How to ensure safe and appropriate medication management
Nurses, social educators and pharmacists have reached a consensus on 77 standards for best practice in medication management in the nursing and care service.
Nurses, social educators and pharmacists have reached a consensus on 77 standards for best practice in medication management in the nursing and care service.
Many registered nurses were unaware that generic substitution can only take place using an approved substitution list, or were uncertain how to use the Norwegian Pharmaceutical Compendium correctly.
They observe eye contact, comforting and other behaviours based on experience rather than by making use of recognised instruments. Their assessments are influenced by professional development opportunities, a heavy workload and interdisciplinary collaboration.
All the nurses in the study had received friend requests from patients. They had different, and sometimes conflicting, attitudes to contact with patients on Facebook.
Close relatives help patients to live at home longer and are an important resource for the welfare state. But they can also contribute to an unfair allocation of nursing home beds by advocating for their own family members.
The recently developed app APPETITT can inspire to a varied diet and increase the attention to dietary habits for home-dwelling elderly.
Fall er en unntakstilstand og en katastrofe for mange eldre. Å «normalisere» fall hindrer mange fra å få riktig helsehjelp når de trenger det.
30–60 prosent av eldre på sykehus og sykehjem er underernærte. Et egnet screeningverktøy skal oppdage de personene som er i risiko for underernæring.
Da en digital oppfølgingsløsning for hjemmedialyse skulle utvikles, var pasientene for syke til å delta. Løsningen ble å bruke fiktive pasienter – personaer eller personas.
Enkle atferdstiltak kan virke bedre enn ingen tiltak, men de er ikke like effektive som alarmmadrasser eller medikamenter.