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.

Our research takes place at 70oN. Where the sun is above the horizon for 8 weeks during summer, midnight sun and below the horizon for 8 weeks during winter, polar night. Earlier we found that adults with different chronotypes responded differently to exercise performed in day-light or darkness1. During the polar night evening (E) and neither (N) -types respond to training better than morning (M) ...

This study revealed that a flexible division of labor influenced by interdisciplinary cooperation raised opportunity to a thorough assessment. Ongoing examinations in addition to use of standardized measurement tools were done. Interdisciplinary cooperation enriched the assessment. This lead to more individualized and customized training interventions. Organization type of reablement teams are ...

Aim: We aim to describe factors that affect self-reported health (SRH) and to describe differences in trajectories in an ageing cohort according to comorbid diseases, mental health, physical condition, education, and physical activity. Methods: Prospective cohort study of a general population in Norway utilizing repeated surveys and physical examinations (1986-2008). We included 16 745 men and ...

The goal of modern postoperative pain management is to relieve pain while keeping side effects to a minimum. Still, in recent investigations, between 20% and 40% of all postoperative patients report high levels of pain after surgery, while 20-30% experience adverse effects of opioid analgetics [1,2]. In a study, in which the hospitals had introduced pain management guided by the patients' own ...

Acute hypoxia results in uncontrolled release of glutamate and the consequent stimulation of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors, which affects the whole ionic homeostasis and finally activates apoptosis of neurons. A potential therapeutic approach to prevent this sequence of events is a blockade of NMDA receptors. Meanwhile, in different models of acute hypoxia, activation of delta-opioid ...

Children of parents with a mental illness are at risk of developing mental health problems themselves (Beardslee, Versage & Gladstone, 1998; Hosman, van Doesum, & van Santvoort, 2009; Reupert & Maybery, 2007). In order to prevent children of mentally ill parents from developing serious problems, it is therefore beneficial to include a child perspective in the treatment of mentally ill parents by ...