.
Nurses’ psychosocial challenges are transformed into something private and personal instead of being solved at an overarching level in the organisation.
Sykepleiere med klinisk kompetanse erfarte at de hadde bevart sin spisskompetanse som kliniske spesialister og fortsatt brukte kompetansen sin.
Lokale prosedyrer er nyttig, men ikke tilstrekkelig for å etterleve basale smittevernrutiner i hjemmesykepleien. Det er derfor behov for å utvikle nasjonale retningslinjer.
Stadig flere studier omhandler verktøy for tidlig oppdagelse av forverret tilstand utenfor sykehus. Likevel har få av studiene satt søkelys på eldre og kommunale helsetjenester.
Fleire eldre får diabetes. Klinisk audit på sjukeheimar kan vere ein god metode for å sikre kunnskapsbasert behandling og oppfølging.
Sykepleiere som deltok i et læringsnettverk sammen med leger og farmasøyter, fikk mer kunnskap om medisiner til eldre.
Anaesthesiology and intensive care nursing are regarded as practice-oriented professions. Can a master’s degree provide an equally high level of skill and theoretical knowledge as specialist training?
Although there are procedures for medication reconciliation, the process is challenging to implement and the allocation of responsibility is unclear.
The registered nurses demonstrated a higher level of competence than the nursing associates and healthcare assistants. However, scores were too low in all three groups in response to emergency scenarios.