Articles about Nursing

Researcher nominated as Innovator of the year

Catharina Melander, researcher in nursing at Luleå University of Technology, is one of the finalists for the award "The Innovator of the Year" at Framtidsgalan in Stockholm on November 20th.

Self-care in focus for new study

What refrain some people from seeking medical care for minor illnesses, but instead trust in self-care? And what affects does nature have for our health? This will be studied in a pilot project at Luleå University of Technology.

Unique survey of temporary employments

How are the conditions for learning and development at workplaces within the healthcare affected, when more of the staff are hired temporarily? That is the object for a study among nurses and midwives, done by Luleå University of Technology's researchers Åsa Engström and Anna Berg Jansson.

New educations for nurses and engineers

Starting next year, Luleå University of Technology will offer two new supplementary programmes; for nurses and engineers who want to complete their education from abroad.

Intensive care research presented at the international congress

Research focused on critical care nurses' experiences of temporary staffing and experiences of caring for patients who have experienced trauma are parts of the research from Luleå University of Technology presented at the congress European Federation of Critical Care Nursing associations, EfCCNa.

Good health encounters beneficial for patients

Good encounters within the primary healthcare can help persons with long-term illnesses in their recovery from treatments, according to new research from Luleå University of Technology. To often meet new doctors and district nurses is however considered stressful and confusing by the patients.

Self-care is increasing with reassured and satisfied patients

Scarce resources and frequent prescription of antibiotics for minor illnesses are a major problem. Therefore, self-care is important. New research at Luleå University of Technology shows how health professionals can support people with minor illness and increase satisfaction by focusing on reassurance in self-care advice.

How do temporary employments affect the conditions for learning and development?

The number of hired nurses has increased significantly within Swedish healthcare, but there is not much research about how this affects the working conditions. Anna Berg Jansson, researcher in Human Work Science at Luleå University of Technology, has received a grant from Forte to examine how temporary agency work within Swedish healthcare affects conditions for learning and development.

International focus on young adults with mental illness

Eva Lindgren will be the first researcher from Luleå University of Technology to give a talk at the upcoming International Congress of ESCAP, European Sociaty for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, about young adults with mental illness and the heavy burden it can mean to be a parent.

Great interest in new perspective on aging

The lecture hall at Vetenskapens Hus was filled to the brim when Ariel Almevall and Catharina Melander, PhD students at Luleå University of Technology, raised new and different perspectives on aging.

Nurses' experiences of trauma alerts

Secure about their own skills – but sometimes a feeling of inadequacy. That summarizes Swedish critical care nurses' experiences of dealing with trauma alerts, shows a new study by Linda Sandström, PhD student at Luleå University of Technology.

Students nursing conference

This article is only available in Swedish.

New research shows deficits in discharge planning

Discharge planning is a complex process that aims to secure the patients’ care transition from home to the hospital and back home. New unique research shows that there are hindrances on different organizational levels that affect the process workflow, which can lead to negative consequences for the patient.

Demand for research on coercive measures

Researcher Git-Marie Ejneborn Loois thesis on alternatives to coercion measures in psychiatric inpatient care is one of Luleå University of Technology's most downloaded theses in 2015. Despite being in Swedish and only been available for four months it stands out from the crowd with 950 downloads.

Unique study of hired nurses

A unique study has been done among specialist nurses in intensive care in Norrbotten, where both temporary and permanent staff have been interviewed about their work. The answers are so interesting to the researchers, that they now want to investigate the matter further.

Published:27 February 2016
Updated: 11 October 2019
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