The home care services carry out extensive laboratory activity
A study shows that most home care services in Nordland, Sogn og Fjordane and Østfold counties perform a wide range of laboratory services.
A study shows that most home care services in Nordland, Sogn og Fjordane and Østfold counties perform a wide range of laboratory services.
With the use of multidose electronic prescriptions, sources of error linked to paper-based solutions have been eradicated. However, it is still challenging to achieve optimal handling of medication.
30–60 prosent av eldre på sykehus og sykehjem er underernærte. Et egnet screeningverktøy skal oppdage de personene som er i risiko for underernæring.
Sykepleierne hadde høyere kompetanse enn helsefagarbeiderne og assistentene. Men alle tre gruppene hadde for lav respons på øyeblikkelig hjelp-situasjoner.
Differences in the level of knowledge and unreliable equipment make it difficult for health personnel in the home health care services to discover and diagnose urinary tract infection. We need national guidelines for the collection of urine samples and the use of urine dipsticks in the home care services.
It is challenging for community nurses to screen their patients’ nutritional risk because the guidelines fail to take sufficient account of the domestic arena.
Weight measurement provides an indication of the well-being, nutrition and health of children and adolescents. It is therefore important that the scale that is used provides precise measurements.
Normalisation Process Theory can be used to assess the prerequisites for ensuring that a new intervention becomes established practice.
Public health nurses consider themselves to be adept at finding and assessing national guidelines, but feel less proficient at assessing research-based knowledge.
En møteplass på tvers av institusjoner, fremmer kunnskap og samhandling mellom helsepersonell ved overføring av eldre pasienter.