Institutt for sykepleie- og helsevitenskap
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The art of balancing: the facilitator’s role in briefing in simulation-based learning from the perspective of nursing students – a qualitative study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background Facilitators plays a key role in nursing student’s learning when briefing them for simulation scenarios. However, few studies have explored the importance of the facilitator’s role in preparing students from the ... -
Midwives' Attitudes Toward and Experience With a Tablet Intervention to Promote Safety Behaviors for Pregnant Women Reporting Intimate Partner Violence: Qualitative Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 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 ... -
Psychometric testing of the Norwegian version of the Simulation Design Scale, the Educational Practices Questionnaire and the Student Satisfaction and Self-confidence in Learning Scale in nursing education
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Introduction: Simulation-based learning is a well-established technique in nursing education. However, there is a need for reliable and validated evaluation tools across both national boundaries and cultural conditions. ... -
Professionals’ perspectives on factors within primary mental health services that can affect pathways to involuntary psychiatric admissions
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: Reducing involuntary psychiatric admissions has been on the international human rights and health policy agenda for years. Despite the last decades’ shift towards more services for adults with severe mental ... -
Chronic fatigue and depression due to multiple sclerosis: Immune-inflammatory pathways, tryptophan catabolites and the gut-brain axis as possible shared pathways
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Chronic fatigue and major depression (MDD)-like symptoms are common manifestations of multiple sclerosis (MS), both with huge impact on quality of life. Depression can manifest itself as fatigue, and depressive symptoms ... -
The Complex Experience of Psoriasis Related Skin Pain: A Qualitative Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background and aims: Psoriasis is a common chronic skin condition, causing skin lesions with thickened and scaling skin, as well as erythema and inflammation that may involve painful sores, cracks, and pustules. Previously ... -
Person-centred research practice: the user involvement in research of older adults with first-hand experience of reablement
(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 ... -
«Å snakke med andre om sykepleie gjør at det sitter bedre». Medstudentsamarbeid som motivasjon til å lære mer i sykepleiestudiet
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: Motivation can be created through student participation, where experiences and learning are shared with fellow students. We want nursing students to experience cooperation with other students for inspiration ... -
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 ... -
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 ...
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