Bakgrund: Barn i sjukvården som ska genomgå anestesi och kirurg känner betydande oro och ångest vilket medför ett lidande hos barnet. Detta kan resultera i postoperativa komplikationer och förlängda vårdtider. I sjuksköterskans ansvarsroll ingår det att hjälpa barnet lindra sin oro och ångest. Syfte: Att beskriva och utvärdera de preoperativa metoder sjuksköterskan kan använda sig av för att minska barns oro och ångest inför anestesi och kirurgi. Metod: Design: Litteraturstudie.

The aim of this literature review was to describe how the literature presents parents? need for information and how parents perceive the information from care personnel when their child 0-18 years of age is diagnosed with diabetes. The literature search was performed in the databases PubMed and Cinahl. Thirteen articles that met the inclusion criteria were studied. The results showed that when a child is diagnosed with diabetes the whole family faces a new situation and the parents are in great need for adequate information from care personnel to be able to deal with the new life situation and participate in the care.

This thesis deals with the information needs and information provision of teachers in compulsory school, from a role theoretical perspective. The object is to investigate teachers opinions on their information needs and information provision. The following questions have been used to approach the problem: Which are the information needs of teachers in compulsory school? How do teachers get the information they need? Which difficulties and deficiencies do teachers experience in their information provision, and what does the ideal situation look like? The theoretical frame of reference consists of a model of the information seeking of professionals, which is based on role theory. Qualitative interviews have been carried out with nine teachers.

An information audit identifies, among other things, organizations information resources, the information flow and the needs of the information users. The purpose of this masters thesis was to describe the management of information within a local unit of Borås municipality by putting an information audit-method in practice. The focus was on three issues: What information needs could be seen in the organization? How does the information flow through the organization? How does Sugan Henczels seven-stage model serve as a tool to map the management of information within the local unit? The study only described the situation at a certain time at the chosen organization. The seven-stage information audit model was revised and adjusted to the studied organization by only carrying out four of the seven steps: Planning, Data collection, Data analysis and Data evaluation.

The main purpose of this thesis is to contribute to the understanding of information needs of eight vocational studies teachers at the Handicraft Programme at a senior high school. I have analyzed the teachers? needs of information and the empirical material has been collected through interviews with eight vocational studies teachers. To analyze the interviews I have used Lars Höglund and Olle Persson?s model for information needs and a model for information sources.

På grund av fasta upplevs subjektiva obehagskänslor och genom en systematisk litteraturöversikt ville vi visa evidens för fastans och kolhydrattankningens påverkan på patientens välbefinnande och återhämtning i samband med operation. Syftet var även att belysa hur riktlinjerna för fasta efterföljs av vårdpersonal. Utifrån syftet uppkom tre frågeställningar: påverkar kolhydrattillförsel/fasta välbefinnandet i samband med operation, har kolhydrattankning/fasta någon betydelse för återhämtningen och sjukhusvistelsens längd och hur efterföljs nu gällande riktlinjer för fasta? Analysen omfattade nio vetenskapliga artiklar vilka innefattade kvalitativa, kvantitativa och litteraturöversikter. Resultatet visade att kolhydrattankning/fasta har en stor påverkan på patientens välbefinnande i samband med operation och detta påverkar även återhämtningen preoperativt och därmed även sjukhusvistelsens längd.

På grund av fasta upplevs subjektiva obehagskänslor och genom en systematisk litteraturöversikt ville vi visa evidens för fastans och kolhydrattankningens påverkan på patientens välbefinnande och återhämtning i samband med operation. Syftet var även att belysa hur riktlinjerna för fasta efterföljs av vårdpersonal. Utifrån syftet uppkom tre frågeställningar: påverkar kolhydrattillförsel/fasta välbefinnandet i samband med operation, har kolhydrattankning/fasta någon betydelse för återhämtningen och sjukhusvistelsens längd och hur efterföljs nu gällande riktlinjer för fasta? Analysen omfattade nio vetenskapliga artiklar vilka innefattade kvalitativa, kvantitativa och litteraturöversikter. Resultatet visade att kolhydrattankning/fasta har en stor påverkan på patientens välbefinnande i samband med operation och detta påverkar även återhämtningen preoperativt och därmed även sjukhusvistelsens längd.

In the digitized world many organizations experience a large flow of information. To sort and manage all the information can be difficult. Individuals may experience a phenomenon called ?Information Overload?, due to the fact that the information flow is too extensive. There are various reasons why individuals are affected by this phenomenon.

With the volume and availability of information increasing as fast as technological development in society a phenomenon called information overload has emerged. The purpose of our thesis was to investigate how university students experience this increase in volume and ease in access to information. In our study we concentrated our focus on the student?s use of electronic resources. So as not to prejudice our study group our questions focused on different aspects of searching for information.

The aim of this thesis is to examine how different kinds of information seekers are evaluating information quality in the information flow online. To address the problem stated, qualitative interviews were carried out with a librarian as a reference person and a group consisting of journalists and scientists. The result of the study implies that the reference person is well aware of the strategies employed by her in the search process. However, the respondents are not aware of the strategies they are actually using. An explanation is the respondents lack of education in information seeking.

Pain related behaviour in 1.5 year old colts was studied both prior to and following castration. The horses were filmed 24 h prior to surgery and 24 h postoperatively. Parameters, inactive and active behaviours, were recorded in terms of cumulative time observed. Both groups of horses were exercised three times and the gait quality was evaluated. Few differences were observed between the groups.

The aim of this thesis is to create an understanding of nurses' information practices. To be able to search, find, use and critically evaluate information is important, not just during studies, but also in professional life. This study is intended to deepen our understanding of nurses ' information literacy in a workplace context.The main questions are: What information do nurses need on a daily basis and how do they experience information activities? What factors determine the sources they use? Do information practices vary in the workplace? Do nurses? professional experiences impact on their information practices? Nine nurses were interviewed using semi-structured interviews. The interviews have been analysed through a hermeneutic approach.

A new line of business has arisen on the Swedish information market. The information broker is still quite an unknown actor but the future seems to hold a prosperous outcome for this kind of alternative information service. The information broker has many definitions but can generally be described as an intermediary between information sources and users. The Swedish market for this kind of information professionals has not yet developed into a big, well-established and lucrative branch as for example the one in the USA. The Swedish actors are still coping with resistance in form of insufficient support from the government, competitiveness from other more established information services and the clienteles lack of understanding the brokers purpose and utility.

The purpose of this study has been to investigate how individuals with reading- and writing disabilities and dyslexia handle their information need in the workplace. The method that has been used is a qualitative study made with interviews with individuals who have these problems, to see how they think and feel about the flow of information on their everyday basis. The study?s respondents are working women between the ages of 27 and 47 years old and they have reading- and writing disabilities and dyslexia. The most interesting results of this study are that the respondents are avoiding jobs where they need to read and write much and where they also do not like changes in their job situation.

The purpose of this thesis is to show students? information behaviour in everyday life and towards the Student Union of Borås. Methods of active information seeking and more random information encountering as well as information ignorance are of interest. The study focused on three issues; the first was to examine what information behaviour the students presented while acquiring information in their everyday life. The second was to find out what information behaviour the students had to acquire information from the Student Union of Borås.