Abstract Aim The aim of this study was to explore home care nurses' experience enablers and barriers for planned death in municipal health care. Design A focused ethnography. Methods This qualitative collected data from 20 semi‐structured interviews nurses 8.5 h participant observations. Data analyzed using thematic analysis. Results findings our show that consider supportive cultures, a commitment safety continuity when facilitating deaths family rotations be deaths. Barriers involve lack...

This article illuminates the essence of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) nurses' attitudes in skin-to-skin care (SSC) practice for preterm infants and their parents. Health providers are a unique position to influence dynamic between parents, SSC affects both partners dyad. The design is descriptively phenomenological terms reflective lifeworld approach. Eighteen Swedish, Danish, Norwegian nurses from NICUs offering varied possibilities extents participated. NICU ambivalent. consider...

Based on ethnographic fieldwork in a nursing home northern Denmark, this article addresses challenges experienced putting formal ethics requirements into practice. We consider how to unite procedural with actual, lived ethics, when researching vulnerable participants who live cognitively impairing condition. The centers the story of one resident, wanted share her experiences what she had perceived as inadequate care, but baulked once wordy consent form was produced. resident panicked that...

The aim of this article is to articulate the essence and constituents neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) nurses' experiences in enacting skin-to-skin (SSC) for preterm newborns their parents. SSC commonly employed high-tech NICUs, which entails a movement from maternal-infant separation. Parents' opportunities performing practice have been addressed NICU staff, with attitude environment having crucial influence. study was carried out reflective lifeworld research approach. Data were...

Scandinavian countries are internationally recognised for leading the way in older adult care and digitally transforming healthcare. Dignity has become a central value adults all three countries. Investigating documents about digitalisation these can offer insights into how dignity of is impacted by This study aims to provide knowledge digital strategies eHealth policies concerning adults' countries: Norway, Sweden Denmark.National-level Norwegian Directorate eHealth, Health, Swedish...

Background Consequences of separation between preterm newborns and their parents have been discussed in many aspects, thus skin‐to‐skin care ( SSC ) has become common practice S candinavian N eonatal I ntensive C are U nits NICU s) since the 1980s. The nternational workshop on K angaroo M other KMC ), 2009, recommends implementation continuous as gold standard pervading all medical nursing care, based empirical studies clinical guidelines they suggest that may be used during terminal...

Health ministries in Europe are investing increasingly innovative digital technologies. Older adults, who have not grown up with innovation, expected to keep technological shifts as much other age groups. This is ethically challenging, it may threaten a sense of dignity and well-being older adults.

Abstract Ideas of well-being in old age are often anchored the successful ageing paradigm, foregrounding independence, activeness and autonomy. However, for those oldest living nursing homes, these goals largely out reach. In this article, we use meta-ethnographic method to explore reinterpret existing findings on ways which is experienced (or not) by institutional care settings. We frame our existential theory, understands wellbeing as a sense ‘dwelling-mobility’. Our analysis resulted...

Aged care staff in Danish nursing homes feel the pressures of time scarcity acutely. But what does this mean for well-being residents? Using concept "care time" we consider subjective experiences to make sense multiplicity temporal home care. We will show how structures a neoliberal institutional logic is at odds with residents expect from time. Finally, drawing on phenomenological understanding well-being, explore residents' orientation present and past can be drawn enhance well-being.

Objectives The prevalence of malnutrition after hospitalisation is reported to be 20%–45%, which may lead adverse outcomes, as increases the risk complications, morbidity, mortality and loss function. Improving quality nutritional treatment in hospitals post-discharge necessary, hospital stays tend short. We aimed identify map studies that assess effectiveness individualised care plans reduce during for first 3 months post-discharge. Design This was a systematic scoping review. Methods...

Abstract Background Home care nurses provide complex palliative for patients who want to die in their own homes. This study aimed explore home nurses’ facilitation of planned death better understand nursing practices. Methods Data were collected between March 2019 and 2020 using participant observations semi-structured interviews. In addition, the number deaths was recorded. The analysis guided by Roper Shapira`s framework on focused ethnography. Results Twenty (three men) eight areas two...

In oldest old age (generally considered to be from 85 years onwards), personhood is often called into question, impacting well-being as a result. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, this article examines the of nursing home residents at intersections ageism, fraying and fragile social belonging in Danish care. Denmark hinges both independence belonging; or "fællesskab." We examine how these concepts are practiced Taking its starting point distinction between "inside world" "real outside,...

The increasing need for innovative research driven by rapid global changes gives doctoral supervisors of early-stage researchers a significant role in facilitating the ethical conduct qualitative research. In context European Commission funding, demands ethics and integrity place tremendous responsibility on involved cross-national projects. This document study seeks to illuminate these Specifically, we describe discuss supervisor associated with five approaches supervision research, namely...

To explore whether and how eHealth solutions support the dignity of healthcare professionals patients in palliative care contexts.

Aims: To characterize the scientific production using metasynthesis in paediatric nursing literature.Methods: A scoping review was conducted across eight international databases and three Portuguese web journals.Results: total of 25 papers were included.First published 1998, most frequents phenomena parenting experiences parents several health contexts.Metasynthesis (n=10) meta-meta-ethnography (n=8) frequent.Noblit Hare (1988) framework cited sample ranged from 3 to 47 original...

More than 20% of patients are malnourished after hospitalisation. Malnutrition may negatively impact patients' outcomes as it increases the risk complications, morbidity, mortality and loss function. However, hospital-initiated transitional care can improve some in hospitalised adult patients. The objective this scoping review is to map literature that assesses effectiveness individualised nutritional plans reduce malnutrition during hospitalisation for first 3 months discharge. This...