Background Even though traumatization is linked to substantially reduced health-related quality of life, help-seeking and service utilization among trauma survivors are very low. To date, there has not been available in Iceland a culturally attuned, ...

Aim To describe and compare the clinical nurse specialist core competency use in Finland, Denmark and Iceland. Background Clinical nurse specialist roles were first developed more than 60 years ago in the United States. Within the Nordic countries, the ...

Aim To describe the symptoms, recovery, patient education, and health related quality of life (HRQOL) of patients having total knee replacements at three time points and to detect experiences and situations that predict HRQOL six weeks and six months ...

Aims and objectives: This study aimed to explore staff attitudes and experiences of parents' friends and families' social presence and involvement in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Background: In NICUs, parents need emotional and practical ...

Aims: The aim of this study was to examine the potential association of family-centred care as perceived by parents during a NICU stay with parents’ depressive symptoms at discharge and at 4 months corrected for infant age. Design: A longitudinal, ...

Aim: To explore the visibility of nursing in policy documents concerning health care priorities in the Nordic countries. Background: Nurses at all levels in health care organisations set priorities on a daily basis. Such prioritization entails allocation ...