Browsing USN Open Archive by Author "Skovdahl, Kirsti"
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A passive positioning alarm used by persons with dementia and their spouses – a qualitative intervention study
Olsson, Annakarin; Engström, Maria; Lampic, Claudia; Skovdahl, Kirsti (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background: Increasingly, information and communication technology is being used to support persons with dementia living at home and their relatives. The aim of the present intervention study was to describe and explore ... -
Balancing life and death during the golden minute – midwives’ experiences of performing newborn resuscitation
Ljungblad, Linda Wike; Skovdahl, Kirsti; McCormack, Brendan; Dahl, Bente (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Purpose: To explore midwives’ experiences in performing newborn resuscitation on maternity wards. Patients and Methods: It was a qualitative study, using a phenomenological hermeneutic approach. Individual interviews with ... -
Clinical Ethics Support for Healthcare Personnel: An Integrative Literature Review
Rasoal, Dara; Skovdahl, Kirsti; Gifford, Mervyn; Kihlgren, Annica (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This study describes which clinical ethics approaches are available to support healthcare personnel in clinical practice in terms of their construction, functions and goals. Healthcare personnel frequently face ethically ... -
Control as a core component of user involvement in reablement: A qualitative study
Jokstad, Kari; Hauge, Solveig; Landmark, Bjørg Th.; Skovdahl, Kirsti (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: Reablement, also known as restorative care, supports older adults in regaining or maintaining their independence in daily life through the optimization of functional ability. Users’ goals and healthcare ... -
Developing philosophical and pedagogical principles for a pan-European person-centred curriculum framework
Dickson, Caroline A. W.; van Lieshout, Famke; Kmetec, Sergej; McCormack, Brendan; Skovdahl, Kirsti; Phelan, Amanda; Cook, Neal F.; Cardiff, Shaun; Brown, Donna; Lorber, Mateja; Magowan, Ruth; McCance, Tanya; Dewing, Jan; Stiglic, Gregor (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: In the associated article in this special issue of the International Practice Development Journal, Phelan et al. (2020) offer an analysis of the global positioning of person-centredness from a strategic policy ... -
Development of a Workplace-Based Training Program for Nurse-Led Ultrasound-Guided Femoral Nerve Blocks: A Feasibility Study with the Patients’ Perspective in Focus
Saga, Elin; Skovdahl, Kirsti; Lindholm, Espen; Sørum Falk, Ragnhild; Bing-Jonsson, Pia Cecilie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background: Task shifting is a systematic delegation of tasks in order to make more efficient use of the available human resources for health. Training programs and the quality of these are sparsely studied and specially ... -
An exploration of midwives' perceptions of newborn resuscitation programmes for midwifery students
Ljungblad, Linda Wike; Skovdahl, Kirsti; McCormack, Brendan; Dahl, Bente (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Around the world, significant issues are reported in midwifery education regarding newborn resuscitation. These issues are similar to those raised two decades earlier (Halamek et al., 2000); for example, in 2000, Halamek ... -
Facilitating Change, the Decision-maker’s Views of Municipality Organized Food Distribution to Elderly People Living at Home and Suggestions for Development – A Participatory Action Research Study
Pajalic, Zada; Persson, Lena; Skovdahl, Kirsti; Westergren, Albert (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)This study is the final part of a larger project with an action research approach focusing on food distribution (FD)within municipal service and care for elderly persons, living at home (≥ 65 years), from various perspectives. ... -
Improving quality in clinical placement studies in nursing homes (QUALinCLINstud): the study protocol of a participatory mixed-methods multiple case study design
Laugaland, Kristin Alstveit; Gonzalez, Marianne Thorsen; McCormack, Brendan; Skovdahl, Kirsti; Slettebø, Åshild; Billett, Stephen; Akerjordet, Kristin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Introduction: Improved quality in clinical supervision and assessment of student nurses in nursing home clinical placements is vitally important to effective recruitment and preparation for this healthcare sector. Knowledge ... -
"Keep It Simple"-Co-Creation of a Tailored Newborn Resuscitation Course for Midwifery Students
Ljungblad, Linda Wike; Skovdahl, Kirsti; McCormack, Brendan; Dahl, Bente (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Purpose: To develop a tailored newborn resuscitation course for midwifery students. Patients and Methods: A qualitative study using an explorative, abductive approach was applied. Co-creation through workshops was facilitated ... -
Person-centred research practice: the user involvement in research of older adults with first-hand experience of reablement
Jokstad, Kari; Landmark, Bjørg Th.; Skovdahl, Kirsti (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)User involvement is increasingly common in health-care research, and the ideal is user participation and influence during all research stages. Here we describe and reflect on the processes and outcomes associated with ... -
The Professional Nurse Self-Assessment Scale: Psychometric testing in Norwegian long term and home care contexts
Finnbakk, Elisabeth Bell; Wangensteen, Sigrid; Skovdahl, Kirsti; Fagerström, Lisbeth (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Background Nurses’ clinical competence is vital to ensure safe and high quality care, and the continuous assessment of nurses’ clinical competence is of major concern. A validated instrument for the self-assessment of ... -
Promoting independence at mealtimes for older persons with severe dementia
Jensen, Liv Helene; Rekve, Karin Håvarstein; Ulstein, Ingun; Skovdahl, Kirsti (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Maintaining independence in activities of daily living, including when eating meals, may be challenging for persons with dementia. To uphold person-centred care there is a need for knowledge of how to facilitate mealtimes ... -
Public home care professionals' experiences of being involved in food distribution to home-living elderly people in Sweden - a qualitative study with an action research approach
Pajalic, Zada; Westergren, Albert; Persson, Lena; Skovdahl, Kirsti (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Background: Research focusing on Food Distribution (FD) from various professionals’ and organisational perspectivesare lacking. The aim of this study was therefore to explore various professionals’ experiences of involvement ... -
Review of developments in person-centred healthcare
Phelan, Amanda; McCormack, Brendan; Dewing, Jan; Brown, Donna; Cardiff, Shaun; Cook, Neal F.; Dickson, Caroline A. W.; Kmetec, Sergej; Lorber, Mateja; Magowan, Ruth; McCance, Tanya; Skovdahl, Kirsti; Stiglic, Gregor; van Lieshout, Famke (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)In recent years, there has been a shift in orientation towards person-centredness as part of a global move towards humanising and centralising the person within healthcare. Person-centredness, underpinned by robust ... -
The experience of lived space in persons with dementia: a systematic meta-synthesis
Førsund, Linn Hege; Grov, Ellen Karine; Helvik, Anne-Sofie; Juvet, Lene Kristine; Skovdahl, Kirsti; Eriksen, Siren (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background: Identifying how persons with dementia experience lived space is important for enabling supportive living environments and creating communities that compensate for the fading capabilities of these persons. ... -
The Experiences of Elderly People Living at Home Related to Their Receiving Meals Distributed by a Municipality in Sweden
Pajalic, Zada; Persson, Lena; Westergren, Albert; Berggren, Vanja; Skovdahl, Kirsti (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)The purpose of the study was to describe the experiences of elderly people, living at home who receive hot meals that are distributed by their municipality. Qualitative content analysis was used to analyse the (n=13) ... -
Using diffusion of innovation theory to describe perceptions of a passive positioning alarm among persons with mild dementia: A repeated interview study
Olsson, Annakarin; Skovdahl, Kirsti; Engström, Maria (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background Problems with memory and decline in cognitive abilities are common during development of dementia. Different kinds of technologies may be useful in supporting persons with dementia and their relatives in daily ...