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View article: Exploring Emotional Communication Between Older Persons and Nursing Assistants in Home Care: A Qualitative Study
Exploring Emotional Communication Between Older Persons and Nursing Assistants in Home Care: A Qualitative Study Open
Introduction Communication between older persons and nursing assistants is important in providing high‐quality, person‐centred home care. While previous research has reported on older persons' emotional concerns during home care conversati…
View article: The <scp>COMCARE</scp> Framework for Person‐Centred Communication—A Practical Caring Framework
The <span>COMCARE</span> Framework for Person‐Centred Communication—A Practical Caring Framework Open
Aim This paper examines a theory and practice developed framework aimed at guiding person‐centred communication in registered nurse–patient encounters. The primary objective is to refine and present a data‐ and theory‐driven framework tail…
View article: Increasing child involvement by understanding emotional expression during needle procedures: A video-observational intervention study
Increasing child involvement by understanding emotional expression during needle procedures: A video-observational intervention study Open
Communicating with the child, the so-called communicative interaction, instead of to the child, can play a critical role in children's handling of fear and pain related to needle procedures.
View article: Occupational balance and associated factors among students during higher education within healthcare and social work in Sweden: a multicentre repeated cross-sectional study
Occupational balance and associated factors among students during higher education within healthcare and social work in Sweden: a multicentre repeated cross-sectional study Open
Objective The aim was to explore whether occupational balance is associated with health, health-promoting resources, healthy lifestyle and social study factors among students during higher education within healthcare and social work. Desig…
View article: The patient’s first point of contact (PINPOINT) – protocol of a prospective multicenter study of communication and decision-making during patient assessments by primary care registered nurses
The patient’s first point of contact (PINPOINT) – protocol of a prospective multicenter study of communication and decision-making during patient assessments by primary care registered nurses Open
Background A major challenge for primary care is to set priorities and balance demands with available resources. The registered nurses in this study are practice nurses working in primary care offices, playing a large role in initial asses…
View article: Positive effects of a child‐centered intervention on children's fear and pain during needle procedures
Positive effects of a child‐centered intervention on children's fear and pain during needle procedures Open
To examine whether children experience less fear or pain using a child‐centered intervention and if there were differences between the intervention group and the control group regarding heart rate, time required for the procedure, success …
View article: Communication in home care—A feasibility study of an educational intervention in self‐efficacy and job satisfaction
Communication in home care—A feasibility study of an educational intervention in self‐efficacy and job satisfaction Open
Aim To explore the feasibility of evaluating a novel educational intervention on person‐centered communication for nursing assistants (NAs) in home care. Design A feasibility study with pre‐ and post‐assessments. Methods Feasibility was as…
View article: Health-Promoting Factors Among Students in Higher Education within Health Care and Social Work: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Baseline Data in a Multicentre Longitudinal Study
Health-Promoting Factors Among Students in Higher Education within Health Care and Social Work: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Baseline Data in a Multicentre Longitudinal Study Open
Background: Educational environments are considered important for strengthening students’ health status and knowledge, which is associated with good educational outcomes. It has been suggested to establish healthy universities based on a s…
View article: Children's communication of emotional cues and concerns during a preoperative needle procedure
Children's communication of emotional cues and concerns during a preoperative needle procedure Open
Nurses need to develop strategies to be aware of emotions the child communicates before, during and after a needle procedure.
View article: Effects of the Intervention “Reflective STRENGTH-Giving Dialogues” for Older Adults Living with Long-Term Pain: A Pilot Study
Effects of the Intervention “Reflective STRENGTH-Giving Dialogues” for Older Adults Living with Long-Term Pain: A Pilot Study Open
Background . Long-term musculoskeletal pain is a major, often undertreated, disabling health problem among an increasing number of older adults. Reflective STRENGTH-giving dialogues (STRENGTH) may be a tool to support older adults living w…
View article: Ibuprofen in needle procedures in children with cancer—A feasibility and pilot study
Ibuprofen in needle procedures in children with cancer—A feasibility and pilot study Open
Aim To investigate the feasibility, and perform a pilot study, of a randomised clinical trial, investigating whether children experience less pain, fear and/or distress when they receive oral ibuprofen vs placebo before a needle is inserte…
View article: Children’s individual voices are required for adequate management of fear and pain during hospital care and treatment
Children’s individual voices are required for adequate management of fear and pain during hospital care and treatment Open
Background Children often report both fear and pain in conjunction with clinical care and treatment. Interventions developed in the field have still not been sufficient to prevent and relieve children's fear and pain. More knowledge, from …
View article: Children with home mechanical ventilation—Parents' health‐related quality of life, family functioning and sleep
Children with home mechanical ventilation—Parents' health‐related quality of life, family functioning and sleep Open
Aim Children requiring home mechanical ventilation (HMV) have grown in number and complexity. Parents of children with HMV are often responsible for the advanced homecare. This study explored the health‐related quality of life (HRQoL), fam…
View article: Children's self‐reports of fear and pain levels during needle procedures
Children's self‐reports of fear and pain levels during needle procedures Open
Aim The objective was to determine the levels of and potential relationships between, procedure‐related fear and pain in children. Design Clinical based cross‐sectional. Methods Ninety children aged between 7–18 years were included consecu…
View article: "This is the way i want it" : Children's strategies for dealing with fear and pain during hospital care
"This is the way i want it" : Children's strategies for dealing with fear and pain during hospital care Open
Introduction The aim of this study was to describe children's self-identified strategies for dealing with fear and pain during hospital care and treatment
View article: Incidents reported by nurse anaesthetists in the operating room
Incidents reported by nurse anaesthetists in the operating room Open
The quality of health care and patient safety in the operating room is a major concern for nurse anaesthetists. However, few studies have focused on the experiences of nurse anaesthetists' and their contributions to safety in this setting.…