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Sleep-Wake Patterns during the Acute Phase after First-Ever Stroke
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)This study describes the pattern of day and night sleep and explores relationships between these patterns and sociodemographic and clinical factors as well as sleep environmental context and the patient's subjective sleep ... -
Associations between heavy episodic drinking and alcohol related injuries: a case control study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-11-14)Background: Alcohol is a significant risk factor for injuries. This study addresses 1) whether the risk of alcohol related injury increases with frequency of heavy episodic drinking (HED) in a linear fashion, and 2) whether ... -
Rasch analysis of the sense of coherence scale in a sample of people with morbid obesity – a cross-sectional study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-01-21)Background: The prevalence of morbid obesity is an increasing health problem in most parts of the world and is related to lower quality of life. Sense of coherence, or the perception that the world is meaningful and ... -
Can the Fatigue Severity Scale 7-item version be used across different patient populations as a generic fatigue measure - a comparative study using a Rasch model approach
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-02-22)Background: Fatigue is a disabling symptom associated with reduced quality of life in various populations living with chronic illnesses. The transfer of knowledge about fatigue from one group to another is crucial in both ... -
Oxygen and ventilator treatment: perspectives on interprofessional collaboration in a neonatal intensive care unit
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-06)Abstract Background: The aim of this study was to explore perspectives on the collaboration between physicians and nurses managing oxygen and ventilator treatment of sick infants in a Norwegian neonatal intensive care ... -
Validation of a New Instrument for Self-Assessment of Nurses; Core Competencies in Palliative Care
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-07-16)Competence can be seen as a prerequisite for high quality nursing in clinical settings. Few research studies have focused on nurses’ core competencies in clinical palliative care and few measurement tools have been developed ... -
The power of consoling presence - hospice nurses’ lived experience with spiritual and existential care for the dying
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-09-03)Background: Being with dying people is an integral part of nursing, yet many nurses feel unprepared to accompany people through the process of dying, reporting a lack of skills in psychosocial and spiritual care, resulting ... -
Personer med sykelig overvekt hadde økt mestringsforventning og selvfølelse etter pasientkurs
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-09-23)Bakgrunn: Pasientopplæringstiltak som viser positive resultater når det gjelder egenmestring av kronisk sykdom må sees som viktige bidrag til redusert press på helsetjenestene. Selvstyrkende metoder benyttet i pasientkurs ... -
Organization of nursing care in three Nordic countries: relationships between nurses’ workload, level of involvement in direct patient care, job satisfaction, and intention to leave
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-10-06)Background: Health care systems in Finland, Norway and Sweden share many similarities, e.g. full-coverage and tax-financed, with predominately public sector hospitals. Despite similarities, there are differences in the ... -
Mental Health Nurses’ Experiences of Caring for Patients Suffering from Self-Harm
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-11-13)The aim of this study was to exploremental health nurses’ experiences of caring for inpatients who self-harmduring an acute phase. The setting was four psychiatric clinics in Norway. Fifteenmental health nurses (MHNs) were ... -
Sykepleieres utfordringer med å undervise om legemiddelbehandling i psykiatrisk avdeling
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-12-12)Bakgrunn: Sykepleierne ved en lukket psykiatrisk sengepost stilte spørsmål ved hvordan de skulle ivareta sitt ansvar for å undervise om legemidler til pasienter med alvorlige psykiske lidelser. Hensikt : Hensikten var ... -
Prescribers´ of psychotropic drugs experiences and reflections on use and misuse of alcohol and psychotropic drugs among older people: A qualitative study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background: Studies published the past ten years revealed that use and misuse of alcohol and psychotropic drugs is an increasing phenomenon among older people (aged 65 years and above). Aim: The objective of the study ... -
The Professional Nurse Self-Assessment Scale: Psychometric testing in Norwegian long term and home care contexts
(Journal article, 2015-02-17)Background: Nurses’ clinical competence is vital to ensure safe and high quality care, and the continuous assessment of nurses’ clinical competence is of major concern. A validated instrument for the self-assessment of ... -
Helsepersonells erfaringer med endring av praksis i sykehjem
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-04-28)Bakgrunn: Forskning på kvalitet i norske sykehjem viser at tross kompetansehevende tiltak gjennom flere år, møter endringsprosesser i sykehjem motstand. Det etterlyses systematiske utviklingsprogram for å bedre personalets ... -
Being “on the alert” and “a forced volunteer”: a qualitative study of the invisible care provided by the next of kin of patients with chronic heart failure
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-06-03)Background: Relatives’ support is an important factor in how well people with chronic heart failure (CHF) manage their illness and everyday life. Deepening professionals’ understanding of the content of relatives’ invisible ... -
Patient’s Experience of the Outcomes of Engaging in a Broadly Applicable Health Promotion Intervention for Individuals Facing Chronic Illness
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-06-29)The aim of this study was to explore the health-related outcomes of a new health promotion in- tervention designed to be broadly applicable among people diagnosed with chronic illness. Qua- litative process analysis was ... -
A qualitative study of professional caregivers’ perceptions of processes contributing to mealtime agitation in persons with dementia in nursing home wards and strategies to attain calmness
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-09-09)Aim Describe professional caregivers' perceptions of factors and processes contributing to mealtime agitation and strategies for attaining and maintaining calm mealtimes. Design Qualitative and descriptive. Methods A ... -
Retningslinjer økte bruk av enteral ernæring til intensivpasienter
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-09-17)Bakgrunn: Ernæringsstøtte i form av enteral eller parenteral ernæring er viktig for å unngå underernæring hos intensivpasienten. Riktig ernæringsstøtte har vært assosiert med redusert dødelighet, færre infeksjoner og ... -
A mobile hospice nurse teaching team’s experience: training care workers in spiritual and existential care for the dying - a qualitative study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-09-18)Background: Nursing home and home care nursing staff must increasingly deal with palliative care challenges, due to cost cutting in specialized health care. Research indicates that a significant number of dying patients ... -
Dementia, Communication and Culture: Implications of linguistic and cultural diversity in intercultural dementia care
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-11)Several dementia subtypes affect either some aspect of speech fluency and/or comprehension. Linguistic diversity affects healthcare delivery, not the least in the field of dementia care. In-depth interviewing were conducted ...