Sökning: "Ewa Idvall"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 12 avhandlingar innehållade orden Ewa Idvall.
1. Development of Strategic and Clinical Quality : Indicators in Postoperative Pain Management
Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis was to identify important aspects of surgical nursing care, designing strategic and clinical quality indicators in postoperative pain management, investigate content validity, develop and evaluate psychometric properties of an instrument to measure the indicators, test the applicability of the instrument and investigate patient and nurse assessment.To identify the important aspects of nursing care which might impact on quality of care in surgical wards, it was conducted 4 focus group interviews with clinical nurses (n=20). LÄS MER
2. Strategic and clinical quality indicators in surgical nursing care
Sammanfattning : The general aim of this study was to identify strategic and clinical quality indicators in surgical nursing care. The methods used were a literature review, focus group interviews and a survey with a questionnaire. LÄS MER
3. Postoperative recovery : development of a multi-dimensional questionnaire for assessment of Recovery
Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to present a multi-dimensional instrument for self-assessment of progress in postoperative recovery. The author employs different research paradigms and methodologies to achieve this aim. Walker and Avant’s approach to concept analysis was used to examine the basic elements of postoperative recovery (Study I). LÄS MER
4. Practice-based Improvements in Healthcare
Sammanfattning : A central problem for the healthcare sector today is how to manage change and improvements. In recent decades the county councils in Sweden have started various improvement initiatives and programs in order to improve their healthcare services. LÄS MER
5. Quality Improvement in Healthcare : Experiences from a Swedish County Council Initiative
Sammanfattning : Quality improvement (QI) has become an important issue in healthcare settings. A central question for many healthcare systems is how to manage improvement initiatives adequately. All county councils and regions managing healthcare in Sweden have started to work with QI at an organizational system level, to varied extents. LÄS MER