Background Swedish nurses are required by law to document nursing care. Studies have proved scarce in nursing documentation with regard to written language, the nursing process and the nurse´s caring perspective. Educating nurses in using the VIPS model have improved nursing documentation. Few studies have included nursing documentation of psychiatric care.Aim The aim of this study was to describe nursing documentation within psychiatric care of inpatient settings.Method A quantitative, retrospective descriptive research design was applied. A total of 60 nursing journals from a psychiatric department of six wards were studied.

This paper investigates how students in the humanities in four universities in Sweden reflect on their education and the current view on the humanities as an education and a science. I want to investigate what impact the past few years public debate about the humanities have had on the students. What kind of beliefs and identities do the students of the humanities form and how do they discuss the universities, the choices they made in life and how do they feel about the future.This study is based on interviews with seventeen students in Sweden from four different universities. The research is also based upon a report that The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise (Svenskt Näringsliv) published in 2011 and the debate following that report. I have also made participant observations on the four universities to make a broader description for the reader.

I denna litteraturstudie har vi ämnat undersöka fenomenet mobbning ur ett sociokulturellt perspektiv. Studien fokuserar på de olika roller som individer har i en mobbningssituation, i syfte att identifiera dessa samt vilka faktorer som medverkar till att skapa dem. Genom att systematiskt samla in data från olika undersökningar om mobbning utifrån ett grupperspektiv och sedan analyserat dessa med utgångspunkt i det sociokulturella perspektivet har vi sökt svar på våra frågeställningar. Resultatet av studien visar att det går att identifiera sex olika roller i en mobbningssituation, samt att dessa roller till stor del bestäms genom individernas samspel, där individernas sociala status och acceptans är bidragande faktorer till att skapa och återskapa rollerna. Resultatet diskuteras slutligen med fokus på hur det kan användas i en pedagogisk verksamhet i arbetet mot mobbning. .

In recent years, the demands for effectiveness and evidence in social work have increased in all work areas, including that of healthcare. This has sparked the discussion on concepts such as practical- and theoretical knowledge and their respective roles in social work. In the light of this, the purpose of this candidate thesis is to investigate healthcare social workers understanding of practical- and theoretical knowledge in the working process as well as their respective influence and importance. This candidate thesis is based on three interviews with social workers from different departments in Norrlands Universitetssjukhus in Umeå, Sweden. To provide range to the thesis, the interviewees were chosen from a purposeful sampling.

AbstractThis paper is based on a research conducted in a medium sized company, situated in Sweden, with the intent to study possible connections regarding views of gender and the existing sex segregation within the company. How is gender constructed, and does it exist representational ideas of the sexes, that leads to restrictions for men and women to be working within different areas of the company? Why are there such few women working within the company? Through five interviews with employees within the company, three women and two men, I found answers to these questions. My thesis and the specific questions were categorized into three different themes. The first theme aims to understand the interviewees? discussions of gender and labour.

Syftet med studien var att undersöka vad som påverkar valet av fritidsaktiviteter hos personer som haft stroke och på vilket sätt fritidsaktiviteterna har förändrats. För att uppnå syftet valdes kvalitativa intervjuer som metod. Intervjuerna var semistrukturerade och utgick från en egengjord intervjuguide. Resultatet visade att utmaningen, gemenskapen, fysisk träning, självständighet, balans i vardagen, livssynen och rehabiliteringsteamet var faktorer som påverkade deltagarnas utförande av fritidsaktiviteter. Att anpassa fritidsaktiviteten eller att få personligt stöd var vanligare än att anpassa den fysiska miljön..

 Under år 2008 utbetalades 9,5 miljarder svenska kronor som ekonomiskt bistånd till 4,2 procent av Sveriges befolkning. Därigenom har det ekonomiska biståndet en stor plats i det svenska sociala arbetet. Trots detta har handläggning av ekonomiskt bistånd en låg status då arbetet anses vara enkelt att utföra i förhållande till andra delar av det sociala arbetet. Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur socialsekreterare som handlägger ekonomiskt bistånd erfar sin yrkesstatus. Metoden var i kvalitativ form och halvstrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med tre socialsekreterare.

The purpose of this study is to examine to what extent the senior level Swedish school can be viewed as supporting, or counteracting, a colonial discourse that legitimizes global and national injustices. The study is executed through a discourse analysis of five textbooks in social science for senior level Swedish schools.Using elements from Foucault and Edward Said a theoretical framework is constructed, in which a colonial discourse is perceived as structured around four clusters of ideas, namely (i) the use of dichotomies, (ii) the concept of progress and civilization, (iii) the construction of -we- as synonymous with (ii), and (iv) the construction of -the others- as the opposite of (ii) and, therefore, the opposite of -us-.The results show that a colonial discourse is still highly present in the textbooks, in that the texts are structured around dichotomies such as tradition/modernity and democracy/dictatorship. Sweden and the Western world are perceived as closely associated with democracy, freedom, and modernity, whereas -the others- of the world are being associated with e.g. poverty, conflict, tradition, and ignorance. -The others- within Sweden, i.e.

ABSTRACTBackgroundPostpartum depression (PPD) occurs in 10% of women who have recently given birth. Postpartum depression is treatable but unidentified and untreated it could lead to serious consequences. There are multiple instruments for screening available. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale is the most frequently used and is regarded as the best instrument. AimThe aim of this study was to analyze to what extent and how midwifes and primary care nurses identify mothers with symptoms of depression respectively PPD.

A clean and affordable energy source for cooking is deficient in developing countries. People rely on fuels that contribute to environmental, social and health problems.Biogas is an alternative energy source and an increased investment in small-scale biogas production can in several developing countries be found. Several projects have started to use the technology in developing countries because of the benefits with biogas. Some cases in the establishment of biogas plants have succeeded and some have not. The study is a literature review supplemented by two field studies.

Problembeskrivning: Det finns närmare 500 förlag i Sverige, ca 70 av dessa är anslutna till Svenska Förläggarföreningen som uppger att det ges ut ca 1000 nya skönlitterära titlar i Sverige under ett år. Enligt Nationalbiografin utges ca 2300 titlar under ett år. Endast en bråkdel av all skönlitteratur som ges ut får publicitet i dagstidningar. Varken titlar, författare eller förlag. Syfte: Syftet är att undersöka om det går att urskilja om det finns kriterier och mönster för vilka författare och verk som får uppmärksamhet i pressen.Metod: Kvalitativ forskningsintervjuSlutsats: Vissa författare och förlag har en högre status hos kulturredaktionerna.

This study has as an objective to compare and evaluate the living conditions of two immigrant children residing in different places in Sweden. Given that immigrants often are looked upon as a social and physical vulnerable group in relation to disadvantageous socioeconomic conditions the children's lives were analyzed in relation to four public health objects. By using Runkeeper, GIS, Equipop data, time geographic material, telephone conversations and a web survey the children lives are analyzed within their activity spaces. The children formed their lives in different socioeconomic environments and adapted their lives after their conditions. The perspective on individual level can be put in contrast with studies based on society level.

Detta är en socialpsykologisk vinjettstudie med syfte att ta reda på observatörens inställning till att ingripa i en mobbningssituation, där vi tittar på frågeställningarna: Påverkar maktrelationerna mellan mobbaren och mobbningsoffret observatörens vilja att ingripa? Påverkar maktrelationen mellan observatören och mobbaren observatörens vilja att ingripa? Påverkar könet på mobbaren och mobbningsoffret observatörens vilja att ingripa? Forskningen kring arbetsplatsmobbning är inte lika omfattande som den forskning som finns kring mobbning i skolmiljö. I denna studie använder vi oss av Björks definition av mobbning som är kontinuerliga inkompetensförklaringar. Studien utfördes på 144 personer som arbetar inom vården, eftersom den offentliga sektorn är ett yrkesområde som statistiskt sett drabbas mycket av mobbning. Mobbarens och den mobbades kön och status var de oberoende variablerna och ingripande, acceptans, oro, motivation och allvarlighetsgrad var de beroende variablerna.

AimThe aim of this study is to examine the long term effects of e12 and how they have influenced the lifestyle and perceived awareness about nutrition and exercise in relation to factors from Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) that e12 took in consideration. The questions asked were; How has e12 affected the attitudes, skills, self-efficacy and knowledge relative to exercise? How has e12 influenced the individual?s habits of exercise? How has e12 affected the perceived awareness regarding the impact of nutrition and exercise on the body weight?MethodThe study is pursued by a qualitative method using semi structured interviews on six individuals between the ages of 16-18 years old that completed the project 4-5 years ago. A questionnaire regarding nutrition and exercise habits was also used as part of the study. All individuals from the year of interest were first contacted by the senior physician connected to the project.

In my work I have chosen to examine the profitability for small scale production of hemp briquettes. My study also includes a review of which briquette technique that is the most common one among small scale producers. The reason that I have chosen this subject is because of the discussions about climate and energy that we face almost every day. I also think the subject is extra interesting in these days when the grain prizes are at a historic high level. In order for me to achieve a reliable report, a hemp and briquette producer has given me the actual data from his farm. In that way I have been able to make my calculations from a concrete perspective.