Nurse Students' Thoughts on a Sustainable Professional Life as Nurses: A Qualitative Study.

Introduction: In a global context of an increasing and aging population, along with environmental changes, nurses play an important role in relieving suffering among vulnerable people and groups in society. Sustainability in nursing contributes to sustainable development through providing an environment that is not detrimental to/protects present and future generations' opportunities for good health. There is a global shortage of nurses, and it has been shown that, locally, every fifth newly graduated nurse considers leaving their new profession five years after graduation.

General health, symptom occurrence, and self-efficacy in adult survivors after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a cross-sectional comparison between hospital care and home care.

Purpose: Earlier studies have shown that home care during the neutropenic phase after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) is medically safe, with positive outcomes. However, there have been few results on long-term outcomes after home care. The aims of this study were to compare general health, symptom occurrence, and self-efficacy in adult survivors who received either home care or hospital care during the early neutropenic phase after allo-HSCT and to investigate whether demographic or medical variables were associated with general health or symptom occurrence in this patient population.

Hospital care or home care after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation--patients' experiences of care and support.

Purpose: Treatment at home during the pancytopenic phase after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) has been an option for patients at our center since 1998. Earlier studies have shown that home care is safe and has medical advantages. In this study, we present patients' experiences of care and support while being treated in hospital or at home during the acute post-transplantation phase.

'Why is there another person's name on my infusion bag?' Patient safety in chemotherapy care - a review of the literature.

Purpose: Approximately 10% of all patients is in some way harmed by the health care system. Risk factors have been identified and patients with cancer are at high risk due to the seriousness of the disease, co-morbidity, often old age, high risk treatments such as chemo and radiotherapy. Therefore, a closer look on safety for patients undergoing chemotherapy is needed.

Patients' goals related to health and function in the first 13 months after allogeneic stem cell transplantation.

Purpose: Patient participation in goal setting and decision making is a core component of the rehabilitation process, but there is little information on what patients want to achieve after allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT). The aim of this study was to describe adult patients' perceptions of goals related to health and function, as well as self-perceived limitations and facilitating strategies in the first 13 months after allo-SCT.

Methods: Fifteen patients with a median age of 44 years (range, 22-65 years) were interviewed on one occasion during the first year after allo-SCT.

Factors associated with poor general health after stem-cell transplantation.

Aims: To describe functional status (FS), general health (GH) and symptom distress (SD) from admission to 1 year post-SCT and to identify medical, demographic, and/or patient-reported outcome variables associated with patient-perceived GH.

Material And Methods: Forty-one patients (27 women) with a median age of 44 (18-65) years answered three questionnaires (SIP, SWED-QUAL, and SFID-SCT) from admission to 1 year post-SCT.

Results: At discharge, 59% of the patients reported poor FS and GH, and 24% reported > 10 simultaneous symptoms.

Symptom occurrence, symptom intensity, and symptom distress in patients undergoing high-dose chemotherapy with stem-cell transplantation.

The main aim of this study was to investigate the patients' self-reported symptom occurrence, symptom intensity (SI), and symptom distress (SD) from admission for stem-cell transplantation (SCT) until discharge from the ward. Forty-three patients participated and data were collected at 7 different time-points by using the self-administered Symptom Frequency, Intensity, and Distress questionnaire for SCT (SFID-SCT). The results showed that symptom occurrence followed a curve on which the highest frequencies of symptoms were reported from the day of the SCT (T2) until the end of the protective care period (T5).