Search for dissertations about: "complex patient situations"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 31 swedish dissertations containing the words complex patient situations.

  2. 1. Newly graduated registered nurses’ clinical competence, professional development and work situation : In acute care hospital settings

    Author : Anna Willman; Jan Nilsson; Kaisa Bjuresäter; Anna Forsberg; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; newly graduated nurses; nursing care; complex patient situations; clinical competence; work situation; professional development.; nyutbildade sjuksköterskor; omvårdnad; komplexa patient situationer; klinisk kompetens; arbetssituation; professionell utveckling.; Nursing Science; Omvårdnad;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to explore and describe newly graduated registered nurses’ self-assessed clinical competences, professional development, work situation, and perceptions of managing nursing care in complex patient situations during their first 18 months of clinical practice in acute care hospital settings.Methods: Cross-sectional and longitudinal data were collected from NGRNs with 2-15 months of work experience using the instrument Professional Nurse Self-Assessment Scale of clinical core competences II. READ MORE

  4. 2. Patient safety at emergency departments : challenges with crowding, multitasking and interruptions

    Author : Lena M Berg; Katarina Göransson; Anna Ehrenberg; Jan Florin; Jan Östergren; Birgitta Wireklint Sundström; Karolinska Institutet Solna Department of Medicine; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Several challenges with patient safety in the emergency department (ED) context have beenpreviously identified, and some commonly mentioned are crowding, multitasking, andinterruptions. The ED is a complex, high-risk work environment where multiple clinicians(physicians, registered nurses [RNs], and licensed practical nurses [LPNs]) are constantlyworking in parallel work processes, in an often crowded ED, while conducting tasksinvolving cognitively demanding decision-making processes. READ MORE

  5. 3. Health Care Professionals’ Views of Smart Glasses for Vital Signs Monitoring in Complex Care Environments

    Author : Charlotte Romare; Lisa Skär; Sofia Österberg; Blekinge Tekniska Högskola; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Anesthesia Department; Hospital; Human Factors Engineering; Intensive Care Units; Monitoring; Physiologic; Nursing; Smart Glasses; Patient Safety.; Tillämpad hälsoteknik; Applied Health Technology;

    Abstract : Monitoring patient vital signs is one of many important tasks for health care professionals in intensive care units and anaesthesia departments. Patient status can deteriorate in seconds, hence close surveillance is requisite for safe care. However, monitoring vital signs can be challenging in some situations. READ MORE

  6. 4. Patients in Clinical Cancer Trials. Information, Understanding and Decision-Making

    Author : Pia Dellson; Tumörmikromiljö; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Clinical Cancer Trials; Informed Consent Documents; Patient Understanding; Decision-Making;

    Abstract : The informed consent process for clinical trials (CTs) is complex. Patients must be able to understand the information given to be able to make an informed decision. READ MORE

  7. 5. 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