Narratives of health-promoting experiences by older husbands and wives providing care to their home-dwelling spouses receiving home-care services in Norway.

Background: In today's healthcare systems, older family caregivers who care for their spouses at home are indispensable providers of healthcare. However, many of these caregivers are at risk of becoming ill themselves. To prevent this and to guide the development of targeted healthcare services, home-care personnel need knowledge on how to promote the health of older family caregivers.

A case of acute functional hemispherotomy in a young woman with hemimegalencephaly and super-refractory status epilepticus.

Status epilepticus (SE) is a critical medical emergency that demands immediate and effective intervention. We report a unique case involving a 21-year-old woman with left hemimegalencephaly who was hospitalized for super-refractory status epilepticus (SRSE) that persisted for 8 weeks. Despite extensive treatment efforts including multiple anti-seizure medications, anesthetics, high-dose methylprednisolone, anakinra, magnesium infusion, and a ketogenic diet, her condition remained unchanged.

Associations between sexuality, body image and health-related quality of life in patients treated for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: A cross-sectional study.

Purpose: Sexuality and body image are closely related to health-related quality of life (HRQoL), but these factors are less investigated in patients treated for lymphoma. Therefore, the aim of this study was to describe and explore the associations between sexuality, body image, comorbidities and HRQoL in patients treated for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Methods: A cross-sectional study with 257 patients (25% response rate) was conducted in 2019 using measures for sexuality, HRQoL and body image and data from the Swedish National Quality Registry for Leukemia-Subregistry for Lymphoma.

Health literacy profiles in kidney transplanted patients: A cluster analysis.

Background: Health literacy is important in chronic conditions, such as kidney transplantation. Understanding patients' health literacy profiles can assist tailoring follow-up and educational programmes to the health literacy needs of vulnerable kidney transplant recipients. This approach enabled us to cluster patients according to their profiles of challenges and strengths in different health literacy domains.

Physical Activity Enforces Well-being or Shame in Children and Adolescents With Asthma: A Meta-ethnography.

Asthma symptoms and experiences of dyspnea challenge participation in physical activity (PA). Therefore, in-depth understanding of experiences with PA is essential. In this meta-ethnography, we synthesized published qualitative studies of experiences of children and adolescents with asthma that influenced, or limited, participation in PA.

Complications associated with intra-aortic balloon pump treatment in critically ill patients: A systematic review.

Background: In recent decades, intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) technology has made significant progress (sheathless insertion technique, different balloon diameters, percutaneous technique and fibre optic IABP) in reducing complications and increasing patient support. Nonetheless, IABP-related complications are still frequent and are associated with a poor prognosis.

Aim: The aim of this systematic review was to identify complications associated with IABP treatment in critically ill patients with a compromised cardiac function.

Norwegian nursing students' experience of international clinical placement abroad: A qualitative study.

Background: For several years, the Norwegian government's goal has been that half of those who complete a degree in Norwegian higher education, should have had a study period abroad. This also applies to undergraduate nursing students. Nurse education programs in Norway often offer clinical practice abroad in order for their students to gain experience from another country's health care system.

Intrahospital Handovers before and after the Implementation of ISBAR Communication: A Quality Improvement Study on ICU Nurses' Handovers to General Medical Ward Nurses.

Background: Research finds a lack of structure as well as varying and incomplete content in intrahospital handovers. This study aimed to improve intrahospital handovers by implementing structured ISBAR communication (identification, situation, background, assessment and recommendation).

Methods: This quality improvement study was conducted observing 25 handovers given by nurses from the intensive care unit to nurses from general medical wards at baseline and after the implementation of the ISBAR communication tool.

Physical activity behaviors and screen time in young childhood cancer survivors: the Physical Activity in Childhood Cancer Survivors Study.

Purpose: In childhood cancer survivors (CCS), high physical activity (PA) and low sedentary time may reduce risks of late-effects. PA behaviors and screen time, and how they relate to moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) in CCS, are largely unknown. We examined PA behaviors and screen time, and their cross-sectional associations with MVPA.

Postgraduate Operating Room Nursing Students' Experiences with Blended Learning Combining Digital Learning Paths and Basic Skills Training as Preparation for Internship: A Qualitative Study.

Introduction: Numerous pedagogical practices ought to be contemplated for the acquisition of practical aptitudes imperative to postgraduate operating room nursing education. The employment of digital technologies has emerged as a strategic focus in higher education and learning paths exhibit potential as a digital approach in nursing education.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the experiences of postgraduate OR nursing students who underwent a blended learning approach, which combines digital learning paths with skills training, and to explore how this approach prepares students to attain specific learning outcomes during their internship period.

Experiences of Using a Digital Guidance and Assessment Tool (the Technology-Optimized Practice Process in Nursing Application) During Clinical Practice in a Nursing Home: Focus Group Study Among Nursing Students.

Background: Nursing students' learning during clinical practice is largely influenced by the quality of the guidance they receive from their nurse preceptors. Students that have attended placement in nursing home settings have called for more time with nurse preceptors and an opportunity for more help from the nurses for reflection and developing critical thinking skills. To strengthen students' guidance and assessment and enhance students' learning in the practice setting, it has also been recommended to improve the collaboration between faculties and nurse preceptors.

Health care service utilization and drug overdose death: A national nested case-control registry study.

Background And Objectives: More knowledge is needed to identify and reach those at overdose risk with preventive measures. We examined past 12-month health service utilization, identified the most frequently utilized service, explored this utilization in more detail, and examined correlates of overdose death.

Methods: A population-based nested case-control registry study including all drug overdose deaths (1 January 2010 to 31 December 2018) in Norway through the Cause of Death Registry (n = 2388).

Heightened mortality risk after a non-fatal opioid overdose: Risk factors for mortality in the week following emergency treatment.

Aims: To measure all-cause mortality risk after an ambulance-attended non-fatal opioid overdose and associations with number of days following attendance, and individual and clinical characteristics.

Design: A prospective observational study.

Setting: Oslo, Norway.

Thriving of Older People Assessment Scale (TOPAS): Transcultural adaptation, psychometric evaluation, and refinement in a Spanish sample.

The objective of this study was to culturally adapt the Thriving of Older People Assessment Scale (TOPAS) instrument and evaluate its psychometric properties. The study was carried out in two phases: cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric validation and refinement through a cross-sectional study conducted between 2018 and 2020 with 314 participants. The refinement resulted in an abbreviated version of TOPAS, maintaining the original 5 factors with 16 items.

Diagnostic workup of acute headache and subarachnoid hemorrhage in a Norwegian population: An observational study.

Background: Acute headache may be the primary symptom of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Recent guidelines suggest that non-contrast computed tomography (CT) is adequate to exclude aneurysmal SAH if performed within 6 h after symptom onset. However, most studies of acute headache including CT, lumbar puncture and SAH are multicenter studies from referral hospitals with highly selected patient populations.

Critical care nurses' competence in mentoring students in intensive care units-A cross-sectional study.

Background: Mentors play an important role in the practical education of critical care nursing students in intensive care units, yet little is known about the mentoring competencies of critical care nurses.

Aim: The aim of this study was to assess Norwegian critical care nurses' competence in mentoring students in intensive care units.

Design: This study has a descriptive, cross-sectional design, utilising a self-administered online survey.

Burnout among intensive care nurses, physicians and leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic: A national longitudinal study.

Background: Burnout is frequent among intensive care unit (ICU) healthcare professionals and may result in medical errors and absenteeism. The COVID-19 pandemic caused additional strain during working hours and also affected off-duty life. The aims of this study were to survey burnout levels among ICU healthcare professionals during the first year of COVID-19, describe those who reported burnout, and analyse demographic and work-related factors associated with burnout.

Subgroups of ICU patients identified by self-reported symptoms - A prospective multicenter study.

Background: Intensive care unit (ICU) patients experience several symptoms, yet patterns of symptoms and their relationship with demographic and clinical characteristics have not previously been investigated.

Objectives: To identify and compare subgroups (i.e.

Patients' experiences of living with low anterior resection syndrome three to six months after colorectal cancer surgery: A phenomenological study.

Background: Increased use of sphincter-preserving surgery following colorectal cancer has led to more people living with low anterior resection syndrome (LARS), a disordered bowel function that significantly impacts quality of life. Little is known about how patients experience the first months following sphincter-preserving surgery and having LARS.

Objective: To shed light on what it means to live with LARS in the first three to six months after colorectal cancer sphincter-preserving surgery.

Treatment and Care for Nursing Home Residents with COVID-19: A Qualitative Study.

Purpose: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) placed a significant strain on nursing homes, leading to numerous outbreaks and high mortality rates. This situation created considerable stress and challenges for residents, their physicians and nurses, as well as family caregivers. By understanding these challenges, we can gain new insights and learn valuable lessons.

Quality Appraisal of Quality of Life Research in Children and Adolescents with Food Allergy: A Systematic Review.

Introduction: Quality of life (QOL) and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in children and adolescents with food allergies have been an important and steadily growing field of research for the past 20 years. There seem to be conceptual and methodological challenges that might influence the face validity of QOL and HRQOL research in general health research, but this has not been investigated in pediatric and adolescent food allergy research up until now. The aim of this study was to perform a systematic review of the QOL and HRQOL studies on food allergy in children and adolescents under the age of 18.

Home care for patients with opioid use disorders: A qualitative study of registered nurses' experiences of pain management.

Aim: To explore registered nurses' experiences with pain management in patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) in home care.

Design: Qualitative explorative-descriptive design.

Methods: Data were collected via nine individual semi-structured interviews with registered nurses working in home care meeting patients with OUD.