Background: One of the main concerns related to medical therapy is non-compliance to drugs. More than half of all patients do not comply with prescribed medication. Non-compliance to drug therapy leads to unnecessary suffering for the patient and there are no easy solutions to the problem. In order to create understanding for the individual patient it is important that medical staffs are enlightened on the existing problems concerning this matter. Purpose: To describe factors that effect compliance to drug prescription.

In the care for the critically ill patient the next of kin is of great importance. Their support, love and care for the patient, increases the wellbeing and makes a connection to the patient?s normal lifeworld. For the next of kin to be able to be that support the next of kin needs to be helped to maintain the basic need of for example their sleep, food, hygiene and psychosocial support. The critical care nurse must see to the patient?s whole lifeworld which includes their next of kin.The aim of the study was to identify the resources available for the next of kin in intensive care units in Sweden.

INTRODUCTION: Research from both nurse and patient perspective highlights shortcomings in psychiatric inpatient care for people with Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI). Nursing for people with NSSI, a subject in need for further knowledge, is in this study examined through a theoretical framework based on Person-Centered Nursing and Patientology AIM: Based on people's own experiences of being cared for NSSI in psychiatric inpatient care, the aim is to elucidate development opportunities for the nursing care of this group of patients.METHOD: Seven informants, all women aged 25-31, were interviewed about their experiences of nursing in psychiatric inpatient care. The transcribed text was analyzed and categorized according to an existential hermeneutic research approach.RESULTS: The categorization of the interviews resulted in seven areas of nursing in need of development. Knowledge, Environment, Information, Routines, Involvement, Communication and The nurse?s actions.CONCLUSION: Development of nursing is prevented since NSSI is stigmatized within psychiatric inpatient care.

Aim with this literature review is to acqurie knowledge in medical, psychical, psychological and social problems evolving urine incontinence and it´s treatment metods, current legislations and the nurse´s approach towards the patient and transcultural care if the patient comes from another cultural.The results show that this problem affects the women´s life situation enormously above all it brings them a increased social isolation, helpless, sheme, psychological and sexual problems.the nurse should recognise demands and resource with the.by support of diagnostic care, patients can achive good health when there is enough resource patient to be able to support her in her efforts to achive balance i her daily life..

Bakgrund: Litteratur som tidigare behandlat området visar att rollen som närstående har förändrats under 1900-talet. Rollen som närstående till någon som vårdas i livets slutskede på en vårdinrättning innebär en mycket påfrestande situation. Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att beskriva upplevelsen av att vara närstående till en patient som befinner sig i livets slutskede. Metod: Litteraturstudien bygger på åtta vetenskapliga artiklar som har analyserats med innehållsanalys. Resultat: Det framkom att närstående ofta upplever att de befinner sig i en utsatt situation.

Dagligen söker många patienter sig till akutmottagning, dessa patienter är oftast oroliga och ångestfyllda. Syftet med litteraturstudien var att beskriva kritiska aspekter av bemötande bl a gällande information, trygghet och bekräftelse hos patienter som söker på en akutmottagning. Granskning och bearbetning av 13 vetenskapliga artiklar genomfördes för att besvara syftet. Resultat av denna studie visar att många gånger brister det i informationen angående väntetider. Många känner sig otrygga och känner att de inte blir bekräftade som människa.

Sammanfattning: Syftet med studien var att beskriva sjukvårdspersonals upplevelse av att i yrkesverksam ålder bli patienter. Arbetet hade en beskrivande design. Fyra självbiografiska böcker analyserades med hjälp av kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Arbetet resulterade i två domäner: Upplevelser av sjukdomsbesked med kategorierna: Att leva i ovisshet och visshet och Bemötande. Upplevelser under utredning och behandling resulterade i kategorierna: Känslor i kroppen och själen; Att vara i andras händer; Att vara patient och Miljön.

Background: Every year, patients die while waiting for an organ due to the shortage of donors. When a patient is declared brain dead, the question of possible organ donation arises. In some cases, the patient is registered in the donor registry, but sometimes their stance on donation is unknown. The next of kin then become involved in the decision and are asked both what the patient would have wanted and how they themselves feel about donating their deceased family member?s organs. Aim: The aim of this literature review was to describe relatives' experiences of the decision-making process regarding organ donation after death.

Utifrån våra erfarenheter som sjuksköterskor har vi en gemensam upplevelse av att det finns problem runt läkemedel och äldre. Det finns studier som visar att mellan 10 till 20 procent av äldre som läggs in akut på sjukhus beror på läkemedelsrelaterade problem. Biverkningar av läkemedel kan för den äldre ge ett lidande istället för ett lindrande. För att komma vidare tror vi att sjuksköterskor i mötet med den äldre behöver skapa förutsättningar för delaktighet i läkemedelsbehandling och därmed kunna uppfatta den äldres behov såväl uttalade som outtalade. Vad är det som hindrar och möjliggör patientens delaktighet i sin läkemedelsbehandling? Syftet med uppsatsen är att belysa den äldres förutsättningar för delaktighet i sin läkemedelsbehandling.

ABSTRACT Introduction: One of the great difficulties that the nurse anesthetist encounter in their profession is to assess and estimate sleep depth versus signs of pain in the anesthetized patient. Based on a pre-operative appointment and the perioperative monitoring, an assessment of the patient is made. The experience that the nurse anesthetist has can make it easier to understand what subtile signs of the patient depends on. Purpose: With this in mind, the purpose of the pilot study was to try to find out if there are specific signs of pain during anesthesia and if the professional experience played a role. As a subsidiary aim the authors examined whether there were factors in the patient that the nurse anesthetist takes into account in the identification of pain during anesthesia.

 Extra high requirements are made on all systems in health care that they are functional and usable,´something, however, that is not always the case. At Emergency Admissions at Sahlgrenska University´Hospital many systems are in use at the same time and it happens that much overhead is caused by having to fill in the same information in different places. In addition, data that is gathered is to a large extent saved in free text format, which means that it cannot be used in a larger context such as research, quality control or for decision support. Data is saved in the patient file only for the treatment process of the individual patient.A data collecting system with decision support functionality could be a first step towards reducing Emergency Admissions? costs and patients? waiting times by providing a structured method of data collection.

Katarakt står för cirka hälften av all världens blindhet, vilket motsvarar flera miljoner människor. Patienter som kommer till en operationsavdelning kan ha goda, inga eller mindre bra erfarenheter av vården. Pilotstudiens syfte var att beskriva patienters erfarenheter av omvårdnad vid kataraktoperationen. Pilotstudien genomfördes som en intervjustudie med en beskrivande kvalitativ design med induktiv ansats. Intervjuerna analyserades med kvalitativ innehållsanalys.

Patients who undergo surgery receive general anaesthesia or any form of conduction anaesthesia during the operation. For most people it is strange, unexpected and for many something completely new to be a patient and undergo surgery. Awake conduction anaesthetic patients? experiences from the intraoperative period were little studied. The purpose of this study was to examine awake conduction anaesthesia patients? experiences.

ABSTRACT The persons whom the authorized nurse encounters in hospital wards and nursing homes are in great extent elderly persons. According to Wasserman (2000), about 30 to 40 percent among these, show signs of depression. To be aware of the signs of depression, and how an authorized nurse can support the patient is therefore of great value. The introduction to this study describes the symptoms of depression and how depression in elders is expressed. It also describes treatment possibilities and nursing aspects of concern.

Syfte: Syftet med denna litteraturstudie var att belysa vilka upplevelser patienter hade av olika omvårdnadsaspekter vid besök på en akutmottagning. Metod: Vetenskapliga artiklar till studien har sökts via databaserna PubMed, Medline och Cinahl samt sökmotorn ELIN@Dalarna. Resultat: Miljön i väntrummet visade sig vara mycket viktig eftersom det ofta förekom långa väntetider. Väntetiden var en viktig aspekt för upplevelsen av besöket på akutmottagning. Lång väntetid gav en negativ upplevelse av besöket.