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 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 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 ...
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: 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 (...
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 ...
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 ...
“Don't let the world become too small” – How patients with advanced cancer and their significant others cope with transitions during the last year of life. A qualitative studyAbstract. Background: In the last year of life, persons with advanced cancer ...
Qualitative longitudinal studies in the context of Palliative Care: methodological, ethical and psychosocial aspectsAbstract. Background: Qualitative longitudinal studies (QLS) are beneficial for research in Palliative Care though there is little ...
Getting home with artifical heart – what is the everyday life experience of people with mechanical circulatory support: A qualitative studyAbstract. Background: The growing number of mechanical circulatory support systems implanted with successful ...
Eine interpretierende phänomenologische StudieAbstract.Background: Up to 90 % of patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) now reach adulthood. To avoid lapses in care during the change from pediatric to adult care, a ...
“Watchful? For sure!” – Health professionals as family carers and their roles in patient safetyAbstract. Background: Little is known about family caregivers in the context of adverse events that occur during the care of ...
In hospital with a hearing impaired child - How parents experience communication between nurses and their childAbstract.Background: In daily communication, children with hearing impairment are restricted and dependent on their parents’ ...
“Alone with the taboo” – The social support experienced by women with vulvar neoplasia: a qualitative studyAbstract.Background: Cancer of the vulva is a gynaecological disease often with relevant impact for these women’s ...
Anxiety during the chronic critical illness in the intensive care unit – an interpretive phenomenological studyAbstract.Background: Patients with a chronic critical illness (CCI) are persons who are dependent on life-...
Physical restraints from the perspective of advocates of nursing home residents – a qualitative StudyAbstract. Background: Physical restraints are commonly used in nursing homes despite clear evidence of the lack ...