Browsing USN Open Archive by Author "Dale, Bjørg"
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Administration of care to older patients in transition from hospital to home care services: home nursing leaders' experiences
Dale, Bjørg; Hvalvik, Sigrun (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-10-04)BACKGROUND: Older persons in transition between hospital and home care services are in a particularly vulnerable situation and risk unfortunate consequences caused by organizational inefficiency. The purpose of the study ... -
Nurses' Experiences of Caring for Older Persons in Transition to Receive Homecare: Being Somewhere in between Competing Values
Hvalvik, Sigrun; Dale, Bjørg (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-04-25)Older persons in transition to need professional care in their homes will constitute a large group in municipalities in the future. The aim of this study was to obtain insight into nurses’ experiences and perceptions of ... -
Nursing staff interactions during the older residents' transition into long-term care facility in a nursing home in rural Norway: An ethnographic study
Eika, Marianne; Dale, Bjørg; Espnes, Geir Arild; Hvalvik, Sigrun (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-03-29)Background Future challenges in many countries are the recruitment of competent staff in long-term care facilities, and the use of unlicensed staff. Our study describes and explores staff interactions in a long-term care ... -
The Transition from Hospital to Home: Older People's Experiences
Hvalvik, Sigrun; Dale, Bjørg (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)The amount of older patients who are discharged from hospitals while continuing to need care is increasing in Norway. The transition between different care services has the potential for high rates of medication errors, ...