Institutt for sykepleie- og helsevitenskap
Recent Submissions
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A qualitative study of the work experiences of midwives performing obstetric ultrasound in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: Performing obstetric ultrasound is part of midwifery practice in Norway. Knowledge of these midwives’ working situation can enhance understanding of what their work involves and the challenges they encounter ... -
Co-creating Persona Scenarios with Diverse Users Enriching Inclusive Design
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2020)In this article, we will examine personas as methodological approach and review some critiques about how its use may omit or stereotype users with disabilities or even restrict user involvement. We review previous persona ... -
Pain acceptance and its impact on function and symptoms in fibromyalgia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Objectives: Fibromyalgia is a chronic widespread pain (CWP) syndrome of unknown etiology with substantial burden of illness and functional impairment. Pain acceptance has emerged as an interesting target of therapy in ... -
Exploring patient-centered aspects of home care communication: a cross-sectional study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: Communication is a cornerstone in nursing and aims at both information exchange and relationship building. To date, little is known about the naturally occurring communication between older persons and nurses ... -
Midwives' Attitudes Toward and Experience With a Tablet Intervention to Promote Safety Behaviors for Pregnant Women Reporting Intimate Partner Violence: Qualitative Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: Violence against women is considered a global health problem, and intimate partner violence (IPV) around the time of childbirth can have severe consequences for mother and child. Prenatal care is considered a ... -
Comparing Nursing Student Competence in CPR before and after a Pedagogical Intervention
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Nursing students must be able to initiate and perform effective cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) when they start their career in nursing. Studies show that students’ competency in CPR is deficient, indicating that better ... -
Mental health as perceived by Norwegian adolescents living with parental somatic illness: Living in an earthquake zone
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Purpose: Severe parental somatic illnesses can influence the entire family, including adolescents’ everyday life, psychosocial functioning and health. Within salutogenesis, it is highlighted that stressor life events, such ... -
A User-Centered Approach to an Evidence-Based Electronic Health Pain Management Intervention for People With Chronic Pain: Design and Development of EPIO
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: Chronic pain conditions are complicated and challenging to live with. Electronic health (eHealth) interventions show promise in helping people cope with chronic illness, including pain. The success of these ... -
Predictors of subjective age in people aged 40-79 years: a five-year follow-up study. The impact of mastery, mental and physical health
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)Assessing subjective age perception (SAP) and changes in SAP as well as exploring which variables of socio-demographic, health and personal mastery independently predicted SAP. Methods: The panel data are from two waves ... -
Building ground for didactics in a patient decision aid for hip osteoarthritis. Exploring patient-related barriers and facilitators towards shared decision-making
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Objective: The aim of the present study was to explore patient-related barriers and facilitators towards shared decision-making (SDM) during routine orthopedic outpatient consultations as part of the process of developing ... -
The development of a model for teaching information literacy to nursing students through cross-professional collaboration
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)This paper describes experiences from a collaborative project between the nursing educators at the Institute of Nursing Science and the health sciences librarians at Vestfold University College in Norway. The aim of the ... -
Family carers' experiences of attending a multicomponent psychosocial intervention program for carers and persons with dementia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Background: Psychosocial interventions for persons with dementia and their primary family carers are promising approaches to reducing the challenges associated with care, but, obtaining significant outcomes may be difficult. ... -
Nursing students’ experiences with clinical placement in a marginal Norwegian nursing home learning environment
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: Nursing homes are core clinical placement arenas in nursing education. For a range of reasons, however, they are marginally staffed and face recruiting challenges. These issues threaten the educational quality ... -
The Professional Nurse Self-Assessment Scale: Psychometric testing in Norwegian long term and home care contexts
(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 ... -
Implementation of eHealth Technology in Community Health Care: the complexity of stakeholder involvement
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: The implementation of any technology in community health care is seen as a challenge. Similarly, the implementation of eHealth technology also has challenges, and many initiatives never fully reach their ... -
Developing dementia: The existensial experience of the quality of life With young-onset dementia- A longitudinal case study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Background Cognition and the ability to take care of daily activities and oneself gradually declines among people with dementia. Studies are scarce, especially regarding how people with young-onset dementia (YOD) (<65 ... -
Faser under sykehusoppholdet - sykepleieres erfaringer med delirium blant gamle med brudd
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)Bakgrunn: Hensikten med studien var å undersøke sykepleieres erfaringer med identifisering, forebygging og behandling av delirium blant gamle som innlegges for ortopedisk kirurgi i ulike faser i et sykehusopphold. Studien ... -
Solo Mothers After Assisted Conception and Their Experiences With Postnatal Care
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Purpose: To explore solo mothers’ postnatal caring experiences. Patients and Methods: A qualitative interview study including nine solo mothers living in six different counties in Norway. The mothers had a total of twelve ... -
The Use of Expectancy and Empathy When Communicating With Patients With Advanced Breast Cancer; an Observational Study of Clinician–Patient Consultations
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Background: Information provision about prognosis, treatments, and side-effects is important in advanced cancer, yet also associated with impaired patient well-being. To counter potential detrimental effects, communication ... -
Evaluation and Implementation of ListeningTime: A Web-Based Preparatory Communication Tool for Elderly Patients With Cancer and Their Health Care Providers
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Background: Effective patient-provider communication is an important condition to deliver optimal care and it supports patients in coping with their disease. The complex and emotionally loaded setting of oncology care ...
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