The aim of this study was to describe and analyse the constructions andinterplay of gender, ethnicity and sexuality between female and male careworkersand residents in a nursing home. To explore this from a qualitativeeveryday life?s approach, material was collected through participating observations,interviews, and informal conversation with careworkers and residents.The result points out that historical patterns of gender and caring relatedto this context still matter and affect both careworkers and residents. Forexample, female careworkers talked about the concept of caring as a genuinefemale experience, while male careworkers, who were in a minority, insteadtalked about caring in more gender-neutral words. The result also indicatesthat a larger number of male careworkers not necessarily leads to a highergrade of gender equality.

AbstractBackgroundWorking in primary care with chronic leg ulcers is both time-consuming and difficult. There is a large category of patients with leg ulcers, that is expected to increase in a number of years, and many of them will probably come to a district nurse for help.AimThe aim of this study was to describe the district nurses' experiences of caring for patients with chronic leg ulcers in primary care.MethodThe approach was qualitative. The study was done with a phenomenological life-world approach. Seven district nurses working in primary care were interviewed. The phenomenological perspective focuses on the respondents? own life-world and has openness to the interviewee's own experiences.

Background: When a person suddenly pass away, the relatives often arrive to the Emergency Department under chaotic circumstances. In this critical situation the nurse has an important role for the care. Many nurses lack of knowledge about how to take care of the bereaved relatives. Aim: The aim of the literature study was to describe aspects of caring for suddenly bereaved relatives. Method: The data for the study were scientific articles found in the databases PubMed and Cinahl and from a manual search.

Theoretical framework: The Theory of Human Caring by Jean Watson was used as a theoretical framework.Aim: The aim of this literature review was to describe the attitude of nursing patients who go through an induced abortion, from a nurse perspective.Method: This literature review is based on a sample of nine qualitative and quantitative studies, collected in the databases Cinahl, PubMed and PsycInfo. The qualities of the studies were assessed through modified templates. Analysis of the results from the studies was inspired of a content analysis.Findings: The nurses experienced their work as meaningful since they give support to the patient. The nurses felt that their work was justified when the decision to have an abortion was well thought through and they felt respect towards the patient when they were aware of the patient?s circumstances.

Constipation is a common problem for people with dementia and it may result in discomfort, suffering and lower quality of life. Nurses in municipal nursing homes have difficult to observe and prevent these problems because they do not participate in the daily caring work. The aim of this study was to illustrate the nurse assistants? reflections about the care they gave people with dementia and constipation. Main questions vas how they became aware of such problems and what they did when someone had problem with constipation.

Constipation is a common problem for people with dementia and it may result in discomfort, suffering and lower quality of life. Nurses in municipal nursing homes have difficult to observe and prevent these problems because they do not participate in the daily caring work. The aim of this study was to illustrate the nurse assistants? reflections about the care they gave people with dementia and constipation. Main questions vas how they became aware of such problems and what they did when someone had problem with constipation.

Sjuksköterskor har ansvar för att barn är behandlade i överensstämmelse med barnens rättigheter och att interagera med dem. I bakgrunden beskriver en studie att barn upplever att sjuksköterskor inte lyssnar på dem. Barn är sårbara eftersom de är underlägsna både sina föräldrar och sjuksköterskorna beroende på deras både åldersmässiga och kunskapsmässiga övertag. Det är därför viktigt för sjuksköterskor att ge barn möjligheten att delta i beslutsfattande processer, vilket kan få dem att känna sig inkluderade, respekterade och lyssnade på som individer. På så sätt kan sjuksköterskor kommunicera trygghet.

Det är sjuksköterskans ansvar att etablera en vårdrelation där patienten känner sig trygg, därför var det viktigt att belysa patientens egen uppfattning om vårdrelationens innebörd och vad det kan ha för betydelse för omvårdnaden. Syftet med studien var att undersöka vårdrelationens innebörd för vuxna patienter inom psykiatrisk tvångsvård. Studien är litteraturstudie med kvalitativ och deskriptiv design. Det gjordes en artikelsökning i Cinahl och PubMed med sökorden psychiatric care, caring relationship, coercion samt patients experiences. Artiklarna som valdes ut kvalitetsgranskades och sedan gjordes en manifest innehållsanalys.

The progress of chronic disorders such as heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease affects various aspects of life. They have an deep impact on patients´experience of health and wellbeing and their functional qualities and quality of life. Several studies have in an extensive way described heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in its own domain but few qualitative studies consider coexistence of the disorders from a caring science perspective. The aim was to describe the meaning of living with heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease from a lifeworld perspective. With a phenomenological and reflecting lifeworld approach it´s possible to describe eight patients daily experiences of living with severe and chronic disorders from their own narratives.

Background: Each year, over one million people around the world die as a result of suicide. About 1500 of those are in Sweden. In each case an estimated six kindred?s are to be affected. These people are in great need of support.

The purpose with this essay is to illustrate the problematical mother-daughterrelation in Mar-gareta Garpes drama/play ?To Julia? through a psychoanalytic and philosophical perspective. To get a deeper understanding for the relations between mother and daughter, and the kind of motherhood that Gloria is practising in the play I have used a hermeneutic method in search for answers to the questions: Why does Gloria take a position as a so called friend or sister in the interaction with her daughter Julia? Why is not mother Gloria capable to be mature, caring and nursing in the interaction with Julia? Through Gloria Margareta Garpe is giving me possible answers: Gloria is still seeing herself as a rejected and lonely child. The role of the daughter Julia in her mother?s life is to fill an empty space that was created in Gloria?s adolescence when she experienced the same feelings as Julia in present time in the play.

BAKGRUND: KOL är en sjukdom som drabbar allt fler personer världen över och anses bli den tredje vanligaste dödsorsaken i världen år 2020. Det finns inget botemedel mot KOL men genom omfattande omvårdnad kan patienten och anhöriga uppleva välbefinnande trots sjukdomen. Andningssvårigheterna påverkar patientens vardagliga liv och livskvalitet negativt både psykiskt och fysiskt. SYFTE: Syftet med denna studie var att belysa hur sjuksköterskor kan underlätta vid andningssvårigheter för patienter med sjukdomen KOL med utgångspunkt från både patienters önskemål och sjuksköterskors erfarenheter. METOD: Studien var en litteraturöversikt baserad på redan vetenskapligt framforskat datamaterial.

Syfte: Är att beskriva hur sjuksköterskan upplevelser att vårda barn med cancer.Metod: En beskrivande litteraturstudie som baserats på elva vetenskapliga artiklar med kvalitativ ansats och en med både kvalitativ och kvantitativ ansats. Litteratursökningen genomfördes i databaserna Cinahl och Pubmed.  Huvudresultat: Att tillgodose barnet och föräldrarnas behov, sjuksköterskans upplevelse av den egna förmågan att vårda barn med cancer, sjuksköterskans relation till barnet samt hur sjuksköterskan upplever att vårda barnet i det palliativa skedet var fyra teman som identifierades. Några viktiga aspekter som framkom var att barnet och föräldrarna skulle involveras i barnet omvårdnad, sjuksköterskan tankar kring sitt agerande, att sjuksköterskan inger hopp till barnet och att sjuksköterskan kan känna hjälplöshet och maktlöshet när barnet befinner sig i det palliativa skedet.Slutsats: Sjuksköterskan som möter barn med cancer har ett psykiskt och känslomässigt påfrestande arbete. Varje dag utsätts sjuksköterskan för olika utmaningar i mötet av barnen, sjuksköterskan har som roll att försöka inkluderade både föräldrarna och barnet i sjukdoms förlopp.

The purpose of this literature review is to examine how a relative is affected by and handles the situation of caring for a relative with Alzheimer's Disease at home and to examine how they experience social support..

Many children in Sweden are exposed to maltreatment. Among the purposes of the Child health care (CHC) are to decrease mortality, infirmity and handicaps among mothers and their children, and to decrease hurtful strains for parents and their children. CHC-nurses get critizism for not reporting child maltreatment in high enough numbers to the Social service. The aim of this study was to chart how CHC-nurses finds their work with families suffering from maltreatment. Ten CHC-nurses were interviewed with semistructured interviews.