This study explores and analyses decentralised nursing education in Finnmark County, Northern Norway, from 1991 to 2018. The study may have relevance for educational policy discussions and strategic planning. Our research question has been how decentralised nursing education can contribute to social responsibility by educating nurses rurally. The data collection includes documentation of 15 decentralised ...

Professionals in social work and nursing meet people who, due to trauma, struggle with the self-regulation of emotions and social behavior. Caring for trauma survivors requires connection and compassion. Previous research has indicated that many professionals, some with their own trauma histories, do not feel sufficiently equipped to practice self-care or cope with challenging communication. To ...

Critical physiotherapy has been a rapidly expanding field over the last decade and could now justifiably be called a professional sub-discipline. In this paper we define three different but somewhat interconnected critical positions that have emerged over the last decade that share a critique of physiotherapy’s historical approach to health and illness, while also diverging in the possibilities for ...

The purpose of this study is to analyse the current activities of Norwegian ambulatory rehabilitation teams at a time when the field of rehabilitation is set for major changes with the recent introduction of the new pro-rehabilitation Coordination Reform. The content of the all logged consultations of four ambulatory teams belonging to one of the four regional health authorities was analysed ...

The project is aiming to improve the quality and quantity of northern nursing programs through NNEN to meet the challenge to deliver a stable, culturally competent health workforce in northern areas with indigenous populations. The aim is to be achieved through sharing best practices and research.

Introduction: Optimal management of mechanical ventilation and weaning requires dynamic and collaborative decision making to minimize complications and avoid delays in the transition to extubation. In the absence of collaboration, ventilation decision making may be fragmented, inconsistent, and delayed. Our objective was to describe the professional group with responsibility for key ventilation ...

Risiko for sykdom og skader øker med stigende alder, og mange eldre får flere sykdommer, skader og funksjonsnedsettelse samtidig. Dette vil særlig gjelde for personer som utvikler demenssykdom. I Norge får årlig ca 10 000 personer en demenssykdom. Det er i dag om lag 70 000 med diagnosen. Ca 250 000 personer – både syke og pårørende – er berørt av sykdommen. Antall eldre over 75 år og spesielt de ...

Artikkelen beskriver hvordan sykepleierstudenter erfarer at utdanningen påvirker deres holdninger til gamle mennesker, og til den kommunale eldreomsorgen som fremtidig arbeidsplass. Studentuttalelsene danner grunnlag for diskusjon om hvordan innholdet i sykepleierutdanningen kan bidra til å utvikle studentenes holdninger til eldreomsorg som karrierevei. Artikkelen er basert på førsteforfatters ...