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Patient flows through Valhalla : A survival analysis in the context of short-term care institutions
2019
Master's thesis Business Administration BE501 - University of Agder 2019 Individuals experiencing functional decline may often require some form of assistance in order to reassume their activities of daily living. A common form of rehabilitation is a stay at a short-term institution, yet readmissions to such care facilities often occur. Home-based reablement has surfaced in Norway during the past ten years and aims to assist the user in reaching their own activity goals through a self-committed and intensive program, assisted by health care workers. The objective of this study isinquiring into the patient flows between home-nurse areas and short-term institutions in southern Norway over the…
Nursing students' transfer of learning outcomes from simulation-based training to clinical practice: A focus-group study
2019
AbstractBackgroundSimulation-based training is used to develop nursing students’ clinical performance in assessing and managing situations in clinical placements. The use of simulation-based training has increased and become an integrated part of nursing education. The aim of this study was to explore nursing students’ experiences of simulation-based training and how the students perceived the transfer of learning to clinical practice.MethodsEight focus group interviews were conducted with a total of 32 s- and third-year nursing students who participated in a simulation-based training organized as preparation for clinical placement. The transcribed interviews were analysed with thematic ana…
Nursing students' perceptions of combining hands-on simulation with simulated patients and a serious game in preparing for clinical placement in home…
2021
Abstract Background There is a growing demand to provide complex healthcare services in patients' own homes. However, high quality home healthcare clinical placements are often difficult to obtain, and arranging laboratory-based simulations to provide relevant clinical-practical learning experiences for all students is resource intensive. Objectives The aim of this study was to explore nursing students' perceptions of using a blended simulation approach, including hands-on simulation with simulated patients and a video-based serious game, in preparation for their home healthcare clinical placements. Design An exploratory qualitative design using focus group interviews was utilized. Setting …
Screening for Low Energy Availability in Male Athletes: Attempted Validation of LEAM-Q
2022
A questionnaire-based screening tool for male athletes at risk of low energy availability (LEA) could facilitate both research and clinical practice. The present options rely on proxies for LEA such screening tools for disordered eating, exercise dependence, or those validated in female athlete populations. in which the female-specific sections are excluded. To overcome these limitations and support progress in understanding LEA in males, centres in Australia, Norway, Denmark, and Sweden collaborated to develop a screening tool (LEAM-Q) based on clinical investigations of elite and sub-elite male athletes from multiple countries and ethnicities, and a variety of endurance and weight-sensiti…
Unpacking Relational Dignity: In Pursuit of an Ethic of Care for Outdoor Therapies
2022
Dignity is a universal principle that requires us to treat every person as having worth beyond who a particular person is or what they do. Dignity is a complex and sometimes contested idea, that at times can be compromised in health care and allegedly also within the practice of outdoor therapy. Outdoor therapies comprise a range of therapeutic approaches including nature-based therapy, adventure therapy, animal-assisted therapy, forest therapy, wilderness therapy, surf therapy, and more. Within the literature of outdoor therapies there has been limited research on ethics related to common understandings of care concepts such as relational dignity and human rights. The aim of this paper is …
Bortvalg av videregående skole og mestringstro : En kvalitativ studie av unge jenter som har valgt å slutte på videregående skole
2017
Masteroppgave psykisk helsearbeid ME504 - Universitetet i Agder 2017 The projects background is a request from the University of Agder to look for reasons why some girls may choose to drop out of high school focusing on their relationship with their contact or main teacher. The purpose of this study is to explore what role self-efficacy has in the effort to increase the percentage of children an adolescents completing high school. It has been important to search for previous experiences to find out why their self-efficacy is at such a low level and if it can have affected their decision to drop out of high school. The issue is: ”which experiences can influence the decision of dropping out o…
Hvilke faktorer påvirker unge jenters frafall fra videregående opplæring? : En kvalitativ studie basert på livshistorien til åtte jenter, som har avb…
2017
Masteroppgave folkehelsevitenskap ME516 - Universitetet i Agder 2017 It is a challenge for both the individual and the society when young adults quit high school. A connection to school and work life is important for their physical and mental health, and the health of future generations. Prevention of school drop outs is important in relation to promoting public health. The purpose of this study is to increase the understanding as well as the theoretical foundation for contributing causes, for why girls quit high school. We look at the underlying causes, with special focus on the determinants of upbringing and school. The aim of the study is: What is it with upbringing and school, that the …
Et folkehelseperspektiv på elevenes psykososiale miljø i videregående skole : En tverrsnittsundersøkelse om elevenes opplevelse av klassefellesskap o…
2019
Masteroppgave folkehelsevitenskap ME516 - Universitetet i Agder 2019 Adolescents are an important target groupfor health promotion work. It’s duringthislife phasea lotdevelop mental illnesses andthe years through high school is formative to the years that follow. High schooldropout is a problem both tothe individual, as well as to the society.Young people who finish high schoolare more likely to be employed, have better health and less likely to be dependenton social benefits/ welfare. To increase the number of students finishing high school, more focus is being put on strengthening the relationships in high school. The relationshipsthe students have amongsteach other in school and the rela…
Kvalitet på elektronisk sykepleiedokumentasjon hos pasienter med hoftebrudd og helsetjenesteassosiert infeksjon
2019
Masteroppgave klinisk helsevitenskap ME520 - Universitetet i Agder 2019 Project background: Approximately 9000 patients with hip fractures are annually admitted to hospitals (Folkehelseinstituttet, 2016). About 50000 patients receive an annual health-related infectionthat cangive more number of bed nightsand an increasedrisk of mortality. Good infection control procedurescan prevent some of the health related infections (Helse-og omsorgsdepartementet, 2008b). Nursing for these patients consists of a pre-and a postoperative periodwhere observations of signs of complications are important(Knutstad, 2013). Research shows that nursing documentation in several cases is poor, both in relation to …
Loneliness Among Older Home-Dwelling Persons: A Challenge for Home Care Nurses.
2021
Solveig Tomstad, Kari Sundsli, Hans Inge Sævareid, Ulrika Söderhamn Centre for Caring Research, Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Agder, Grimstad, NorwayCorrespondence: Solveig TomstadFaculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Agder, Kristiansand, 4604, NorwayEmail solveig.t.tomstad@uia.noAim: To explore how nurses working in the home care service sector perceived the loneliness experienced by older people living at home, and how they met these lonely individuals’ needs.Background: Loneliness is a well-known phenomenon among groups of older home-dwelling people and has been shown to be a health-related problem. Health care professional…