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The perceived threat of the risk for graft rejection and health related quality of life among organ transplant recipient's.

Aims. This study was primarily aimed for developing and testing a valid and reliable instrument that measures perceived threat of the risk for graft rejection after organ transplantation. A second aim was to report descriptive data regarding graft rejection and Health‐Related Quality of Life.Background. The most serious risk connected with transplantations besides infection is graft rejection.Desi

Factors and conditions that influence the implementation of standardized nursing care plans.

Relatives' experiences of visiting a conscious, mechanically ventilated patient- a hermeneutic study.

Evaluation of documented nursing care plans by the use of nursing sensitive outcome indicators.

A phenomenographic study of ICU nurses' perceptions of and attitudes to organ donation and care of potential donors.

Obtaining foundation for nursing care at the time of patient admission: a grounded theory study.

The nursing process can be viewed as a problem-solving model, but we do not know whether use of the whole process including care plans with interventions based on nursing diagnoses improves nurses' ability to carry out assessments. Therefore, the aim of this study was to illuminate and describe the assessment and decision-making process performed by nurses who formulated individual care plans incl

Doing one's utmost: nurses' description of caring for dying patients in an intensive care environment.

Close relatives' experiences of caring and of the physical environment when a loved one dies in an ICU.

Perceptions of experiences of graft rejection among organ transplant recipients- striving to control the un controllable.

AIM:To investigate perceptions of graft rejection and different methods to obtain knowledge about graft rejection among adult organ transplant recipients.BACKGROUND:Rejection is the most common cause of graft loss and graft dysfunction in clinical transplantation. Little is known about the recipients' own explanation models related to graft rejection.DESIGN:Phenomenography.METHOD:A strategic selec

Health is yearning-Experiences of being conscious during ventilator treatment in a critical care unit.

Family presence and environmental factors at time of patient's death in an ICU.

Background: In an intensive care unit (ICU), privacy and proximity are reported to be important needs of dying patients and their family members. It is assumed that good communication between the ICU team and families about end‐of‐life decisions improves the possibilities of meeting families’ needs, thus guaranteeing a dignified and peaceful death in accordance with end‐of‐life care guidelines. Th

End-of-life care in Intensive Care Units-family routines and environmental factors.

The purpose of this study was to describe family care routines and to explore environmental factors when patients die in Swedish intensive care units (ICUs). The main research questions were: what are the physical environmental circumstances and facilities when caring for patients in end‐of‐life and are there any routines or guidelines when caring for dying patients and their families? A questionn

Postponed surgery- consequences for orthopaedic patients.

Omvårdnad på akademisk grund- att utvecklas och ta ansvar

Leva vidare- när organdonation gör det möjligt

Evidensbaserade standardvårdplaner

Personcentrerad omvårdnad vid akut ont i magen

Transplantationskirurgi

Gallvägar, bukspottkörtel, lever och mjälte

Fetmakirurgi