Search for dissertations about: "nurses"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 655 swedish dissertations containing the word nurses.
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16. Designing for learning and knowing: Nurses in chronic care and patients' self-monitoring data
Abstract : This thesis focuses on nurses’ work practice in chronic care and their learning and knowing in relation to their patients’ self-monitoring data. It is anticipated that self-monitoring data used as a support for healthcare professionals’ work will help to overcome the current challenges the healthcare system is facing. READ MORE
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17. Nurses' psychosocial work environment, parental needs and communication at the neonatal intensive care unit
Abstract : Background. Parents with an infant in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) often experience great emotional distress. They are dependent on staff for help in caring for and relating to their infant. Nursing staff who care for vulnerable infants and their families are subject to stress and burnout. READ MORE
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18. Support for women with breast cancer, and for the district and hospital nurses involved : an intervention study
Abstract : The purpose of this study was to investigate breast cancer patients’ experiences of their illness and of traditional nursing care (TNC) or supportive nursing care (SNC) respectively, as well as nurses' experiences of support and of caring for cancer patients. An intervention including extended co-operation between the surgical ward and primary health care, shorter waiting times, and changed routines concerning the information about the diagnosis, as well as training and systematic clinical supervision for the nurses, was implemented. READ MORE
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19. Nursing-Related Qualities, Personality and Work Satisfaction : Assistant Nurses in a Ten-Year Perspective
Abstract : The personalities and qualities of nursing personnel are considered to be of great importance for their interactions with patients and may also influence work satisfaction. The aim of the thesis was to explore the extent to which different personal qualities and personality factors, with a possible effect on motivation, professional conduct, and coping with anxiety, are represented in a group of assistant nurses (in Swedish undersköterskor), and how these qualities are related to nursing competence and long-range work satisfaction. READ MORE
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20. Do-not-resuscitate orders Ethical aspects on decision making and communication among physicians, nurses, patients and relatives
Abstract : The purpose was to describe ethical aspects on how do-not-resuscitate (DNR) deci-sions are made, established, and communicated between physicians, nurses, patients and relatives. A random sample of 220 physicians and nurses answered a questionnaire about their attitudes to and experiences of the making and communication of a DNR decision. READ MORE