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    • Balancing between challenges and trust: Nursing students’ experiences of participating in a course in wilderness medicine 

      Evju, Anne Svelstad; Høgbakk, Mona Lahm; Lindgren, Sari Johanna; Wiklund Gustin, Lena (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-31)
      Newly graduated nurses are expected to have acquired the knowledge and skills necessary to be safe and accountable practitioners (Maartensson and Lofmark, ¨ 2013). Hence, nursing students should not only develop cognitive knowledge about the what and how of nursing skills, but also about using evidence-based nursing practice. Bergen and Santo (2018, p. 362) defines action competence as ...

    • En tunge til besvær? Spesialsykepleieres identifisering og håndtering av ammeproblemer forårsaket av stramt tungebånd 

      Isaksen, Anne Karoline (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2020-04-28)
      I Norge er det et helsepolitisk mål å beskytte, fremme, og øke forekomsten av amming, slik at mødre ikke skal måtte gi opp amming av årsaker som det kunne vært gjort noe med. Dette prosjektet har til hensikt å undersøke hvordan spesialsykepleiere i en neonatalavdeling identifiserer og håndterer ammeproblemer forårsaket av stramt tungebånd. Formålet med prosjekter er å få innsikt i barnesykepleierens ...

    • Pallitative care in rural and remote areas. Challenges facing rural nurses in palliative cancer care in the far North of Norway 

      Edvardsen, Trine Lise; Lorem, Geir F; Mehus, Grete (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-02)
      In Finnmark, the northernmost county of Norway, many villages are remote and scattered between vast stretches of uninhabited land, with mountain crossings that are often closed in winter or where one can only drive in single file behind a snowplough. This may mean periodic total isolation and daily challenges with long distances to other professionals and hospitals. These special circumstances mean ...

    • Nursing teachers’ experiences of the process of recovery while participating in a group programme for reducing work-related stress: A qualitative content analysis 

      Wiklund Gustin, Lena; Fredriksson, Lennart; Rakovshik, Sarah (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-26)
      Work-related stress is an increasing health problem among nursing teachers, contributing to health problems, disengagement and poor job satisfaction. Negative coping strategies impact on both teachers' and students' teaching-learning experiences. Several interventions have been developed to address work-related stress. There has been less focus on how nursing teachers can learn to recover from ...

    • Stress and perceived health among primary care visitors in two corners of Europe: Scandinavia and Greece 

      Koppner, Jenny; Chatziarzenis, Marios; Faresjö, Tomas; Theodorsson, Elvar; Thorsell, Annika; Nilsson, Staffan; Olsen, Ole; Faresjö, Åshild Olsen (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-04)
      Background - The global financial crisis emerging in 2008 struck Greece especially hard, whereas Scandinavian countries were less affected. This has created a unique opportunity to study the long-term effect of community stress on populations. Increasing frequencies of mental health issues and poorer perceived health among the Greek population have been reported. The physiological marker of long-term ...

    • Mediating the interface between voluntariness and coercion: a qualitative study of learning disability nurses` work in medical examinations of people with intellectual disability 

      Sparby, Linn Ebeltoft; Olsvold, Nina; Obstfelder, Aud (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-02-11)
      <i>Aims and Objectives</i> - To gain knowledge of prevention and use of restraints in provision of medical care to people with intellectual disability. To this end, we explore how learning disability nurses in community services support the individual through medical examinations when facing resistance.<br><br> <i>Background</i> - Despite increased focus on limiting restraints, there is a lack ...

    • Utfordrende atferd hos personer med demens i forsterket enhet på sykehjem-sykepleieres erfaringer 

      Simonsen, Marianne; Helgesen, Ann Karin (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-02)
      <p>Bakgrunn og hensikt: Utfordrende atferd er hyppig forekommende på sykehjem. Hensikten med studien er å få kunnskap om sykepleieres erfaringer med utfordrende atferd hos personer med demens i forsterket skjermet enhet på sykehjem. <p>Metode: Dette er en kvalitativ studie der data er samlet inn ved hjelp av fire semi-strukturerte forskningsintervju. Data er analysert ved å bruke systematisk ...

    • The meaning of dignity for older adults: A meta-synthesis 

      Clancy, Anne; Simonsen, Nina; Lind, Johanne; Liveng, Anne; Johannessen, Aud (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-02)
      Dignified care is a central issue in the nursing care of older adults. Nurses are expected to treat older adults with dignity, and older adults wish to be treated in a dignified manner. Researchers have recommended investigating the concept of dignity based on specific contexts and population groups. This meta-synthesis study aims to explore the understandings of dignity from the perspective of older ...

    • Evaluering av den helse­faglige forsknings­satsingen i Helse Nord 

      Hanssen, Tove Aminda; Evensen, Elin (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-29)
      <p>Background: At the beginning of the 2000s, Norwegian research in nursing and allied health disciplines was described as weak. Since 2007, the Northern Norway Regional Health Authority has had a strategic focus on enhancing health research. <p>Objective: The objective of this project was to evaluate whether the Northern Norway Regional Health Authority’s research investment has given results. ...

    • Erfaringer med utprøving av en modell for praksisveiledning på masternivå 

      Tveiten, Sidsel; Igland, Oddny (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-16)
      <p>Bakgrunn: Universitets- og høgskolerådet (UHR) og Nokut har vært opptatt av praksisstudiene og gitt føringer for å styrke kvaliteten på veiledning, veiledningskompetanse og samarbeid mellom ulike aktører. Studier viser at veiledningskompetanse er viktig for å ivareta kvaliteten i praksisveiledningen. Master i helsefag. Studieretning psykisk helse ved Universitetet i Tromsø – Norges arktiske ...

    • Can bone mineral density loss in the non-weight bearing distal forearm predict mortality? 

      Hauger, Annette Vogt; Bergland, Astrid; Holvik, Kristin; Emaus, Nina; Strand, Bjørn Heine (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-30)
      <i>Purpose</i> - Low bone mineral density (BMD) is associated with increased risk of fractures and mortality. We investigated if rate of BMD loss in the distal forearm over seven years predicted mortality.<br><br> <i>Methods</i> - 1725 postmenopausal women and 1879 men aged 50–74 who participated in the longitudinal Tromsø Study waves 4 (1994–95) and 5 (2001−2002) were included. Cox regression ...

    • Moisture associated skin damage (MASD) in intensive care patients: A Norwegian point-prevalence study 

      Johansen, Edda Aslaug; Lind, Ranveig; Sjøbø, Brit Ågot; Petosic, Antonija (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-11)
      <i>Background</i> - Critically ill patients are at risk of developing moisture associated skin damage and pressure ulcers. These conditions may co-exist and be difficult to distinguish, but a simultaneous investigation may provide a true prevalence.<br><br> <i>Objectives</i> - To investigate the prevalence of moisture associated skin damage and associated factors among Norwegian intensive care ...

    • Stroke-Specific Quality of Life one-year post-stroke in two Scandinavian country-regions with different organisation of rehabilitation services: a prospective study 

      Pedersen, Synne Garder; Friborg, Oddgeir; Heiberg, Guri Anita; Arntzen, Cathrine; Holm Stabel, Henriette; Thrane, Gyrd; Nielsen, Jørgen Feldbæk; Anke, Audny (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-05-01)
      <p><i>Purpose:</i> To compare stroke-specific health related quality of life in two country-regions with organisational differences in subacute rehabilitation services, and to reveal whether organisational factors or individual factors impact outcome. <p><i>Materials and methods:</i> A prospective multicentre study with one-year follow-up of 369 first-ever stroke survivors with ischaemic or ...

    • "We belong to nature": Communicating Mental Health in an Indigenous Context 

      Sørly, Rita; Mathisen, Vår; Kvernmo, Siv (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-23)
      The approach to standardized services in Norwegian mental health care is tailored to the needs of the majority population, focusing on diagnoses and overshadows an approach that understands, values and emphasizes Sámi storytelling and everyday life. This study aims to contribute knowledge regarding the promotion of user involvement in mental health care from the perspectives of Sámi mental health ...

    • MAPPinfo, mapping quality of health information: Study protocol for a validation study of an assessment instrument 

      Kasper, Jürgen; Lühnen, Julia; Hinneburg, Jana; Siebenhofer, Andrea; Posch, Nicole; Berger-Höger, Birte; Grafe, Alexander; Keppler, Jan; Steckelberg, Anke (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-11-03)
      <i>Abstract</i> - Introduction Health information is a prerequisite of informed decision-making. Criteria for development, content and presentation have recently been published in a corresponding guideline. Within a systematic search, 27 relevant checklists were identified, none of them, however, complying with the guideline or providing reasonably operationalised measurement items. Therefore, a ...

    • Nurses experiences of ethical responsibility: A hermeneutic phenomenological design 

      Tøllefsen, Annette; Olsen, Aid; Clancy, Anne (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-11-04)
      There is a lack of studies on ethical responsibility in nursing. Nurses experience ethical responsibility in all settings where patients are exposed and vulnerable. The authors’ interest in public health and intensive care nursing provided a motivation to study these settings. The study aimed to explore how intensive care and public health nurses experience ethical responsibility. A qualitative ...

    • Employment status three years after percutaneous coronary intervention and predictors for being employed: A nationwide prospective cohort study 

      Olsen, Siv Jorunn Storli; Schirmer, Henrik; Wilsgaard, Tom; Bønaa, Kaare Harald; Hanssen, Tove Aminda (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-01)
      <i>Background</i> - Vocational support is recommended for patients in cardiac rehabilitation (CR), as returning to work is important in patients social readjusting after an acute coronary event. Information is lacking on whether CR leads to higher long-term employment after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).<p> <p><i>Aims</i> - The aims of this study were to determine employment status ...

    • Bachelor studies for nurses organised in rural contexts - a tool for improving health care services in circumpolar region? 

      Nilsen, Gudrun; Huemer, Jeanette; Eriksen, Liss (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012-03-30)
      <p><i>Objectives:</i> This article is based on a pilot study of Finnmark University College's off-campus bachelor programme (BA) for nurses, organised in rural areas. The objectives were to explore whether these courses had contributed to reduced vacancies; whether the learning outcome of the off-campus courses was the same as the on-campus programme, and how the education had influenced the nurses’ ...

    • «Nært, men på avstand» - En kvalitativ metasyntese om pasienters erfaring med fysioterapi via telerehabilitering 

      Kulseng, Andrea Wensberg; Gretland, Anne (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Bakgrunn: Rehabilitering er en sentral del av fysioterapitjenesten. Innføring av flere nasjonale handlingsplaner, der digitalisering står i fokus, kan tyde på at tradisjonell rehabilitering vil måtte endres og tilpasses. Telerehabilitering er en tilnærming som hevdes å kunne øke tilgjengelighet. Hensikten med denne studien var å undersøke pasienters erfaring med fysioterapi over avstand. Metode: ...

    • Brukermedvirkning i samiske områder. Praktisering av urfolkskunnskap innen psykisk helsevern 

      Mathisen, Vår; Sørly, Rita (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-23)
      Brukermedvirkning er et ideal for norske myndigheter og helsevesen, og en rettighet for personer som benytter seg av tjenester, også innen psykisk helsevern. Et relevant spørsmål er om brukermedvirkning representerer en majoritetsforståelse for brukerorienterte tjenestetilbud, og om en slik forståelse direkte kan overføres til arbeid med samisk befolkning. Hensikten med vår studie er å få økt ...