Kapitlet belyser hva hjemmefødende kvinner og jordmødre forteller om fødsels­opplevelsen og om samspillet mellom mor, far og jordmor. Kapitlet bygger på en ny empirisk studie av sju fødekvinners narrativer og sju jordmødres hjemmefødselserfaringer. Forfatterne undersøker hvordan de, basert på fødekvinners subjektive erfaringer, kan forstå fenomenet hjemmefødsel i lys av estetikk og et stedsfilosofisk ...

Content analysis is a viable way to thematise consumer experiences. The purpose of this review study is to examine the use of content analysis in consumer research (1977–2017). The authors explore <i>how</i> content analysis has been used. The reviewed studies address consumer experiences. The results show that qualitative content analysis is not used as a method in its own right; it is more often ...

This article explores what home birth mothers and midwives say about the birth experience and the interaction between mother, partner and midwife. It is based on an explorative empirical study of the narratives of seven home birth mothers and the experiences of five midwives. The authors examine how these subjective experiences can help us to understand the phenomenon of home birth. The article is ...

Dignified care is a central issue in the nursing care of older adults. Nurses are expected to treat older adults with dignity, and older adults wish to be treated in a dignified manner. Researchers have recommended investigating the concept of dignity based on specific contexts and population groups. This meta-synthesis study aims to explore the understandings of dignity from the perspective of older ...

Background: A changing healthcare system affects the professional identity of nursing groups. Public health nursing has experienced challenges in balancing the paternalistic expert ideology and the empowerment participation ideology. A strong professional identity can legitimate nursing, and possibly influence the quality of nursing work. Narrations from practice can illuminate the nurses’ ...

There is a lack of studies on ethical responsibility in nursing. Nurses experience ethical responsibility in all settings where patients are exposed and vulnerable. The authors’ interest in public health and intensive care nursing provided a motivation to study these settings. The study aimed to explore how intensive care and public health nurses experience ethical responsibility. A qualitative ...

<i>Background</i>: Palliative cancer patients experience a complex clinical picture. Research shows little correlation between nurses’ impressions of the patient’s symptoms and the patient’s experience of their own symptoms. National guidelines recommend the use of screening tools to chart and evaluate the patient’s symptoms systematically.<p><p> <i>Objective</i>: The objective of the study is ...

The purpose of this study was to explore factors in the municipal workplace environment that can facilitate experienced nurses in promoting their professional competence. This is of particular importance when critically ill patients are discharged from hospital. We interviewed nine nurses who had more than five years’ experience in the Norwegian municipal healthcare services and analysed data using ...

Improvements in neonatal and paediatric care mean that many children with complex care needs (CCNs) now survive into adulthood. This cohort of children places great challenges on health and social care delivery in the community: they require dynamic and responsive health and social care over a long period of time; they require organisational and delivery coordination functions; and health issues ...