Publications by authors named "Christine Tvedt"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to determine if high workloads in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) impact short-term respiratory outcomes for extremely premature infants born before 26 weeks of gestation.
- Data was gathered from the Norwegian Neonatal Network and medical records, analyzing patient volume and unit acuity over a five-year period.
- Results showed no correlation between NICU workloads and mechanical ventilation duration or extubation success, suggesting resilience in the care provided in these units.
Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate first extubation attempts among extremely premature (EP) infants and to explore factors that may increase the quality of clinical judgement of extubation readiness.
Design And Method: A population-based study was conducted to explore first extubation attempts for EP infants born before a gestational age (GA) of 26 weeks in Norway between 1 January 2013 and 31 December 2018. Eligible infants were identified via the Norwegian Neonatal Network database.
Integrating simulation training during clinical practice in nursing homes: an experimental study of nursing students' knowledge acquisition, self-efficacy and learning needs.
BMC Nurs
February 2022
Background: Limited access to supervision, feedback and quality learning experiences pose challenges to learning in the clinical setting for first-year nursing students who are beginning their clinical experiences. Prior studies have indicated that simulation training, as a partial replacement of clinical practice hours, may improve learning. However, there has been little research on simulation training integrated as a partial replacement during first-year students' clinical practice in nursing homes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The objective of this study was to examine the duration of mechanical ventilation (MV) in days until the first successful extubation and the cumulative duration of MV until discharge of infants with gestational age (GA) <26 weeks. We also aimed to explore associations between early clinical variables and the cumulative duration of MV.
Design And Setting: This population-based study analysed data reported to the Norwegian Neonatal Network on extremely premature infants admitted between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2018.
Aim: To translate The Clinical Learning Environment Comparison Survey (CLECS) into Norwegian and to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Norwegian version.
Design: A cross-sectional survey including a longitudinal component.
Methods: The CLECS was translated into Norwegian following the World Health Organization guidelines, including forward translation, expert panel, back-translation, pre-testing and cognitive interviewing.
Introduction: Limited access to nurse supervisors, insufficient learning support and staff with high workloads are well documented in the research literature as barriers to nursing students´ learning in clinical practice in nursing homes. Due to these barriers nursing students may benefit from additional learning support from nurse educators during their clinical practice period.
Objective: The study aimed to explore nursing students' experiences of supplementary simulation training as a tool to support learning during clinical practice in nursing homes.
Aim: To identify elements in scenario-based simulation associated with nursing students' satisfaction with the simulation activity and self-confidence in managing the simulated patient situation. The study will provide insight to improve the use of simulation as a learning strategy.
Design: A cross-sectional study.
Aims And Objectives: To describe the prevalence of pressure ulcers among middle- and older-aged patients in a general medical hospital in Norway and to describe the associations between pressure ulcers and potential risk factors additional to the Braden risk score.
Background: Degrees of mobility, activity, perfusion and skin status are risk factors for development of pressure ulcer. Nurses' clinical judgements combined with risk assessment tools are effective to detect pressure ulcer risk.
Background: It is indicated that healthcare personnel's perceptions of the work environment may reflect the clinical outcomes for the patients they care for. However, the body of evidence is inconsistent when it comes to the association between work environment and surgical site infection.
Objectives: The aim of this study is to examine the associations between nurse-reported characteristics of the work environment and incidence of surgical site infections after total hip arthroplasty.
Background: Health care systems in Finland, Norway and Sweden share many similarities, e.g. full-coverage and tax-financed, with predominately public sector hospitals.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: There is a growing body of evidence for associations between the work environment and patient outcomes. A good work environment may maximise healthcare workers' efforts to avoid failures and to facilitate quality care that is focused on patient safety. Several studies use nurse-reported quality measures, but it is uncertain whether these outcomes are correlated with clinical outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The purpose of this study was to identify organisational processes and structures that are associated with nurse-reported patient safety and quality of nursing.
Design: This is an observational cross-sectional study using survey methods.
Setting: Respondents from 31 Norwegian hospitals with more than 85 beds were included in the survey.