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Brukermedvirkning i psykiatriske institusjoner. Praktisering av "brukermedvirkning" gjennom miljøterapeutiske aktiviteter
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015)User participation in psychiatric institutions - Practicing of "user participation" through milieu therapeutic activities. The purpose of this article is to examine how user participation is enabled in practice. Fieldwork is conducted in three Norwegian District Psychiatric Centres (DPCs), with an emphasis on observations of staff working with patients and interviews. The theoretical framework ... -
Characteristics of successfully implemented telemedical applications
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2007-07-27)Background: There has been an increased interest in the use of telemedical applications in clinical practice in recent years. Considerable effort has been invested in trials and experimental services. Yet, surprisingly few applications have continued beyond the research and development phase. The aim of this study is to explore characteristics of successfully implemented telemedical applications. ... -
Children’s play – worlds colliding or therapeutic tool?
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Children’s play – worlds colliding or therapeutic tool?
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Digitalisering av arbeidsflyt på sykehus - konsekvenser for legers arbeidshverdag
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015)Digitization of workflow in hospitals – consequences for physicians’ everyday work practices <p>The article analyses digitization of hospital work with Electronic Patient Record (EPR) as example. The analytical perspective is Science and Technology Studies (STS), and scientific methods are survey and in-depth interviews. Survey data indicate that physicians consider themselves as competent users ... -
Gender, citizenship and dementia care: a scoping review of studies to inform policy and future research
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-03-17)Gender is a neglected dimension in public discourse related to people with dementia. Those living with this condition are typically portrayed in policies and strategies in gender neutral terms as ‘people with dementia’ and ‘family carers’ as if gender does not matter, when clearly it does. The purpose of this scoping review was to take stock of knowledge about gender differences in relation to ... -
IKT-arbeid i helse- og omsorgssektoren
(Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2019)This chapter reports from three studies of implementation and use of electronic patient records and systems for health information exchange. In contemporary health care such large ICT systems are implemented on all levels. Nevertheless, there is a growing awareness that the potential for crossinstitutional communication and quality improvements of the health- and care services that these systems ... -
Interprofessional Education: Students´Learning of Joint Patient Care
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-12-07)This study examines how patient care is developed in meetings between students of occupational therapy, physiotherapy, nursing and medicine who are allowed to shape their own interprofessional collaboration. We conduct a thematic interpretative analysis ofaudio recordings and observations from the meetings and informal talks with the students. The analysis draws on traditions in ... -
Interprofessional student groups using patient documentation to facilitate interprofessional collaboration in clinical practice - A field study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-09-28)<i>Background</i> - This article explores and provides insights into how students learn interprofessional collaboration in a clinical placement. This topic is of interest for stakeholders in health services and education and for the research field of interprofessional education.<p> <p>Objectives</i> - How patient documentation facilitates collaboration in interprofessional student groups is ... -
Interprofessional student meetings in municipal health service - Mutual learning towards a community of practice in patient care
(Journal article; Tidsskriftsartikkel, 2018-09-12)Mutual engagement is fundamental in interprofessional collaboration. This paper investigated how mutual engagement evolves in interprofessional student meetings when medical, nursing, occupational therapy and physiotherapy students shape their own collaboration and learning in patient care. We conducted a qualitative study with an ethnographic design. The data material consists of 200 hours of ... -
Let's play! An observational study of primary care physical therapy with preterm infants aged 3-14 months
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2017)Introduction: <br>Sensory-motor play is at the core of child development and an important element in physical therapist(PT)s’ work to improve infants’ motor skills. In this study, we investigate how PTs scaffold and use play in physical therapy intervention with preterm infants at corrected age (CA) 3-14 months. <br> Material and Methods:<br> We collected data by observing 20 physical therapy ... -
Making New Health Services Work: Nurse Leaders as Facilitators of Service Development in Rural Emergency Services
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-27)Nurse leaders in middle management positions in Norway and other Western countries perform additional new tasks due to high demands for quality and efficacy in healthcare services. These nurses are increasingly becoming responsible for service development and innovation in addition to their traditional leadership and management roles. This article analyses two Norwegian nurse leaders efforts in ... -
Management and dissemination of Professional expertise: Physiotherapists’ perceptions of the supervision of dedicated aides working with children with cerebral palsy
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-04-11)A qualitative study was undertaken to explore pediatric phy-siotherapists’perceptions and experiences of supervising dedi-cated aides responsible for the daily care of preschool childrenwith cerebral palsy. Data were collected using individual semi-structured interviews. A theme-based content analysis yieldedthree major themes. Supervision and therapy were provided simul-taneously, giving supervision ... -
Mediating the interface between voluntariness and coercion: a qualitative study of learning disability nurses` work in medical examinations of people with intellectual disability
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-02-11)<i>Aims and Objectives</i> - To gain knowledge of prevention and use of restraints in provision of medical care to people with intellectual disability. To this end, we explore how learning disability nurses in community services support the individual through medical examinations when facing resistance.<br><br> <i>Background</i> - Despite increased focus on limiting restraints, there is a lack ... -
No place for old women: a critical inquiry into age in later working life
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-02-11)Western countries currently face pressing demands to transform the labour market participation of older workers, in order to address the pressing economic and social challenges of an ageing population. However, in this article we argue that our understanding of older workers is limited by a dominant discourse that emphasises individuals rather than organisations; and valorises youth as the performative ... -
Parents’ Perceptions of Primary Health Care Physiotherapy With Preterm Infants: Normalization,Clarity, and Trust
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-10-08)Having a preterm infant is a life-altering event for parents. The use of interventions intended to support the parents is recommended. In this study, we investigated how parents’ perceptions of physiotherapy in primary health care influenced their adaptation to caring for a preterm child. We conducted 17 interviews involving parents of seven infants, at infants’ corrected age (CA) 3, 6, and 12 ... -
The personal is political yet again: Bringing struggles between gender equality and gendered next of kin onto the feminist agenda
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-05-18)In spite of feminist criticism of the welfare state, Norwegian society is frequently perceived as gender-equal. As a truism of public discourse, gender equality affirms a neoliberal understanding of individuals as able to act independently and to freely choose their course in life. This article disrupts that truism with an analysis of a transitional process that occurred to a seemingly free and ... -
A qualitative study of clinical reasoning in physiotherapy with preterm infants and their parents: Action and interaction
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2018-01-08)<i>Background</i>: Physiotherapists (PTs) in primary health care provide services to preterm infants and their parents after hospital discharge. The service should be collaborative and individualized to meet the family’s needs. In this study, we analyze pediatric PTs’ collaborative work in the clinical setting and investigate the PTs’ emerging clinical reasoning (CR) in interaction with the infant ... -
A qualitative study of what care workers do to provide patient safety at home through telecare
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-06-05)Background - In health care, the work of keeping the patient safe and reducing the risk of harm is defined as safety work. In our digitised and technology-rich era, safety work usually involves a relationship between people and technologies. Telecare is one of the fastest-growing technology-domains in western health care systems. In the marketing of telecare, the expectation is that safety is implicit ... -
The self-management work of food hypersensitivity
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-03-05)Background - Food hypersensitivity (FH) has received considerable attention in the scientific community in recent years. However, little attention has been given to the efforts people make to manage their FH. We aimed to explore these efforts by using Normalization Process Theory, which is a conceptual framework formerly used to describe the self-management ‘work’ of long-term conditions.<p> <p>Methods ...
