Search for dissertations about: "hospital climate"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 25 swedish dissertations containing the words hospital climate.

  2. 6. Nursing management at a Swedish university hospital

    Author : Stina Fransson Sellgren; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : leadership behaviour; nursing management; work climate; job satisfaction; staff turnover;

    Abstract : High turnover rate among nursing staff is a global problem and important for nurse managers to deal with. In order to help health care leaders to retain competent staff, it is important to improve the knowledge of the ways and the extent to which leadership behaviour relates to nurse job satisfaction and staff turnover. READ MORE

  4. 7. Indoor environment and air quality in hospital units : Symptoms and signs

    Author : Klas Nordström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Medical sciences; MEDICIN OCH VÅRD; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; arbets- och miljömedicin; Occupational and Environmental Medicine;

    Abstract : Indoor environment may influence the occurrence of symptoms such as eye, skin and upper airway irritation, headache and fatigue. The aim of the dissertation was to study relations between subjective indoor air quality, such symptoms, clinical signs from the nose and the eyes and the physical indoor environment, in particular the effect of dampness, type of building, and air humidification. READ MORE

  5. 8. Moral distress and ethical climate in pediatric oncology care

    Author : Päivi Ventovaara; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: Despite the high survival rates, childhood cancer still is a life-threatening disease. Many ethical dilemmas and constraints challenge healthcare professionals who provide care for these children, causing moral distress and reducing the quality of care. READ MORE

  6. 9. Health effects of heatwaves : short and long term predictions

    Author : Christofer Åström; Bertil Forsberg; Kristie L. Ebi; Scott Sheridan; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Heatwave; health impact assessment; early warning system; mortality; morbidity; climate change;

    Abstract : Background: Climate change is defined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as changes in the state of the climate associated with changes in the mean and/or the variability of its properties. Climate change will affect temperatures both as an increase in mean temperature as well as changes in the frequency of temperature extremes. READ MORE

  7. 10. Objectively measured eating behaviors and their relation to food intake in school and hospital settings

    Author : Petter Fagerberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Introduction: The measurement of food intake (what and how much we eat and drink) is of great importance due to its involvement in three great challenges facing humanity: 1) obesity/overnutrition, 2) undernutrition and 3) climate change, as well as their related health consequences. However, measuring food and energy intake in humans is complicated since traditional self-reported methods have systematic bias while traditional objective laboratory methods have generalizability and upscaling issues. READ MORE