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Nurses' Experiences of Caring for Older Persons in Transition to Receive Homecare: Being Somewhere in between Competing Values
2013
Older persons in transition to need professional care in their homes will constitute a large group in municipalities in the future. The aim of this study was to obtain insight into nurses' experiences and perceptions of caring for patients in transition to receive homecare. Eleven home nurses divided into two focus groups were interviewed, and a phenomenological hermeneutical design was used. Four interpretations closely related to each other were revealed: it is essential to have an understanding of the patients' transition history; the nurse' repertoire is challenged in the transition process; care must be adapted to the patients' life world; the excellence of care is threatened by the co…
"Jeg gråter noen tårer hver dag". En fenomenologisk studie av hjemmeboende kreftpasienters beskrivelse av deres livssituasjon i palliativ fase
2020
"I cry a few tears every day". A phenomenological study of at-home cancer patients' description av their life situations under palliativ care
 The aim of this study was to investigate how at-home cancer patients perceived their life situations during the palliative care phase. The study employed a qualitative exploratory research design involving in-depth personal interviews with six women and two men between the ages of 35 and 63. All the interviewees lived at home, experiencing different life situations and suffering from different types of cancer. The interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim. Data analysis was carried out using the descriptive phenomenological method presen…
Improving quality and safety in nursing homes and home care: the study protocol of a mixed-methods research design to implement a leadership interven…
2018
IntroductionNursing homes and home care face challenges across different countries as people are living longer, often with chronic conditions. There is a lack of knowledge regarding implementation and impact of quality and safety interventions as most research evidence so far is generated in hospitals. Additionally, there is a lack of effective leadership tools for quality and safety improvement work in this context.Methods and analysisThe aim of the ‘Improving Quality and Safety in Primary Care—Implementing a Leadership Intervention in Nursing Homes and Homecare’ (SAFE-LEAD) study is to develop and evaluate a research-based leadership guide for managers to increase quality and safety compe…
Nutritional self-care among a group of older home-living people in rural Southern Norway
2015
Bjørg Dale, Ulrika SöderhamnCentre for Caring Research – Southern Norway, Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Agder, Grimstad, NorwayBackground: Older home-living people are an at-risk group for undernutrition, particularly those who are living alone. Lack of knowledge about healthy dietary habits, altered taste sensation, and declined health status are shown to be some of the factors related to undernutrition. The aims of this study were to explore how a small group of older people in Southern Norway perceived their nutritional self-care.Methods: An exploratory qualitative approach, combined with a simple self-report questionnaire, was used. Fi…
Kulturell kompetanse i hjemmetjenesten
2019
Masteroppgave klinisk helsevitenskap ME520 - Universitetet i Agder 2019 Introduction:The increase in the number of non-ethnic Norwegian patients in home care has led to the need for cultural competence in the home nurse. Lack of cultural competence in the home nurse can and has created challenges such as discrimination, poor health service and communication with these patients. The purpose of this study is toexamine the cultural competenceof home nurses in district in South Norway.The researchquestion: What cultural competence do home nurses have when tending to patients of minority ethnicities?Methods:Descriptive cross-section study was carried out on the present study. For data collection…
Pasientforløp for personer med samtidig rusmiddellidelse og psykisk lidelse: En oppsummering av kunnskap
2018
Dette er en oppsummering av kunnskap om pasientforløp for voksne personer med samtidig rusmiddellidelse og psykisk lidelse (ROP-lidelser). Den identifiserer og presenterer relevante faglige, juridiske og politiske dokumenter som regulerer og legger føringer for pasientforløp for denne pasientgruppen, og den inkluderer forsknings- og utviklingspublikasjoner som er utgitt i perioden 2008–2017, har empiri fra en norsk kontekst og er skrevet på et skandinavisk språk eller engelsk. Internasjonale kunnskapsoppsummeringer og nordiske studier er imidlertid tatt med hvis de er vurdert å ha særskilt overføringsverdi og relevans for en norsk kontekst. De inkluderte forsknings- og utviklingsarbeidene v…
Helsekommunikasjon som skreddersøm : en analyse av samvalgsverktøy og av helsepersonells holdninger til bruk av samvalgsverktøy
2016
Masteroppgave samfunnskommunikasjon- Universitetet i Agder, 2016 Pasientinvolvering er et hett tema i dagens helse-Norge. Pasientene er mer aktive, krever mer informasjon og mer bestemmelsesrett enn tidligere. Denne oppgaven retter fokus mot hvordan helsepersonell opplever denne endringen. I studien undersøkes det hvordan metoden samvalg med bruk av digitalt samvalgsverktøy påvirker helsepersonells måte å kommunisere med pasienter på. Både hvilke muligheter og utfordringer det digitale beslutningsverktøyet gir for kommunikasjonen med pasienter, og hvilke holdninger helsepersonell har knyttet til dette vil undersøkes. For å belyse problemstillingen gis det et teoretisk rammeverk knyttet til …
"Jeg vil leve mitt liv med å være meg selv" : om selvhevdelse i psykisk helsearbeid
2012
Masteroppgave i psykisk helsearbeid ME-504 2012 – Universitetet i Agder, Grimstad Kommunene har til oppgave å tilby lokalsamfunnet et virkningsfullt psykisk helsearbeid slik at den enkelte innbygger som har behov for det skal få tilbud om best mulig hjelp til å fungere i et krevende samfunn sammen med andre. Sandnes kommune tilbyr blant annet kurs i selvhevdelse til mennesker som har store utfordringer i forhold til å hevde seg selv. Hensikten med denne studien er å finne ut om deltakere erfarer å få bedre psykisk helse etter å ha deltatt på kurs i selvhevdelse. Problemstillingen i studien er ”Hvilke erfaringer har deltakerne med selvhevdelse etter å ha gjennomgått kurs i selvhevdelse?”. Op…
“Det sitter i veggene”. Materialitet og mennesker i distriktspsykiatriske sentra
2009
This dissertation examines the impact that the materiality of institutions has on patients and staff. Fieldwork has been carried out at five district psychiatric centres (Distriktspsykiatriske sentra, DPS) that were originally built as tuberculosis institutions. The patients’ and employees’ experiences of being present in the physical and social space of these institutions has been examined, interpreted and reflected upon. The paper provides knowledge about the significance institutions’ materiality and inner life has on the informants, and how the informants influence the materiality. Background Mental health care has moved away from institutions and towards the local community. The treatm…
Betydningen av Rollebegrepet i utviklingen av virksomhetsovergripende EPJ standarder
2016
Masteroppgave i helse- og sosialinformatikk- Universitetet i Agder, 2016 The current offer of health care services shows that patients receive services from multiple health care providers within diagnostic procedures, treatment and follow-up care. Consequently, this entails that health care personnel across the board require access to updated information on the patient in order to provide health care. Today each health care establishment keep separate electronic health records (EHR) to which only their own employees have access. In addition, most establishments have individually adapted their records in relation to structure, access control and roles. Moving forward the goal is to provide a…