Search for dissertations about: "Supportive care"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 177 swedish dissertations containing the words Supportive care.

  2. 1. Intervening with care : creating new infrastructures for learning and increasing quality of elderly care

    Author : Esther Hauer; Kristina Westerberg; Annika Nordlund; Maria Gustavsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; learning intervention; learning climate; skills; knowledge; resource adequacy; workload; quality improvement; autonomy-support; elderly care; Sweden; Psychology; psykologi;

    Abstract : Substantial changes in public elderly care in Sweden have been resulting in a standing need of updating staff competence to match the new demands and maintain quality. Since the ability to learn is of importance when confronting changing conditions, organizations in general, as well as the authorities responsible for elderly care, invest large amounts of resources in learning in the workplace. READ MORE

  4. 2. Tactile touch in intensive care : Nurses' preparation, patients' experiences and the effect on stress parameters

    Author : Maria Henricson; Bengt Fridlund; Kerstin Segesten; Anna-Lena Berglund; Sylvia Määttä; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Tactile touch; intensive care; stress; oxytocin; complementary method; nursing; preparation; randomised controlled trial; comfort; lifeworld research; narratives; Nursing; Omvårdnad; Nursing Science; Omvårdnad;

    Abstract : Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to acquire knowledge about whether tactile touch as a complementary method can (i) promote comfort and (ii) reduce stress reactions during care in an intensive care unit (ICU) Method: In Paper I, five nurses with a touch therapist training were interviewed about their experiences of preparation before giving tactile touch in an ICU. To analyse the meaning of preparation as a phenomenon, Giorgi’s descriptive phenomenological approach was used. READ MORE

  5. 3. Nutritional Nursing Care : Nurses’ interactions with the patient, the team and the organization

    Author : Mona Wentzel Persenius; Marie-Louise Hall-Lord; Bodil Wilde Larsson; Bengt Fridlund; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; assessment; documentation; enteral nutrition; intensive care; intervention; malnutrition and nutrition; Nursing; Omvårdnad; Nursing Science; Omvårdnad;

    Abstract : The overall aim of the thesis was to gain a deeper understanding of nutritional nursing care in municipal care and county council care, with specific focus on enteral nutrition (EN) in intensive care. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used. READ MORE

  6. 4. Quality of Life and Supportive Care after Oesophageal Cancer Surgery. Long-term experiences and evaluation of a telephone based nurse-led supportive care programme

    Author : Marlene Malmström; Lund Kirurgi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Experiences; Information; Intervention; Long-term follow-up; Oesophageal cancer; Oesophagectomy; Oesophago-gastectomy; Support; Supportive care; Telephone follow-up; Quality of life.;

    Abstract : After oesophageal cancer surgery it is known that patients have a reduced QOL and that they suffer an unmet need of support. The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate patients’ experiences of QOL and supportive care as well as to evaluate a telephone based nurse-led supportive care programme to patients after oesophageal cancer surgery. READ MORE

  7. 5. The Swedish Maternal Health Care Register : Internal Validity, User Perspectives and Register Outcomes; and Experiences by Midwives in Antenatal Care

    Author : Kerstin Petersson; Ingrid Mogren; Margareta Persson; Marie Lindkvist; Helle Kieler; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Quality registers; medical records; validity; degree of coverage; antenatal care; pregnancy; prenatal diagnosis; uptake; work condition; guidelines; epidemiology; qualitative research; obstetrik och gynekologi; Obstetrics and Gynaecology;

    Abstract : BackgroundEstablished in 1999, the Swedish Maternal Health Care Register (MHCR), collects data on pregnant women and their offspring. Since 2013, the MHCR has been a part of the Swedish Pregnancy Register (SPR). Data are entered manually into the MHCR by midwives in antenatal care (ANC). READ MORE