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Balance Sheets of Suffering in End-of-Life Care
(Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2017-10-04)Drawing on recent work in cognitive linguistics and social studies of knowledge practices, this chapter explores the various ways in which the figure of a balance sheet frames arguments and positions in end-of-life care. Across arguments and positions, there are substantial differences in the kinds of matter that are balanced against each other and the values attributed to them, and which items are ... -
Balancing between challenges and trust: Nursing students’ experiences of participating in a course in wilderness medicine
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-31)Newly graduated nurses are expected to have acquired the knowledge and skills necessary to be safe and accountable practitioners (Maartensson and Lofmark, ¨ 2013). Hence, nursing students should not only develop cognitive knowledge about the what and how of nursing skills, but also about using evidence-based nursing practice. Bergen and Santo (2018, p. 362) defines action competence as ... -
Balancing on life's ladder: A meta-ethnography of the existential experiences of siblings of children with complex care needs
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-12-07)Aim - To synthesize and interpret existing qualitative research on the existential experiences of siblings of children with complex care needs.<p> <p>Design - Noblit and Hare's interpretive meta-ethnography.<p> <p>Methods - The study has been registered in the international prospective register for systematic reviews (PROSPERO). Noblit and Hare's 7-step procedure was followed and reciprocal ... -
“Balancing two worlds”: a constructivist grounded theory exploring distributed/decentralised nursing education in rural and remote areas in Canada and Norway
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-11-21)A challenge confronting northern nursing is delivery of equitable and culturally competent nursing education. Advances in technology support distributed approaches for decentralised learning and enhance the feasibility of nursing education in rural and remote regions. However, there is limited scholarship on distributed/decentralised technologies in nursing education, particularly in northern and ... -
Barn og ungdom i krise : hvordan bli en god hjelper?
(Book; Bok, 2008-03)De fleste barn og unge i Norge har det godt. De har nok mat, et sted å bo, skole og fritid som fungerer, venner og foreldre som viser at de bryr seg. Dette gjelder dessverre ikke alle, og det er da hjelpeapparatet kan bli koblet inn. Bokens fokus er den subjektive opplevelsen og meningsdimensjonen hos ungdom som mottar hjelp fra helse- og sosialvesen, skole- og utdanningsvesen, NAV, politiet, ... -
Barriers and facilitators when implementing family involvement for persons with psychotic disorders in community mental health centres - a nested qualitative study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-09-12)<b><p>Background</b> The uptake of family involvement in health care services for patients with psychotic disorders is poor, despite a clear evidence base, socio-economic and moral justifications, policy, and guideline recommendations. To respond to this knowledge-practice gap, we established the cluster randomised controlled trial: Implementation of guidelines on Family Involvement for persons ... -
Battling extraordinary situations and conflicting emotions—A qualitative study of being a newly graduated Registered Nurse in the emergency department during the COVID-19 pandemic
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-05-28)Aim: To describe newly graduated registered nurses’ (NGRNs’) experiences of encountering stress in emergency departments (EDs) during the COVID-19 pandemic.<p><p> Design: A qualitative descriptive study. <p>Methods: Data from 14 in-depth interviews with NGRNs working in an ED for 3-36 months after graduation was analysed by the means of qualitative content analysis as described by Graneheim and ... -
Behandling av Graves’ sykdom hos pasienter som røyker: hurtigoversikt for samvalgsverktøy (oppdatering)
(Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2022)Graves’ er en autoimmun sykdom og den vanligste årsaken til høyt stoffskifte hos yngre personer. Ved Graves’ sykdom danner immunforsvaret antistoffer som stimulerer skjoldbruskkjertelen til økt produksjon av hormonet tyroksin. Symptombildet ved Graves’ sykdom kan inkludere uforklarlig vektnedgang, hjertebank, nervøsitet, skjelvinger, irritabilitet, tretthet, søvnvansker, varmeintoleranse, hevelse ... -
Behandling av pasienter med uspesifikke nakkesmerter gjennom påvirkning av motorisk kontroll
(Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2007)Dette prosjektet vil bestå av 6 casestudier på pasienter med uspesifikke nakkesmerter. Prosjektet har som mål å integrere teori om funksjonell motorisk kontroll i vår behandling av disse pasientene. Gjennom aksjonsforskning vil prøver vi å utvikle vår personlige praksis med bakgrunn i teorien, og vurdere om teorien må endres på bakgrunn av denne erfaringen med reelle praksissituasjoner. -
Behov for ferdighets- og simuleringstrening ved FOSS for utdanningene ved UiT Norges Arktiske universitet
(Working paper; Arbeidsnotat, 2017-05)UiT Norges arktiske universitet (UiT) har i samarbeid med Universitetssykehuset i Nord-Norge (UNN) etablert et ferdighets- og simuleringssenter for å tilby egnede lokaler og egnet utstyr som studenter og ansatte kan benytte for å trene på kliniske ferdigheter og prosedyrer. FOSS Tromsø ble etablert i 2012, med bakgrunn i at to ulike arenaer; Ferdighetssenter for grunnutdanning i medisin, og ... -
Being in a process of transition to psychosis, as narrated by adults with psychotic illnesses acutely admitted to hospital
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014-05-01)To assist in improving early interventions for psychosis, this study explored how adult people narrated their experience of becoming psychotic, and how contact with mental health personnel was established. Narrative interviews were conducted with 12 participants with psychotic illnesses recruited from acute psychiatric wards. The interviews were content analysed. Participants described being in ... -
” Being mutually involved in recovery”. A hermeneutic exploration of nurses’ experiences of patient participation in psychiatric care
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-11-26)Purpose: This study aims at exploring how psychiatric nurses’ experiences of patient participation could be understood from a caring science perspective.<p> Methods: The design was inspired by clinical application research., which is a hermeneutic approach developed within caring science research. . In this study data were co-created during four reflective group dialogues where five participants’ ... -
Berøringens potensial i barnefysioterapi
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023)Artikkelen utforsker og beskriver berøringens betydning og potensial i fysioterapi til barn som er født for tidlig. Gjennom å forstå berøring som et intersubjektivt kroppslig fenomen sentralt for barns utvikling og forståelse av seg selv og sine omgivelser, beskriver artikkelen hvordan berøring er del av bevegelse, persepsjon og handling og alltid inngår i terapiprosesser. Berøring fremstår i denne ... -
A bidirectional study of the association between insomnia, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, and comorbid low back pain and lower limb pain
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-04-14)Objectives - To examine the possible bidirectional association between insomnia and comorbid chronic low back pain (LBP) and lower limb pain and to explore whether high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) amplifies these associations.<p> <p>Methods - We calculated adjusted risk ratios (RR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the development of insomnia and mild-to-severe chronic LBP and ... -
Blood pressure target achievement and antihypertensive medication use in women and men after first-ever myocardial infarction: the Tromsø Study 1994-2016
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-01-03)Background: <br> Recurrent cardiovascular events after myocardial infarction (MI) are frequent, and gender differences in blood pressure treatment have been reported. Despite increased focus on secondary prevention, recent reports indicate that treatment targets are not achieved. There is a need for gender-specific analyses of post-MI blood pressure treatment target achievement and ... -
Bodily cleanliness in modern nursing
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013-03-11)Why are bodily washing practices the way they are in nursing? Michel Foucault argues that modern democratic societies discipline human bodies in accordance with political interests. In the extension of that argumentation we will show that bodily cleanliness in modern nursing may have been used as a disciplining tool. The first part of our discussion takes as its point of departure the second half ... -
Body mass index, waist circumference and pre-frailty/frailty: the Tromsø study 1994−2016
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-01-23)Objective This study investigated the association between obesity, assessed using body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC), and pre-frailty/frailty among older adults over 21 years of follow-up. <p>Design Prospective cohort study. <p>Setting Population-based study among communitydwelling adults in Tromsø municipality, Norway. <p>Participants 2340women and 2169 men aged ≥45 years ... -
Body weight and body mass index influence bone mineral density in late adolescence in a two-year follow-up study. The Tromsø Study: Fit Futures
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-04-04)Determinants of bone acquisition in late adolescence and early adulthood are not well‐described. This 2‐year follow‐up study explored the associations of body weight (BW), body mass index (BMI), and changes in weight status with adolescent bone accretion in a sample of 651 adolescents (355 girls and 296 boys) between 15 and 19 years of age from The Tromsø Study: Fit Futures. This Norwegian ... -
Body, participation and self transformations during and after in-patient stroke rehabilitation
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-01-04)This study explores stroke survivors’ experience of being part of an institutional rehabilitation context and what it means for the immediate experience of discharge home. The aim is to develop a deeper understanding of how the dynamic phenomenon body, participation in everyday life and sense of self interrelates and changes through stroke survivors’ movement in and between the two contexts and ... -
Bone mineral density is associated with Vitamin D related rs6013897 and estrogen receptor polymorphism rs4870044: The Tromsø study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-03-02)Background:<br>Bone mineral density (BMD) is determined by bone remodeling processes regulated by endocrine, autocrine and genetic mechanisms. Thus, some studies have reported that BMD is associated with single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with vitamin D receptor (VDR), serum 25(OH)D levels and estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1), but without consensus. Therefore, we aimed to map and compare ...
