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Avdelingsleiarar sine utfordringar med ferieavvikling på sjukeheim gjennom sommarmånadane: usynleg arbeid, pasienttryggleik og relasjonar
(Master thesis, 2023)Hensikta med denne masteroppgåva er å gjere greie for korleis avdelingsleiarar på kommunale sjukeheimar sjølv opplever arbeidskvardagen og dei utfordringane dei møter i forbindelse med ferieavvikling, med utgangspunkt i ... -
The effect of using desktop VR to practice preoperative handovers with the ISBAR approach: a randomized controlled trial
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Aim The aim was to investigate whether second-year undergraduate nursing students practicing the Identification-Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation (ISBAR) communication approach in a desktop virtual reality ... -
Transitioning from the “Three Delays” to a focus on continuity of care: a qualitative analysis of maternal deaths in rural Pakistan and Mozambique
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background The Three Delays Framework was instrumental in the reduction of maternal mortality leading up to, and during the Millennium Development Goals. However, this paper suggests the original framework might be ... -
Kvinners erfaringer med abortnemnder
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Media Representations of Healthcare Robotics in Norway 2000-2020: A Topic Modeling Approach
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Sky-High Safety? A Qualitative Study of Physicians’ Experiences of Patient Safety in Norwegian Helicopter Emergency Services
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background Patients treated and transported by Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) are prone to both flight and medical hazards, but incident reporting differs substantially between flight organizations and health ... -
The challenges of change processes for nurse leaders—a qualitative study of long-term leaders' experiences over 25 years
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Aim: This study aimed to map what experiences nurse leaders have encountered concerning the change work that political decisions and reforms have created within the healthcare sector in the last 25 years. Design: A qualitative ... -
General practitioners’ description of functioning in sickness certificates
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)In Norway, general practitioners (GPs) are the gatekeepers who provide written assessment of patients' functional ability to provide documentation for the Norwegian Labor and Welfare Administration for decisions about ... -
A qualitative study of supervisors' experiences with nursing students in practice, a new guidance model
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Introduction Clinical practice stimulates students to use their critical thinking skills for problem solving. Collaboration between educational institutions and practices can also be challenging. Aim This study aimed to ... -
A balancing act—midwives' and public health nurses' experiences with breastfeeding counselling
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Aims and Objectives To explore midwives' and public-health nurses' experiences of breastfeeding counselling in order to provide a deeper insight into breastfeeding counselling. Methodological Design and Justification A ... -
Assessing the Potential of Small Peptides for Altering Expression Levels of the Iron-Regulatory Genes FTH1 and TFRC and Enhancing Androgen Receptor Inhibitor Activity in In Vitro Prostate Cancer Models
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Recent research highlights the key role of iron dyshomeostasis in the pathogenesis of prostate cancer (PCa). PCa cells are heavily dependent on bioavailable iron, which frequently results in the reprogramming of iron uptake ... -
Exploring scientific writing as part of a learning model for interprofessional higher health education : a qualitative study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This study investigated how students in interprofessional higher education experienced learning with a model including essay writing and perceived the effect on their learning outcomes. The study occurred at an institute ... -
Team experiences of the root cause analysis process after a sentinel event: a qualitative case study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background Root cause analysis (RCA) is a systematic approach, typically involving several stages, used in healthcare to identify the underlying causes of a medical error or sentinel event. This study focuses on how ... -
An efficient and lightweight multiperson activity recognition framework for robot-assisted healthcare applications
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Aging is inevitably associated with a decline in physical abilities and can pose challenges to the social lives of elderly individuals. In long-term care facilities, group exercise is instrumental for keeping elderly ... -
Effects of the Informed Health Choices secondary school intervention: A prospective meta-analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Aim The aim of this prospective meta-analysis was to synthesize the results of three cluster-randomized trials of an intervention designed to teach lower-secondary school students (age 14–16) to think critically about ... -
Effects of the Informed Health Choices secondary school intervention on the ability of students in Rwanda to think critically about health choices: A cluster-randomized trial
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Aim The aim of this trial was to evaluate the effects of the Informed Health Choices intervention on the ability of students in Rwandan to think critically and make Informed Health Choices. Methods We conducted a ... -
Use of the informed health choices educational intervention to improve secondary students’ ability to think critically about health interventions in Uganda: A cluster-randomized trial
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Aim: The aim was to evaluate the effect of the Informed Health Choices (IHC) educational intervention on secondary students’ ability to assess health-related claims and make informed choices. Methods: In a ... -
Om hvorfor vi fremdeles ikke benytter sosiale roboter i omsorg: innsikter fra antropologiske studier av språkbruk
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Vi omgir oss i dag med en rekke kunstige taleagenter (chatbots). Det er også forventninger knyttet til kroppsliggjøringen av slike dialogsystemer i form av sosiale roboter; autonome maskiner i en humanoid innpakning som ... -
Physical activity in the first postoperative week in 132 knee arthroplasty patients randomized to 3 different analgesic regimens
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background: The aim of this study was to investigate whether objectively recorded physical activity in the first week after surgery in total knee arthroplasty patients differed between patients allocated to 3 different ... -
Physicians' narratives of communication with patients and their relatives in different phases of the palliative pathway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Objectives To explore physicians’ experiences of the communication with patients and their relatives in the different phases of the palliative pathway. Methods Purposeful sampling was employed to recruit a total of 13 ...