Unscheduled home consultations by registered nurses may reduce acute clinic visits.

Background: To effectively utilize available healthcare resources, integrated care models are recommended. According to such model's, registered nurses have the potential to increase patient access to health care services and alleviate organizational workload. Studies on acute home consultation assessments by registered nurses are sparse.

BODY AWARENESS, STRESS AND SYMPTOMS IN AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC PAIN: AN EXPLORATIVE STUDY.

Objective: To assess pain outcomes, stress levels and body awareness among patients with chronic pain and explore potential associations between these variables.

Design: An explorative study.

Methods: Patients with chronic pain in primary and specialist care were assessed regarding pain intensity using the Numerical Rating Scale (NRS; 0-10 point scale) and stress levels using the Stress and Crisis Inventory (SCI-93; 0-140).

Experiences of clinicians and managers in the implementation of a family focused model in child and adult psychiatry.

Introduction: This paper describes the process of implementing a family focused model, , in child and adolescent and adult mental health services in Sweden. Additionally, it describes a service development project carried out in both services within a defined geographical area of Region Stockholm. is a communication tool designed to assist clinicians in both services to have family focused conversations with their patients and relatives.

Novel Calcium Phosphate Promotes Interbody Bony Fusion in a Porcine Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Model.

Study Design: Experimental porcine anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) model: a proof-of-concept study.

Objective: The effect of monetite synthetic bone graft (SBG) containing calcium pyrophosphate and β-tricalcium phosphate on cervical spinal fusion in a noninstrumented two-level large animal model.

Summary Of Background Data: ACDF is the gold standard surgical technique for the treatment of degenerative cervical spinal diseases.

The patient's first point of contact (PINPOINT) - protocol of a prospective multicenter study of communication and decision-making during patient assessments by primary care registered nurses.

Background: A major challenge for primary care is to set priorities and balance demands with available resources. The registered nurses in this study are practice nurses working in primary care offices, playing a large role in initial assessments. The overall objective of this research is to investigate practices of communication and decision-making during nurses' initial assessment of patients' health problems in primary care, examine working mechanisms in good practices and develop feasible solutions.