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Administration of care to older patients in transition from hospital to home care services: home nursing leaders' experiences.

2013

Background Older persons in transition between hospital and home care services are in a particularly vulnerable situation and risk unfortunate consequences caused by organizational inefficiency. The purpose of the study reported here was to elucidate how home nursing leaders experience the administration of care to older people in transition from hospital to their own homes. Methods A qualitative study design was used. Ten home nursing leaders in two municipalities in southern Norway participated in individual interviews. The interview texts were audio taped, transcribed verbatim and analyzed by use of a phenomenological-hermeneutic approach. Results Three main themes and seven subthemes we…

The significance of perceived development opportunities in the context of retention : comparing ageing and younger nurses

2012

Social Robots and Human Touch in Care : The Perceived Usefulness of Robot Assistance Among Healthcare Professionals

2019

Touching in care work is inevitable, particularly in cases where clients depend on nurses for many activities of daily living, such as bathing, dressing, lifting and assisting. When new technologies are involved in nurse–client relationships, the significance of human touch needs special attention. Stressing the importance of practitioners’ opinions on the usage of robots in care environments, we analyze care workers’ attitudes toward robot assistance in the care of older people and reflect on their ideas of the embodied relationship that caregivers and care receivers have with technology. To examine nurses’ attitudes toward care robots, we use survey data on professional care workers (n = …

Screening of complicated grief

2013

Objetivo: Conocer en profundidad el fenómeno del duelo complicado o patológico, y recabar aquellos indicadores de detección y evaluación que nos permitan su pronta identificación en la práctica clínica. Método: Tras una amplia revisión de la literatura científica aparecida en los últimos años, y a la luz de nuestra experiencia profesional, se realizó una recopilación de los indicadores más significativos. Resultados: Presentamos los principales criterios diagnósticos e instrumentos de medida utilizados en la actualidad, que permiten a los profesionales del ámbito de la salud valorar con precisión posibles complicaciones en el proceso de duelo. Conclusiones: Contamos con importantes indicado…

Developing placement assessment in integration training for adult migrants in Finland

2017

As part of integration training in Finland, migrants are provided with Finnish or Swedish language courses. The linguistic objective is to provide migrants with the basic language skills required in daily life. To find the most suitable teaching group for learners in integration training, a placement assessment is carried out. This includes assessment of learners’ current proficiency level in the target language and study skills/experience. In this article we describe a project to develop a national test system for placement assessment (see Ohranen et al. 2015). En Finlande, des migrants adultes suivent des cours de finnois ou de suédois dans le cadre d’une formation pour l’intégration. L’o…

Effects of a computerized decision support system on care planning for pressure ulcers and malnutrition in nursing homes: an intervention study.

2013

Author's accepted version (post-print). Background: Nursing documentation is essential for facilitating the flow of information to guarantee continuity, quality and safety in care. High-quality nursing documentation is frequently lacking; the implementation of computerized decision support systems is expected to improve clinical practice and nursing documentation. Aim: The present study aimed at investigate the effects of a computerized decision support system and an educational program as intervention strategies for improved nursing documentation practice on pressure ulcers and malnutrition in nursing homes. Design, setting and participants: An intervention study with two intervention grou…

Itsemurhariskissä olevan ikäihmisen kanssa työskentelyssä vaaditut taidot sosiaalityössä : katsaus kansainväliseen tutkimukseen

2019

Tämän artikkelin tavoitteena on tuottaa kirjallisuuskatsauksen avulla sosiaalityön käytännön ja tutkimuksen kannalta merkityksellistä tietoa ikäihmisten itsemurhista. Millaisia iäkkäiden henkilöiden itsemurhan riskitekijöitä on löydetty aiemmissa sosiaalityön tutkimuksissa sekä millaisia sosiaalityön taitoja liitetään itsemurha-alttiin ikäihmisen kanssa työskentelyyn? Kirjallisuuskatsaus osoitti, että riskitekijöiksi voidaan nähdä ensinnäkin terveydentilaan liittyvät riskitekijät, toiseksi sukupuoleen ja perhetilanteeseen liittyvät riskitekijät ja kolmanneksi asumiseen ja taloudelliseen tilanteeseen liittyvät riskitekijät. Itsemurha-alttiiden ikäihmisten kanssa työskentelyssä tarvittavat so…

Social welfare professionals willing to participate in client information system development - Results from a large cross-sectional survey.

2021

Human-centered design methods should be implemented throughout the client information system (CIS) development process to understand social welfare professionals’ needs, tasks, and contexts of use. The aim of this study was to examine Finnish social welfare professionals’ experiences of participating in CIS development. A national cross-sectional web-based survey on the CIS experiences of social welfare professionals (1145 respondents) was conducted in Finland in spring 2019. This study focused on statements concerning the experiences of end users with CIS development and participation. The results are reported by professional and age groups. Half (50%) of the 1145 respondents had participa…

Wiedza personelu pielęgniarskiego na temat ran przewlekłych i metod ich leczenia

2022

Cel pracy: Ustalenie poziomu wiedzy personelu pielęgniarskiego na temat ran przewlekłych i metod ich leczenia, jak również czynników determinujących poziom tej wiedzy. Materiał i metody: Zbadano 145 członków personelu pielęgniarskiego od listopada 2020 r. do stycznia 2021 r. Zastosowano metodę sondażu diagnostycznego techniką ankietowania. Narzędziem badawczym był autorski kwestionariusz ankiety. Wyniki: Grupa 78 (53,79%) uczestników ankiety miała wiedzę niedostateczną, 59 (40,69%) – dostateczną, 4 (2,76%) ankietowanych miało wiedzę dobrą, a pozostałych 4 (2,76%) – bardzo dobrą. Zaledwie 30 (20,69%) badanych znało klasyfikację służącą do oceny rany odleżynowej. Prawidłową kolejność układu f…

Experiences of family caregivers of persons living with dementia with and without a smart-clothes assisted home nursing program during the heightened…

2022

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has required restrictions of daily activities, which has been found to impact the lives of persons living with dementia (PLWDs) and their family caregivers, who have multiple care demands. The lack of relevant studies in Taiwan emphasized the need to explore the experiences of family caregivers of older PLWDs faced with the intensified restrictions to control the spread of COVID-19, and the impact of the availability of a smart-clothes home nursing program. Methods This qualitative study used semi-structured interviews with family caregivers of older PLWDs. Participants were recruited from dementia clinics of a medical center in northern Taiwan from a subset…