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  2. 1. The complexity of nutritional status for persons with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease : a nursing challenge

    Author : Sigrid Odencrants; Margareta Ehnfors; Anna Ehrenberg; Susan Grobe; Karin Axelsson; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; assessment; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; instruments; MNA; MUST; nursing; nutritional status; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap; Caring Sciences w. Medical Focus; Omvårdnadsforskning med medicinsk inriktning;

    Abstract : Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the most widespread diseases globally. A commonly reported symptom is impaired nutritional status, which is often discussed in the literature as difficult to assess. READ MORE

  4. 2. Bridging the gap between caring theory and nursing practice : Learning experiences of undergraduate nursing students in a caring behavior course

    Author : Sophie Mårtensson; Maria Björk; Susanne Knutsson; Anders Broström; Eric A. Hodges; Mariann Fossum; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Caring; Narrative pedagogy; Observational behavioral instrument; Qualitative method; Quantitative observational method; Reflective practice; Student-centered learning approach; Simulation; Swanson’s Theory of Caring; Undergraduate nursing education;

    Abstract : Background: Healthcare providers are obligated to practice with scientific knowledge in order to deliver high quality and safe care based on patients’ needs. Despite this obligation, complaints from care recipients and their significant others regarding healthcare providers’ lack of compassion and competent care in their professional encounters have increased. READ MORE

  5. 3. Assessment of patients' needs and resources as a basis in supervision for individualised nursing care in nursing home wards : evaluation of an intervention study

    Author : Görel Hansebo; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska institutet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Geriatric nursing; Nursing; Nursing assessment; Nursing care; Nursing homes; Qualitative methods; Geriatri; Geriatrik; Omvårdnad; Sjukhem; Hemsjukvård; Äldrevård; Psykiatrisk vård; Kvalitativa metoder; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap; intervention project; assessment; supervision; elderly care; knowledge of patients; professional approach and qualitative methods;

    Abstract : The study in this thesis was conducted as an intervention project in three nursing home wards in Sweden, in a big city as well as in rural areas, one year in each ward. The intervention consisted of supervision for individualised and documented nursing care with a multidimensional assessment instrument, the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI/MDS), used as a basis. READ MORE

  6. 4. Gerotranscendence from a Nursing Perspective – from Theory to Implementation

    Author : Barbro Wadensten; Lars Tornstam; Marianne Carlsson; Per-Olof Sandman; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Caring sciences; Gerontology nursing; Gerontological care; Gerotranscendence; Nursing theory; Nursing models; Gerontological theory; Ageing; Care of older people; Nursing; Guidelines; Innovation; Vårdvetenskap; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap;

    Abstract : The overall aim of the present thesis was to gain further knowledge about the nursing theoretical basis of care of older people, to translate the theory of gerotranscendence into practical guidelines, and to implement the theory and guidelines in practical settings.Study I comprised a literature search and a review with qualitative analysis of nursing theories. READ MORE

  7. 5. Nursing care for patients on the edge of life : Nurses’ experiences of nursing care in intensive and nursing home related to questions of withholding or withdrawing curative treatment

    Author : Reidun Hov; Elsy Athlin; Birgitta Hedelin; Kim Lützén; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; life - sustaining treatment; nursing care; nursing home; ICU; phenomenology; phenomenography; Nursing; Omvårdnad; Nursing Science; Omvårdnad; fd vårdvet. ;

    Abstract : Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to deepen the understanding of nursing care for seriously ill patients on the edge of life in intensive care unit (ICU) and nursing home when questions were raised whether to withhold or withdraw curative treatment. Method: All studies were conducted in a qualitative frame of reference with interviews of nurses in two contexts in Norway; group interviews of 14 nurses in an ICU (study I, III), and individual interviews of 14 nurses in two nursing homes (study II, IV). READ MORE