Background Satisfaction of life and wellbeing is shown to be important when the quality of life is to be understood. The nurse has a significant role in the care of the patient and in his/her experience of life. Aim The purpose of this study is to examine the quality of life, from a nurse perspective. Method The text analysis was carried out with qualified attempts, of a book, "Quality of life a challenge for the nurse" (in Swedish) by T. Rustoen, a nurse who also worked as a teacher in Norway. The book describes how quality of life is experienced from the patients and staffs view. Results The text analysis showed that out of the ordinary descriptions of quality of life, the author found four new themes. These themes where; the meaning of solidarity, confidence, activity and meaningfulness in the existence. Conclusion Quality of life is an important word, which means different to different kind of people.

Palliativ vård i livets slutskede omfattar vården av vårdtagare med obotbar, symtomgivande sjukdom. Palliativ vård inkluderar all omvårdnad så att inte vårdtagarna lider den sista tiden av sin aliv. Som vårdgivare i den palliativa vården måste det finnas ett starkt engagemang och lyhördhet för vårdtagaren. Enligt vårdtagarna är en av de allra viktigaste egenskaperna hos vårdgivaren att kunna lyssna. Upplevelsen av att någon bryr sig om vårdtagarna betyder mycket.

Smärta är vanligt förekommande bland människor i samhället. Flertalet av dessa smärtdrabbade tvekar att söka vård och därför blir mötet mellan vårdaren och den drabbade betydelsefullt. Studiens syfte var att få en ökad förståelse för hur patienten med smärta upplever bemötandet av vårdaren. Det finns brister i omvårdnadsforskning inom detta område och därför bör problemet få mer uppmärksamhet. Som teoretisk referensram har Martinsens behovsteori använts, då denna stämmer väl överens med hur patienten och vårdaren är i förhållande till varandra.

The aim of this study is to examine the image of Judas Iscariot in popular culture with the help of two movies, The Last Temptation of Christ and Son of God. This study is based on a film analysis where a characterization is in focus. The method has also chosen to include intertextuality. This is because it is relevant to show how writers and filmmakers used the previous materials to create their own versions. Survey theory was based on a mediatisation-theory.

In light of health scandals and intense debate in the media about the elderly, the authors investigates two Swedish newspaper and their depiction of elder care in Sweden. Using Faircloughs three-dimensional model and critical discourse analysis, it is investigated if there is a more prominent discourse and if so the impact of globalization on this discourse concerning swedish elderly care. A sample of a total of ten articles in the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet and Dagens Nyheter is analyzed. The authors found that older people who are granted home help or place of accommodation rarely make their voices heard. Rarely were also relatives of residents given the opportunity to speak.

Varje år får allt fler män diagnosen prostatacancer och behandlas för sjukdomen. Detta innebär också att fler män drabbas av de biverkningar som behandlingen kan medföra. Impotens ar en vanlig biverkning. Syftet med studien var att belysa hur den förändrade sexualiteten i samband med behandling av prostatacancer kan påverka mannens självbild och relationer. Metoden som använts var litteraturstudie.

The aim of this study was to analyze the assessment of the primary school, from the teacher?s perspective. There has been an ongoing discussion regarding assessment and about the purposes of assessment for a long time. But there is a paucity of research on what teachers believe about. This study examined primary teachers? beliefs on major purposes of assessment.Assessment is the process of gathering and interpreting information about students? learning.

Diabetes mellitus type 2 and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) are two of the most common diseases in the world and the amount are increasing. The treatments of these diseases are self care and a change of lifestyle. For this to be successful there is a need for the person to have knowledge about the diseases and a motivation for making changes in his or her lifestyle. Most of this information is given by the district nurse at the health centre. It is important to get a better knowledge of these persons experiences and how they used the information given to them.

Personer med IBS lider av en sjukdom som inte syns utåt vilket kan skapa påfrestningar i det dagliga livet och i mötet med vården. Därför är det väsentligt att sjuksköterskan har empati, kunskap och engagemang i mötet med dessa personer. Syftet med studien var att belysa det stöd som efterfrågas av personer med IBS i mötet med sjukvården och hur sjuksköterskan förhåller sig i mötet. Metoden som användes till studien var litteraturstudie. Resultatet visar att personer med IBS är i behov av stöd genom information, bekräftelse och ett professionellt förhållningssätt av vårdarna i mötet.

Det har i tidigare studier framkommit att barnen glöms bort i sorgearbete då de mister en förälder och att barnen inte får bearbeta sorgen som de upplever. Om inte barnet får bearbeta sin sorg kan det bli deprimerat i framtiden. Studiens syfte är att beskriva barns upplevelser av att förlora en förälder. Studien är en litteraturstudie gjord på två böcker där barnen genom författarna beskriver upplevelserna av att mista en förälder. Böckerna analyserades sedan enligt en innehållsanalys.

This study investigated the relation between Extraversion and Conscientiousness with job satisfaction and job selection in the two occupational groups of telemarketing and administration. The study also set out to explore the relation between social desirability as assessed with an Implicit Association Test (IAT) and total reaction time on the IAT. The questionnaire was administered over the Internet to forty-one subjects (24 women and 17 men) in the age range 16-65. Results indicated that people working with telemarketing tend to be extrovert while people working with administration often are conscientious. Job satisfaction correlated with Extraversion in the telemarketing group.

The purpose of this study has been to describe and analyze how former foster children experienced foster care which have been filled with maltreatment and neglect and how this has influenced their adult life when it comes to health, education and relationships. We also wanted to study how the former foster children coped with their placement. Furthermore we wanted to study whether there has been any turningpoints during their growth. Finally we wanted to describe how the former foster children experienced the authorities control. To make the purpose of this study complete we chose to use qualitative interviews with six former foster children as our research method.

Heart failure is a condition where the heart is incapable of providing adequate blood supply to different organs in the body. The underlying causes of heart failure is some kind of disorder in the heart function, and require careful diagnostics. The basic symptoms that arise from heart failure is difficulty in breathing, that aggravate when lying down, and fatigue. The patients? symptoms and impaired quality of life can be in different stages depending on the severity of the heart failure.

In June 2013 a debate concerning the consumers? right to a label of origin on food packages was held in the Swedish parliament (www, Riksdagen, 2014). The debate was sparked by some food scandals where labelling was falsely used, claiming something that was not true ? the horse-meat scandal, frozen strawberries infected by Hepatitis A, pork sold as beef, etc. These cases were not only wrong in terms of food safety, but also fraudulent and threating consumers? right to fair origin labelling.

Bakgrund: Patienter med fibromyalgi upplever att de sällan blir tagna på allvar då de på utsidan ser ut att må bra, men i själva verket har ont. Då smärtan inte syns ökar svårigheten att förklara smärtans påverkan för andra. Det är således en utmaning för patienter med fibromyalgi att få andra att förstå deras situation. Syfte: Att belysa kvinnors utsagor av att leva med fibromyalgi. Metod: Den metod som valdes var en analys av två självbiografiska böcker med en kvalitativ metod.