Search for dissertations about: "patient transfers"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 swedish dissertations containing the words patient transfers.

2. 1. Work technique in lifting and patient transfer tasks

   Author : Katarina Kjellberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : age; biomechanics; gender; lifting; low back disorders; methods; observations; nurses; patient comfort; patient handling; patient; safety; work technique;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to explore and develop methods for describing, analysing and assessing work technique in lifting and patient transfer tasks, and to study how the work technique is related to personal factors and aspects of patient quality and safety. The focus was on work technique features with implications for musculoskeletal load and for the development of musculoskeletal disorders. READ MORE

4. 2. Patient safety during intrahospital transports in intensive care. Hazards, experiences and future measurements

   Author : Lina Bergman; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; ethnography; human factors engineering; intensive care; instrument development; intrahospital transport; nursing; patient safety; patient transfers; safety hazards;

   Abstract : Patient safety is an attribute of the healthcare system that minimizes the incidence of adverse events (AEs), and that entails identifying the causes of harm and preventive strategies. Intrahospital transport (IHT) of patients in intensive care is a process associated with AEs and patient complications. READ MORE

5. 3. 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

6. 4. Mind the gap : organizational factors related to transfers of older people between nursing homes and hospital care

   Author : Marie Kirsebom; Barbro Wadensten; Mariann Hedström; Ulrika Pöder; Annica Kihlgren; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Hospitalizations; Advance care planning; Emergency service; Patient admission; Nursing homes; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science;

   Abstract : The overall aim of the present thesis was to study factors related to transfers of older people between nursing homes, emergency department and hospital care.The thesis was based on four studies and used three methods: focus group discussions, structured review of electronic healthcare records, semi-structured interviews with registered nurses and general practitioners. READ MORE

7. 5. The patient transfer task : methods for assessing work technique

   Author : Christina Johnsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Experience; musculoskeletal problems; nurses; nursing students; observation methods; older people; patient transfer; training programme; work technique;

   Abstract : The ability to move is an important part of everyday life. Assisted transfers, at hospitals or at home, can lead to high physical load on the nurse's musculoskeletal system, which in turn could cause musculoskeletal problems. READ MORE