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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade orden nurses aides.
1. Musculoskeletal Pain among Health Care Staff : Riskfactors for Pain, Disability and Sick leave
Sammanfattning : The present thesis is based on four empirical studies concerning risk factors related to musculoskeletal pain (MSP), disability, and sick leave among three non-clinical samples of health care staff. Initially, in Study I, cognitive, behavioural and environmental factors related to MSP of nurses' aides were explored. LÄS MER
2. Expectations and reality of registered nurses working in residential care homes
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of the thesis is to study the expectations of the co-workers on Registered Nurses and to study the Registered Nurses descriptions of their working experiences in order to obtain an understanding of the Registered Nurses’ work situation in residential care homes. The thesis includes four studies and the method is based on a qualitative approach. LÄS MER
3. Evidence-based care of older people : utopia or reality? Healthcare personnel's perceptions of using research in their daily practice
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to generate knowledge of research utilization of registered nurses (RNs) and other healthcare personnel in the care of older people. The specific objectives for the four included papers were: (I) to describe the perception of healthcare personnel with respect to research utilization and to compare research use between professional groups, (II) to identify determinants of research utilization, (III) to describe RNs self-reported research use in the care of older people and to examine the associations between research use and factors related to the communication channels, the adopter and the social system and (IV) to describe RNs perceptions of barriers to and facilitators of research utilization and to examine the validity of the BARRIERS Scale in relation to research use, i. LÄS MER
4. Attitudes, empathy and burnout among staff in geriatric and psychogeriatric care
Sammanfattning : This study concerned assessments of attitudes towards demented patients among students and nursing staff as well as attitudes towards active euthanasia, wish to transfer to other jobs, ability of empathy and experience of burnout among nursing staff. The study aimed also to relate experience of burnout to attitudes towards demented patients, ability of empathy and experience of work with demented patients. LÄS MER
5. Oral health care in nursing. Attitudes, priorities and education
Sammanfattning : The number of functionally dependent elderly with natural teeth is increasing. Daily oral health care for those living at nursing facilities is expected to be performed by the nursing staff but has been reported as unsatisfactory. This thesis focuses on the nursing staff's views on oral health care. LÄS MER