Browsing Person-centered Health Care by Title
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A descriptive study of ulcer-related pain characteristics and management
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of South-Eastern Norway;128, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Background: Chronic leg ulcers are hard-to-heal wounds located below the knee and are increasingly prevalent in the Western population. Irrespective of pathology, chronic leg ulcers are associated with a negative impact ... -
Development and testing of an online educational intervention in early labour care
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of South-Eastern Norway;158, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Background: Early labour is a challenging situation for many women, and reports of dissatisfaction with care provided during early labour prior to hospital admission have been made. A mismatch between the woman's perceived ... -
The dynamics between policy and practice: A case study on the integration of municipal health and social care services for people with mental health and substance abuse challenges
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of South-Eastern Norway;180, Doctoral thesis, 2024)This doctoral project examines the integration of municipal health and social care services for people with concurrent mental health and substance abuse challenges. The main aim is to explore how professionals and managers ... -
Engagement in health and health in engagement: Examining the antecedents and outcomes of work engagement among nursing home staff
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of South-Eastern Norway;197, Doctoral thesis, 2024)Background: An organisational imperative in healthcare worldwide, but especially in the West, is how to meet the needs of an elderly cohort, which rapidly increases in both population proportion and absolute numbers. In ... -
Fit for practice: Exploring competence in physical assessment from the final educational year to two years as a newly graduated nurse: A qualitative study
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of South-Eastern Norway;172, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Background: Nurses’ competent use of physical assessment is needed to detect deterioration and initiate interventions to prevent complications from occurring. Research shows that nursing students and nurses do not perform ... -
Implementing structured vision assessment in stroke care services: The KROSS knowledge translation project
(Doctoral thesis, 2022)Background Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability in Norway and internationally. Many functions can be affected by stroke and vision is one of them. Visual impairments (VIs) affect 60% of all stroke survivors, ... -
Improvement in refractive precision for intraocular lens power calculations in patients with a history of laser vision correction for myopia
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of South-Eastern Norway;99, Doctoral thesis, 2021-05-28)In Cataract surgery and refractive lens exchange (RLE) planning, calculations of intraocular lens (IOL) power depend on, at a minimum, the measurement of corneal curvature and the axial length of the eye. In patients without ... -
”It’s like dancing with the Devil.” Exploring perspectives on risk, pleasure and overdose among people who inject drugs
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of South-Eastern Norway;192, Doctoral thesis, 2024)Drug use is a significant health problem worldwide, and people who use drugs often suffer from impairments in daily life in terms of loss of healthy years, and premature deaths. This also affects the person’s family, as ... -
Kompetanse for bedre tjenester: En kvalitativ studie av betydningen av kompetansetiltak og verktøy rettet mot ansatte i psykisk helsetjenester som samarbeider med brukere som kan være truende og/eller voldelige
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of South-Eastern Norway;144, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Personer med psykiske helse- og/eller rusproblemer er oftere ofre enn utvøvere av trusler og vold. Likevel kan psykisk helsearbeidere i kommunale psykisk helsetjenester møte brukere som truer eller er voldelige mot dem. ... -
Lifestyle, work ability and sick leave in a general Norwegian working population - a cohort study from Telemark
(Doctoral thesis, 2021)Background: The sustainability of the Norwegian welfare state is being challenged by demographic changes. One consequence of increased life expectancy is that the working population is expected to work longer. Good mental ... -
Means or meaningful? – The historical construction of the patient concept in health professions’ education
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of South-Eastern Norway;90, Doctoral thesis, 2021)All concepts have an origin. They shape, and are shaped by the context in which they exist. This thesis explores how the construction of the patient concept has been given meaning, changed and developed in the context of ... -
Mellom idealisme og realisme: Om fremming av samfunnstilhørighet for unge voksne med samtidige rus- og psykisk helseproblemer
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of South-Eastern Norway;112, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Avhandlingen undersøker hvordan unge voksne med samtidige rus- og psykisk helseproblemer (ROP-problemer) kan oppnå samfunnstilhørighet. Avhandlingens tilnærming representerer et «nedenfra-perspektiv» på sosial inklusjon ... -
Mobile radiography services in nursing homes - utilisation, costs and organisation
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of South-Eastern Norway;32, Doctoral thesis, 2019)Background: Due to demographic changes in the western world, with an ageing population and fewer resources for health services, there is a need for a new way of organising and delivering health services to the population. ... -
Nursing Intensity in Home Health Care
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of South-Eastern Norway;48, Doctoral thesis, 2019)Background: As people get older, their health needs become more chronic and complex. In that the burden on health and long-term care systems and services will increase alongside the aging population, well-functioning ... -
Nursing students’ development, transfer and assessment of professional competence and clinical judgment skills: A quantitative study
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of South-Eastern Norway;177, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Background: Nurses with professional competence and clinical judgment skills are important to achieve person-centred healthcare and patient safety in healthcare services. Professional competence and clinical judgment ... -
Older persons’ worries expressed during home care and supportive communication: Analysing audio-recorded visits
(Doctoral thesis, 2018)Background: Person-centred care is advocated as the gold standard for delivering quality healthcare services for older persons in general, and for home care in particular. Personcentred care means being respectful of and ... -
On making the invisible visible : A qualitative study of care partners of older people with mental health problems and home care services
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of South-Eastern Norway;57, Doctoral thesis, 2020)The concept of Ageing in place implies that efforts are made to allow people to live at home for as long as possible. This is a political goal in aging policy, where care partners and home care services play significant ... -
On the old and the new: An ethnographic study of older people’s mental health services in a changing welfare state
(Doctoral thesis, 2017)The Norwegian welfare state is traditionally known as universalistic. Thus, it might be expected that public healthcare services would cover all citizens on equal terms. Yet older people with mental health problems are not ... -
Preparing midwifery students for newborn resuscitation: Stimulate-ventilate-collaborate
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of South-Eastern Norway;176, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Background: Between 4 and 10% of all newborn babies need support to start breathing immediately after birth. Midwives are the professionals who attend most deliveries in Norway. Hence, they are the ones who most frequently ... -
Promoting clinical excellence and patient safety in nurse anaesthesia education
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of South-Eastern Norway;124, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Background: There has been increasing international focus over the past couple of decades, on the importance of non-technical skills such as situation awareness, decision-making, task management and teamwork in developing ...