Background - General health perception as measured by self-rated health (SRH) is an individual's synthesis of personal overall health and has value in its own right. In addition, this subjective perspective has a unique predictive power of subsequent mortality and adds valuable information not captured by objective measures. We studied the relationship between SRH and subsequent mortality to demonstrate ...

<p>Introduction: The Indigenous people of Norway are legally entitled to use their Sámi language in encounters with healthcare services, yet these encounters are generally conducted in Norwegian language. The right to Sámi language and culture in health is particularly relegated when Sámi healthcare personnel is not present. This neglect of Sámi language and culture in the Norwegian healthcare system ...

People around the world are increasingly facing the pressing challenges of today's interconnected environmental, social, and health crises. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an important wake-up call reminding us that we need a healthy planet to ensure the health of all people. The emerging field of planetary health is a framework for understanding these interconnections and identifying solutions to ...

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 ...

Work-related stress is an increasing health problem among nursing teachers, contributing to health problems, disengagement and poor job satisfaction. Negative coping strategies impact on both teachers' and students' teaching-learning experiences. Several interventions have been developed to address work-related stress. There has been less focus on how nursing teachers can learn to recover from ...

<i>Aims and Objectives</i> - To gain knowledge of prevention and use of restraints in provision of medical care to people with intellectual disability. To this end, we explore how learning disability nurses in community services support the individual through medical examinations when facing resistance.<br><br> <i>Background</i> - Despite increased focus on limiting restraints, there is a lack ...

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 ...

<p>Bakgrunn: Universitets- og høgskolerådet (UHR) og Nokut har vært opptatt av praksisstudiene og gitt føringer for å styrke kvaliteten på veiledning, veiledningskompetanse og samarbeid mellom ulike aktører. Studier viser at veiledningskompetanse er viktig for å ivareta kvaliteten i praksisveiledningen. Master i helsefag. Studieretning psykisk helse ved Universitetet i Tromsø – Norges arktiske ...

<i>Background</i> - Critically ill patients are at risk of developing moisture associated skin damage and pressure ulcers. These conditions may co-exist and be difficult to distinguish, but a simultaneous investigation may provide a true prevalence.<br><br> <i>Objectives</i> - To investigate the prevalence of moisture associated skin damage and associated factors among Norwegian intensive care ...

The approach to standardized services in Norwegian mental health care is tailored to the needs of the majority population, focusing on diagnoses and overshadows an approach that understands, values and emphasizes Sámi storytelling and everyday life. This study aims to contribute knowledge regarding the promotion of user involvement in mental health care from the perspectives of Sámi mental health ...