Search for dissertations about: "NURSES"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 659 swedish dissertations containing the word NURSES.

2. 6. Nurses go visiting : ethics and gender in home-based nursing care

   Author : Stina Öresland; Birgit Rasmussen Holritz; Astrid Norberg; Kim Lützén; Sylvia Määttä; Gunilla Silfverberg; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Nursing; Omvårdnad; omvårdnadsforskning med medicinsk inriktning; Caring Sciences;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis is to explore how nursing is constructed in home-based nursing care from the viewpoint of patients and nurses who are receiving or giving care. Since nursing both constructs and is in turn constructed by the context in which it serves, language plays a central part in those constructions and in this thesis. READ MORE

4. 7. Motivational Interviewing in Primary Care : Nurses´ experiences and actual use of the method

   Author : Ann-Sofi Östlund; Barbro Wadensten; Marja-Leena Kristofferzon; Elisabeth Häggström; Åsa Hörnsten; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; communication; experiences; health promotion; motivational interviewing; nurses; performance; primary care; talk; training; use; Caring Sciences; Vårdvetenskap;

   Abstract : Aim: The overall aim of the present thesis was to describe and examine primary care nurses´ self-reports on training, use and performance as well as experiences and actual performance of MI.Method: One qualitative and three quantitative studies were conducted among primary care nurses. READ MORE

5. 8. Enabling the performance of nurses in rural Guatemala : the role of relationships

   Author : Alison Hernández; Miguel San Sebástian; Kjerstin Dahlblom; Anna-Karin Hurtig; Bart Criel; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Health workers; nurses; performance; health services management; health systems research; people-centered health systems; work environment; Guatemala; folkhälsa; Public health;

   Abstract : Background: Enhancing the performance of front-line health workers serving vulnerable populations is crucial for redressing inequities. Traditional approaches have focused on introducing technical solutions, such as guidelines and incentives, to modify performance outcomes. READ MORE

6. 9. Existential issues in surgical care : Nurses’ experiences and attitudes in caring for patients with cancer

   Author : Camilla Udo; Ella Danielson; Christina Melin-Johansson; Bertil Axelsson; Ingela Henoch; Britt-Marie Ternestedt; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; cancer care; educational intervention; existential; nurses; surgical care; Hälsa och välfärd;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to explore surgical nurses’ experiences of being confronted with patients’ existential issues when caring for patients with cancer, and to examine whether an educational intervention may support nurses in addressing existential needs when caring for patients with cancer. Previously recorded discussions from supervision sessions with eight healthcare professionals were analysed (I), written descriptions of critical incidents were collected from 10 nurses, and interviews with open questions were conducted (II). READ MORE

7. 10. Interhospital intensive care unit-to-unit transfers : The perspectives of patients, family members, and critical care nurses

   Author : Jonas Karlsson; Isabell Fridh; Mats Holmberg; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Interhospital transfer; Patient transfer; Critical care; Intensive care; Family; Nurses; Caring; Missed nursing care; Phenomenological hermeneutical research; Hermeneutics; Video recording; Participant observation; Människan i vården; The Human Perspective in Care;

   Abstract : Aim: The overall aim of the current thesis was to investigate the interhospital intensive care unit-to unit transfer process from the perspective of patients, family members, and critical care nurses. Methods: Study I explores and interprets the observed nature of the patient’s situation during interhospital intensive care unit-to-unit transfers. READ MORE