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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 22 avhandlingar innehållade orden patient transfers.
1. Work technique in lifting and patient transfer tasks
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to explore and develop methods for describing, analysing and assessing work technique in lifting and patient transfer tasks, and to study how the work technique is related to personal factors and aspects of patient quality and safety. The focus was on work technique features with implications for musculoskeletal load and for the development of musculoskeletal disorders. LÄS MER
2. Patient safety during intrahospital transports in intensive care. Hazards, experiences and future measurements
Sammanfattning : Patient safety is an attribute of the healthcare system that minimizes the incidence of adverse events (AEs), and that entails identifying the causes of harm and preventive strategies. Intrahospital transport (IHT) of patients in intensive care is a process associated with AEs and patient complications. LÄS MER
3. Interhospital intensive care unit-to-unit transfers : The perspectives of patients, family members, and critical care nurses
Sammanfattning : Aim: The overall aim of the current thesis was to investigate the interhospital intensive care unit-to unit transfer process from the perspective of patients, family members, and critical care nurses. Methods: Study I explores and interprets the observed nature of the patient’s situation during interhospital intensive care unit-to-unit transfers. LÄS MER
4. Mind the gap : organizational factors related to transfers of older people between nursing homes and hospital care
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of the present thesis was to study factors related to transfers of older people between nursing homes, emergency department and hospital care.The thesis was based on four studies and used three methods: focus group discussions, structured review of electronic healthcare records, semi-structured interviews with registered nurses and general practitioners. LÄS MER
5. The patient transfer task : methods for assessing work technique
Sammanfattning : The ability to move is an important part of everyday life. Assisted transfers, at hospitals or at home, can lead to high physical load on the nurse's musculoskeletal system, which in turn could cause musculoskeletal problems. LÄS MER