Registered nurses’ experience of necessary performed and missed nursing care: a qualitative studyAbstract:Background: Providing high quality care based on their caring attitude is essential for nurses. Missed Care can cause ...
The dual competence profile: A support of collaboration between practice and science. A qualitative descriptive studyAbstract.Background: To ensure orientation towards needs existing in the realm of practice, the dual ...
Qualitative Research with the Concept of Candidacy – Towards a better understanding of hindered addiction prevention service uptakeAbstract. Abstract Objective: The aim of this article is to ...
The vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN) is a rare chronic skin condition that may progress to an invasive carcinoma of the vulva. Major issues affecting women's health were occurring symptoms, negative influences on sexuality, uncertainty concerning ...
The ability to handle a complex medication regimen is important for patients with cancer being treated on an outpatient basis, because many of them have to take drugs for oral chemotherapy, against cancer-related symptoms, side effects of the treatments, ...
The debate about the “right” methods and designs for nursing research is on-going. According to international surveys, studies on the effectiveness and safety of nursing interventions are rare. Since nursing practice deals daily with interventions, nurses ...
Epilepsy is a common and chronic disease which affects persons at every age. Even though medication can prevent seizures, epilepsy has implications for daily living. Sorrows, increased depression rates and restrictions in everyday life were documented ...
In Switzerland, decreases in regular hospital treatment after birth are leading increasingly to mother and child being cared for at home by independent midwives. The research herein was carried out in order to understand the needs of mothers in their home ...
Worldwide the majority of relatives endorsed family witnessed resuscitation and witnessed invasive procedures (FWR) and considered this practice as helpful. However, professionals are primarily against this practice. How relatives in Swiss hospitals ...
Background: Older people often have multimorbidity requiring a complex regime of medications, which may change following hospital discharge, thus presenting new challenges. The experiences of older people, who manage their own medications, in particular ...
Background: In Germany every year approximately 2.200 children under the age of 14 come down with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). While parents manage diabetes for infants, children take over some tasks over time. During the transition from childhood to ...
Hintergrund: In der Literatur wird kritisch über die Folgen nach Einführung von Fallkostenpauschalen debattiert, die die Bedingungen für professionelles Pflegen erschwerten. Deshalb untersuchten wir die Ausprägung von Pflegekontextfaktoren (...
Zusammenfassung. Hintergrund: Im Pflegealltag werden ethische Herausforderungen immer deutlicher artikuliert. Pflegende bringen Fragen zum pflegerischen Verantwortungsbereich jedoch selten zur systematischen Bearbeitung vor. Dies gab Anlass für eine ...
Mouthrinse in oral mucositis in the context of allogeneic stem cell transplantation: a qualitative studyAbstract. Background: Oral mucositis is a common side effect of allogeneic stem cell transplantation and can lead to increased morbidity, mortality ...
The construction of professional images of healthcare assistants and registered nursesAbstract. Background: In the field of nursing in Switzerland, educations have experienced a fundamental reorganization with the implementation of the new law on ...
Family members' experiences of caring for persons with dementia and outreach counselling – an interpretative phenomenological studyAbstract. Background: Almost two-thirds of the 110 000 people living with dementia in Switzerland receive home care from ...
Between intent and inability – Management of malnutrition on medical wards of a centre hospital in Switzerland: patients' experiences and perceptionsAbstract. Background: Malnutrition is a common phenomenon in acute care institutions accounting for many ...