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Exploring public health nurses experience with cross-cultural service provision and communication regarding infant and child nutritionRestricted Access (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)In Norway, public health nurses have a long history of working with health promotion and, in particular, in relation to maternal and child health. Appropriate feeding practices are of fundamental importance for growth, ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background: Learning in skills centers has a long tradition in nursing education. Nurse educators struggle to substantiate their opinions on the efficacy of simulation technologies over traditional methods of instruction ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)The concept of integrity is used as a psychosocial concept to describe tensions and dilemmas experienced by professional and semi-professional workers in a neoliberal working life. In Norway, the concept has even been ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background The health system of Sudan has experienced several forms of decentralization, as well as, a radical reform. Authority and governance of secondary and tertiary health facilities have been shifted from federal to ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)High rates of maternal mortality remain a persistent problem in Sierra Leone. Efforts to reduce these high rates have included initiatives to encourage more women to deliver at health facilities. Despite the introduction ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)Pain and discomfort are important symptoms in dermatology. The aim of this cross-sectional, multicentre study was to describe the prevalence of pain/discomfort and its associations in patients with several dermatological ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background Providing relevant digital health information of high quality may promote treatment adherence and self-management for patients with inflammatory bowel disease. The development of digital health ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)In ethnographic and participatory studies, the study location is often claimed to have an obvious significance, whereas, in the methodology literature on qualitative interviews, this aspect is frequently treated as a ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background/Aim: Sarcoma patients’ experiences of their health-related quality of life and late effects following particle therapy are sparse. Such knowledge is essential to optimize treatment compliance and follow-up care ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background: Coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke are the major causes of death among people with diabetes. Aim: To describe the prevalence and onset of CHD and stroke among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background/Objective: The aim of this study is to explore the interaction between technology and care in the student-patient relationship during clinical practice training. In the traditional discourse on nursing, technology ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background Healthcare laws allow for exceptions from the consent requirement when patients are not competent to consent or pose a danger to themselves or others. In these cases, the use of coercion may be ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background The dynamic nature of neck pain has so far been identified through longitudinal studies with frequent measures, a method which is time-consuming and impractical. Pictures illustrating different ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background Survival rates of patients with cancer are increasing owing to improvements in diagnostics and therapies. The traditional hospital-based follow-up model faces challenges because of the consequent increasing ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Purpose: The present article reviews the literature on the relationship between organizational change and sickness absence and seeks to map and describe the prevailing “trends” in the field. In particular, the paper focuses ...
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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2020)The aim was to examine if extended workdays and compressed work periods were risk factors for fatigue-related errors as measured by neurobehavioral tests and cardiovascular strain as indicated by heart rate variability ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background Pre-eclampsia is a leading cause of maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity. Early identification of women at risk during pregnancy is required to plan management. Although there are many ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)Standardized care plans have the potential to enhance the quality of nursing records in terms of content and completeness, thereby better supporting workflow, easing the documentation process, facilitating continuity of ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background: Day care service (day care) is recommended as an activity service for home-dwelling people with dementia in Norway. However, there is limited knowledge about strategies to promote engagement and participation ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)Objective Written action plans for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) aim at early recognition of exacerbations and self-initiation of interventions. Previous research suggest underuse of COPD ...