Relatives of Inpatients Suffering from Severe Depression: Their Burden and Encounters with the Psychiatric Health Services.

The aim was to investigate relatives of inpatients with severe depression - their perceptions of encountering psychiatric specialist health services and their degree of burden. Sixty-eight relatives recruited via hospital wards and community specialist health centers responded to a questionnaire, with questions from the Quality from the Patients Perspective modified to relatives and the Burden Assessment Scale. Relatives recruited via community specialist health centers perceived less received information and support than those recruited via hospital wards.

Undergraduate Nursing Students' Evaluation of the Debriefing Phase in Mental Health Nursing Simulation.

The debriefing phase in mental health nursing simulation promotes a reflexive learning process with the opportunity to develop metacognitive and nontechnical skills. The aim of this quantitative study was to describe undergraduate nursing students' evaluation of their experience during the debriefing phase following high fidelity human simulation (HFHS). Data was collected using the "Debriefing Experience Scale" and analysed with descriptive and comparative tests.

Preceptors' Expectations of Nursing Students' Preparation before Placement in Psychiatry: Ability and Will to Reflect on and Exercise Knowledge.

Nursing students must be prepared to provide nursing care regardless of the patient's illness. This requires that nursing education, including clinical placements, strengthen knowledge and skills in mental health nursing. The aim of this qualitative study was to describe 15 preceptors' expectations of nursing students' preparedness before they entered the psychiatric field.

Exploring intensive care nurses' team performance in a simulation-based emergency situation, - expert raters' assessments versus self-assessments: an explorative study.

Background: Effective teamwork has proven to be crucial for providing safe care. The performance of emergencies in general and cardiac arrest situations in particular, has been criticized for primarily focusing on the individual's technical skills and too little on the teams' performance of non-technical skills. The aim of the study was to explore intensive care nurses' team performance in a simulation-based emergency situation by using expert raters' assessments and nurses' self-assessments in relation to different intensive care specialties.

Psychometric testing of the Norwegian version of the questionnaire, student satisfaction and self-confidence in learning, used in simulation.

Simulation is increasingly being used as an approach to learning in nurse education. There is a need for frameworks and valid evaluation tools to help guide educators in implementing the method. The questionnaire, Student Satisfaction and Self-Confidence in Learning, which consists of two subscales, has been developed by the National League for Nursing in the US for evaluating simulation used in nurse education.

Living in a family with a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a phenomenographic study.

Aims And Objectives: To describe experiences of everyday life in families with a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Background: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a highly prevalent, clinically heterogeneous disorder characterised by behavioural symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity that creates impairments for the child and affects the family life. The impairments vary with age and context, and the same symptoms do not necessarily have the same effects in different contexts and persons.

Parental perception of family functioning in everyday life with a child with ADHD.

Aim: The aim of this study was to describe and investigate family characteristics in relation to support, behaviour of the child, family functioning and sense of coherence from the parents' perspective in families with a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). A further aim was to explore predictors of family functioning.

Methods: The study population consisted of 1964 parents of children with ADHD aged 15 years old and younger.

Intensive care unit nurses' evaluation of simulation used for team training.

Aim: To implement a simulation-based team training programme and to investigate intensive care nurses' evaluations of simulation used for team training.

Background: Simulation-based training is recommended to make health care professionals aware of and understand the importance of teamwork related to patient safety.

Design: The study was based on a questionnaire evaluation design.

Intensive care nurses' perceptions of simulation-based team training for building patient safety in intensive care: a descriptive qualitative study.

Objectives: To describe intensive care nurses' perceptions of simulation-based team training for building patient safety in intensive care.

Background: Failures in team processes are found to be contributory factors to incidents in an intensive care environment. Simulation-based training is recommended as a method to make health-care personnel aware of the importance of team working and to improve their competencies.

Problematization of perspectives on health promotion and empowerment in mental health nursing--within the research network "MeHNuRse" and the Horatio conference, 2012.

Mental illness is increasing worldwide, while society's response seems to be a trend toward narrower and more specialized mental health care. This development is creating great demands on mental health nurses to include a health promotion perspective in care and support of persons with mental illness. A health promotion perspective emphasizes cooperation and communication with people who suffer from long-term mental illness, focusing on their independence and health.

Relatives of patients with depression: experiences of everyday life.

The aim of this study was to describe experiences of everyday life as a relative of a person diagnosed with depression. A qualitative and descriptive design with a phenomenographic approach was chosen, and individual interviews with 24 relatives were carried out. Approval was given by the Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics, Norway (South East) ref 2010/126.

Public health nurses' conceptions of their role related to families with a child having attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is one of the most common behavioural disorders diagnosed in children. Children who have this disorder have difficulties regarding regulation of their emotions, maintaining attention and impulse control. Parents may need guidance in creating structure and predictable boundaries.

Nursing students' perceptions of high- and low-fidelity simulation used as learning methods.

Unlabelled: Due to the increasing focus on simulation used in nursing education, there is a need to examine how the scenarios and different simulation methods used are perceived by students. The aim of this study was to examine nursing students' perceptions of scenarios played out in different simulation methods, and whether their educational level influenced their perception. The study had a quantitative, evaluative and comparative design.

Nurses' dilemmas concerning support of relatives in mental health care.

Relatives of persons with severe mental illness face a straining life situation and need support. Exclusion of relatives in mental health care has long been reported. The aim of this study was to describe conceptions of nurses in mental health care about supporting relatives of persons with severe mental illness.

Nurses' perceptions of patient safety climate in intensive care units: a cross-sectional study.

Objectives: To investigate registered nurses' perceptions of the patient safety climate in intensive care units and to explore potential predictors for overall perception of safety and frequency of incident reporting.

Research Methodology/design: A cross-sectional design was conducted, using the questionnaire Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture, measuring 12 patient safety climate dimensions: seven at unit and three at hospital level, two outcomes and in addition two outcome items.

Setting: Ten intensive care units (ICUs) in six hospitals in one hospital trust in Norway.

Life-sharing experiences of relatives of persons with severe mental illness - a phenomenographic study.

Relatives of those suffering from severe mental illness experience multiple challenges and a complex life situation. The aim of this study was to describe life-sharing experiences from the perspective of relatives of someone with severe mental illness. A qualitative, descriptive study was performed, and interviews were carried out with eighteen relatives of persons with severe mental illness.

Nursing care for patients on the edge of life in nursing homes: obstacles are overshadowing opportunities.

Background: Patients in nursing homes have comprehensive needs for nursing care and medical treatment. Most patients benefit from the treatment, but some are 'on the edge of life'-in a borderland between living and dying with an unpredictable outcome, and questions are sometimes raised whether to withhold/withdraw curative treatment.

Aim: The aim was to describe nurses' conceptions of good nursing care, and how this could be carried out for patients on the edge of life in nursing homes.

Contending and adapting every day: norwegian parents' lived experience of having a child with ADHD.

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common childhood disorders, and little attention has been paid to the parents and their experiences. The aim of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of the Norwegian parents' lived experiences of having a child with an ADHD diagnosis. A descriptive design using phenomenological approach was chosen as the research method.

"Left alone with straining but inescapable responsibilities:" relatives' experiences with mental health services.

Relatives of persons with severe mental illness experience burden and straining changes in their lives that put their health at risk. Consequently, they need support from health professionals. The aim of this study was to describe experiences from encounters with mental health services as seen from the point of view of relatives of persons with severe mental illness.

Nursing students' concerns about end of life in California, Norway, and Sweden.

Aim: To investigate concerns about dying for newly admitted nursing students from California, Norway, and Sweden.

Method: A total of 389 undergraduate nursing students who had just started their nursing programme participated. Data was collected with a questionnaire that included two instruments-the Concerns about Dying instrument and the Sense of Coherence instrument-and background questions.

Burden and health in relatives of persons with severe mental illness: a Norwegian cross-sectional study.

This study describes and investigates burden to and health of relatives of persons with severe mental illness in relation to background variables, everyday life with the mentally ill person, and sense of coherence. A cross-sectional design was used. The respondents were 226 relatives from the Norwegian National Association for Families of Mentally Ill Persons.

Being a nurse in nursing home for patients on the edge of life.

Nurses in nursing homes care for patients with complex health problems that need to be followed up by medical treatment. Most patients benefit from the treatment, but for some the treatment seems only to lengthen their death process. Sometimes questions are raised as to whether life-sustaining treatment should be withheld/withdrawn.

Good nursing care to ICU patients on the edge of life.

Critically ill patients are admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) to receive advanced technological and medical treatment. Some patients seem not to benefit from the treatment, and sometimes questions are raised as to whether treatment should be withheld or withdrawn. This study was conducted using ICU nurses' experiences with the aim of acquiring a deepened understanding of what good nursing care is for these patients.

Needing a hand to hold: lived experiences during the trajectory of care for patients with head and neck cancer treated with radiotherapy.

The purpose of this study was to acquire a deeper understanding of head and neck cancer patients' lived experiences of daily life during the trajectory of care, with a focus on eating problems. Nine patients were interviewed in an open dialogue approximately 6 to 8 weeks after completion of radiotherapy. The data analysis was carried out using interpretative phenomenology, inspired by Colaizzi (Existential Phenomenological Alternatives for Psychology; 1978:48-71).

Challenges in community health nursing of old migrant patients in Norway - an exploratory study.

Old people of non-western minority backgrounds are an invisible group in Norway in several ways: in the national debate about the ageing population, in geriatric health care services, and in the general picture of ethnic minorities. There is a lack of knowledge about health and care amongst old migrants. This study aimed at exploring nurse managers' perceptions of the content of community health nursing care of older people from non-western countries of origin, and the challenges associated with caring for this group of patients.