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.

Background:There are approximately 45 000 people in the ages over 65 years dies outside the health facilities of the hospitals in Sweden in every year. Previous research has shown lacking knowledge in taking care of the next of kin during and after a sudden death. However, conducted research has emphasized that ambulance nurses often are the next of kin?s first contact with the health care system during sudden death at home. Research has also shown that the mourning of the next of kin is affected by the ambulance nurses? way of announcing the next of kin when someone close dies.

A literature review about attitudes and expectations on the male nurse..

A qualitative, empirical study on how the nurse understands her role as a pedagogue..

The aim of the study was to study how a today journal system is applied in homecare. The aim was also to examine if a portable journal system could make any effectiveness on the nurse's work and secure the quality of care. The study is a part of a project called Grensebroen which connects public health care, economic industry and university to a network beyond the borders. The primary goal of this cooperation was to develop technological means of assistance which could simplify nursing on daily basis. An empirical study on homecare was made in a district were long distance travels were common for the nurses in duty.

Det ha?r projektet tar avstamp i en personlig erfarenhet av tomhet fra?n min barndom. Jag tar mig tillbaka till 1970-talet fo?r att a?terfinna en va?l dold ra?dsla som vibrerar i bro?stet pa? en 5-a?ring. Den ka?nslan fo?rso?ker jag greppa, fo?ra med mig till nutiden och gestalta i en skulptur.Genom att studera varierande sa?tt att se pa? tomhetsbegreppet inom olika omra?den och kulturer utforskar jag bakgrunden till den abstrakta tomhetska?nslan som skra?mde mig som liten.

Bakgrund: Amyotrofisk lateral skleros (ALS) ?r en neurodegenerativ sjukdom som g?r att muskler f?rtvinar och ger personen en successiv f?rsvagning i kroppen. Det leder bland annat till sv?righeter att r?ra sig, ?ta och tala. Sjukdomen ?r obotlig men bromsande medicinering och symtomlindrande behandling erbjuds.

BackgroundWorld Alliance for Patient Safety, launched by the WHO, has created a Surgical Safety Checklist. It was first published in 2008 and has been translated and modified in Sweden by Landstingens Ömsesidiga Försäkringsbolag, LÖF. The use of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist has been shown to reduce the number of complications and deaths related to surgery.AimThe aim of this study is to describe the Theatre Nurse?s participation in in the use of a modified version of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist intraoperatively in two Theatres in a hospital in the centre of Sweden.MethodThis study has a quantitative descriptive approach. A direct observational study was carried out in two Theatres and the participants were asked a few complementary questions after the observations.

Utifra?n relationsmarknadsfo?ringsperspektivet har va?rdandet av relationen till kunder uppma?rksammats inom marknaden fo?r detaljhandel. Inom detta omra?de a?r lojalitetsskapandet en viktig del och forskning visar tydligt pa? att fo?retag som a?r verksamma offline respektive online arbetar med detta.Studiens syfte a?r att med hja?lp av ja?mfo?relse och analys beskriva offline- och onlinefo?retags arbete med lojalitetsskapande och da?rmed bidra till o?kad kunskap inom omra?det. Detta leder till underso?kningens fra?gesta?llning, vad finns det fo?r skillnader mellan hur svenska online- och offlinefo?retag inom detaljhandeln arbetar fo?r att fa? lojala kunder?Fo?r att ta reda pa? det har vi genomfo?rt sju intervjuer med totalt sex ansta?llda pa? tva? olika fo?retag som dagligen arbetar med relationsmarknadsfo?ring.

The purpose of this literature review was to demonstrate the results of recent studies of the nurses ability to interpret younger childrens (0-6 years of age) experiences of pain in the postoperative stage. There is a lack of knowledge concerning young childrens ability to express themselves verbally and the nurse has to rely upon the parents knowledge about the child. Consequently, the teamwork between the nurse and the parents is of great importance in the care of the younger child. Therefore we intend to illuminate this aspect in this paper. This study aims to nurses of all categories, since patients with lack of verbal communication are frequently occurring.

I jordbävningsdrabbade områden är stabilisering av byggnader en avgörande del i husens utformning. I många av dessa delar av världen lever stora delar av befolkningen i fattigdom med begränsad tillgång till resurser och moderna byggtekniker. Byggnader i jordbävningsdrabbade områden förstärks i olika mån, beroende på jordbävningsfrekvensen och deras magnitud. Staden Arusha i utvecklingslandet Tanzania är ett sådant område som drabbas av små till måttliga jordbävningar, då och då. Där förstärks byggnader med s.k.

Background: Living with stroke not only means coping with physical limitations, but a stroke also leads to other losses, which in various ways may change an individual?s life. A nurse can play a significant role in regards to consequences in the ordinary day of life for patients with stroke. Aim: The aim of this literature study was to describe patients? experiences living with stroke.

Background: Do our elder starve? A good nutrition state gives a good health and comfort. The research displays that is it exists shortages in energy and nutrition needs for the older. Aim: The aim with this study was to elucidate the mealorder and the mealsituation for the elder and how the nurse handles this. Method: This litterateur review was based on teri research studies.

De senaste a?rens diskussioner kring husha?llsna?ra tja?nster har nu resulterat i ett skatteavdrag som bo?rjade ga?lla den 1 juli 2007. Med anledning av att fler nu troligtvis har ra?d med hja?lp i hemmet har HSB beslutat att se o?ver mo?jligheten att erbjuda denna typ av tja?nster till sina medlemmar. Syftet med detta arbete a?r att utreda och analysera hur HSB ska anva?nda marknadsinformation fo?r att kunna utveckla nya tja?nster och ge grundla?ggande direktiv fo?r marknadsfo?ring av dessa.

Background:It is estimated that one in ten children witness domestic violence. It is of importance that children grow up in a safe environment. When they grow up with domestic violence they can lose very important skills which can be hard to gain back. Children respond to domestic violence in different ways depending on their age. Aim: The aim of this study was to enlighten children's experiences of domestic violence in their home.