Search for dissertations about: "nursing change"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 136 swedish dissertations containing the words nursing change.

  2. 1. 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

  4. 2. 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

  5. 3. Daily living and coping strategies in insulin-dependent diabetics : diagnostic reasoning in nursing

    Author : Berit Lundman; Astrid Norberg; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Insulin-dependent diabetes; metabolic control; daily living; coping strategies; attitudes; tedium; smoking habits; menstruation; nursing; diagnostic reasoning in nursing;

    Abstract : Within a defined geographical area, all patients, 192 in total, with insulin- dependent diabetes of at least 2 years' duration and free from long-term diabetic complications were identified. Their experiences of the influence of the disease on daily living, tedium, and smoking habits were evaluated using a questionnaire and related to metabolic control. READ MORE

  6. 4. Health in later life: A nursing perspective

    Author : Ariel Almevall; Karin Zingmark; Päivi Juuso; Catharina Melander; Annica Kihlgren; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Aging Population; Home Care Services; Self-Rated Health; Geriatric Nursing; Nurse-Patient Relationship; Health; Nursing; Omvårdnad;

    Abstract : The ongoing demographic shift towards an older population calls for a corresponding shift to a proactive approach, aiming for health and well-being in old age. This dissertation addresses the need for increased knowledge about health in the context of aging at home. READ MORE

  7. 5. “Life is for living” : exploring thriving for older people living in nursing homes

    Author : Rebecca Baxter; David Edvardsson; Hugo Lövheim; Anders Sköldunger; Sabine Björk; Lisbeth Fagerström; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Thriving; well-being; nursing home; older people; nursing; phenomenological hermeneutics; psychometric evaluation; cross-sectional; longitudinal; personcentred care; omvårdnadsforskning med medicinsk inriktning; Caring Sciences;

    Abstract : Background: Demand for formal care in nursing homes has steadily increased in recent decades, prompting calls for exploration of health-promoting and salutogenic concepts that support people not only to survive in older age, but to thrive. The concept of thriving has been described as a holistic experience of place-related well-being resulting from interactions between the person and their lived-environment. READ MORE