<i>Background</i>: Reablement aims to improve the self-dependence of people with or at risk of functional decline. Physiotherapists (PTs) are responsible for assessments, developing interventions and supervising home trainers (HTs), who mostly conduct the reablement training. The content of reablement practice is not clearly described. This study explores how physiotherapy practice is performed in ...

<p><i>Summary</i>: Areal bone mineral density (aBMD) predicts future fracture risk. This study explores the development of aBMD and associated factors in Norwegian adolescents. Our results indicate a high degree of tracking of aBMD levels in adolescence. Anthropometric measures and lifestyle factors were associated with deviation from tracking.</p> <p><i>Purpose</i>: Norway has one of the highest ...

Health resilience is an integral part of disaster management and lies at the nexus between this and public health considerations. As the largest group of professionals worldwide, nurses face continual challenges in further developing their competences in disaster response and recovery. This paper investigates the trajectory, role and future expectations of the Norwegian nursing profession in health ...

<p><b>Objective</b>: To carry out preliminary evaluation of a training module for doctors to enhance their ability to involve their patients in medical decision making. The training refers to the shared decision-making (SDM) communication concept.</p> <p><b>Methods</b>: The training module includes a comprehensive manual, a corresponding video tutorial with communication examples and a 15-minute ...

This publication is based on a review of the research literature and the grey literature on the topic user involvement in dementia care in, or relevant to, Norwegian conditions. No distinction between user involvement in dementia care involving home services and dementia care in nursing homes has been made. Users are defined as adults who receive dementia care services, or people who are affected ...

Nurses and physicians work side-by-side in the intensive care unit (ICU). Effective exchanges of patient information are essential to safe patient care in the ICU. Nurses often rate nursephysician communication lower than physicians and report that it is difficult to speak up, that disagreements are not resolved and that their input is not well received.<p> <p>Therefore, this study explored ...

The aim of this study was to provide a description and evaluation of birth outcomes for women who started care at Føderiket Midwifery Unit (FMU), a freestanding midwifery unit in Oslo. FMU opened in 2007 as a five-year project. It was closed in 2011 for economic reasons, and the planned evaluations were never performed. Data from 495 women who started care at FMU were prospectively collected. ...

Bakgrunn: <br> Urfolksperspektiv i utdanning. Sykepleieutdanninger i Norge uten urfolkskunnskap? Hensikten med denne studien er å utforske urfolksperspektiv i utdanningen av sykepleiere i Norge. <br>Metode:<br> I studien deltar 25 av de 26 norske sykepleierutdanninger. Det ble gjennomført en dokumentanalyse som er en kvalitativ innholdsanalyse av fagplan for hver enkelt utdanning, der samiske ...

Kapitlet belyser hva hjemmefødende kvinner og jordmødre forteller om fødsels­opplevelsen og om samspillet mellom mor, far og jordmor. Kapitlet bygger på en ny empirisk studie av sju fødekvinners narrativer og sju jordmødres hjemmefødselserfaringer. Forfatterne undersøker hvordan de, basert på fødekvinners subjektive erfaringer, kan forstå fenomenet hjemmefødsel i lys av estetikk og et stedsfilosofisk ...

This study revealed that a flexible division of labor influenced by interdisciplinary cooperation raised opportunity to a thorough assessment. Ongoing examinations in addition to use of standardized measurement tools were done. Interdisciplinary cooperation enriched the assessment. This lead to more individualized and customized training interventions. Organization type of reablement teams are ...