Sandra Pennbrant

Experiences of work-integrated learning in nursing education

Nursing education and the nursing profession have an artisanal character, which has dominated the profession for a long time. Work-integrated...

Health-promoting factors among students in higher education within health care and social work : a cross-sectional analysis of baseline data in a multicentre longitudinal study

Background: Educational environments are considered important in strengthening students’ health status and knowledge, which are associated with goo...

Portfoliometoden som en metod för arbetsintegrerat lärande

Att arbeta med förståelse utifrån portfoliometoden

Att förstå sjukdomen : ur patientens, sjuksköterskans och den närståendes perspektiv

Collaboration for learning : How can it be done? A case study in a tested environment between a company, healthcare professionals and the public in primary care

Primary care (PC) faces major challenges due to demographic changes, medical and technological advances, increased healthcare costs and higher...

Digitala signeringslistor : utvärdering av implementering inomkommunal vård och omsorg

Förståelse av sjukdom

Förståelse som fenomen

Job demands, work engagement and job turnover intentions among registered nurses : Explained by work-family private life inference

Background: The job demands on nurses have increased. Conflict between work life and family life may lead to stress and lower work engagement....

Manoeuvring between interplay and context : an ethnographic study of social interaction in encounters between registered nurses, older patients and their relatives

Background: Social interactions between registered nurses, older patients and their relatives are essential and play a central role in developing a...

Sjuksköterskans arbete med att stödja personens förståelse

Health-promoting factors in higher education for a sustainable working life : protocol for a multicenter longitudinal study

The World Health Organization has highlighted the importance of health promotion for health service providers in order to ensure sustainable workin...

Ideas of caring in nursing practice

In nursing practice, awareness of ethical inner values and a common understanding of nursing and caring are needed. It is therefore important to...

Older persons and relatives' experience of coordinated care planning via a video meeting

Abstract Aim The study aimed to describe coordinated care planning via a video meeting from the perspective of older persons and their relatives....

Salutary factors and hospital work environments: a qualitative descriptive study of nurses in Sweden

Self-care experiences of older patients with diabetes mellitus : A qualitative systematic literature review

Diabetes is a growing health problem and risk increases with age. Self-care is an important part of treatment. The aim of this qualitative systemat...

"The challenge of joining all the pieces together" : Nurses' experience of palliative care for older people with advanced dementia living in residential aged care units

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To describe nurses' experiences of palliative care for older people with advanced dementia living in residential aged care...

Unlicensed Personnel’s Experience of Digital Signing for Medication Administration in Municipal Healthcare

Aim: To describe unlicensed personnel’s experience of digital signing lists via a smartphone application for the distribution of medication in...

Välbefinnande och värdighet för äldre människor : Utifrån Erikssons caritativa teori

Människor lever allt längre, vilket leder till stora utmaningar i att garantera äldre människors hälsa och välbefinnande. Andelen äldre väntas öka...

Work-integrated learning as a pedagogical tool to integrate theory andpractice in nursing education : An integrative literature revie

It can be challenging for nursing students to navigate between theory and practice and to implement theoretical knowledge in real work situations a...

Caring for Older People : Improving Healthcare Quality to Ensure Well-Being and Dignity

The aim of caring is to promote health. The global trend is that people are living longer, but in many cases, there is no support system for the ca...

Learning Through Reflection : The Portfolio Method As A Tool To Promote Work-Integrated Learning In Higher Education

Students need to develop meta-reflection to strengthen their learning process and to be able to manage the continuous changes encountered both high...

Striving to establish a care relationship -Mission possible or impossible? : Triad encounters between patients, relatives and nurses

BACKGROUND: When patients, relatives and nurses meet, they form a triad that can ensure a good care relationship. However, hospital environments ar...

The level of sense of coherence among Swedish nursing staff

Aim To explore the level of sense of coherence among Swedish nursing staff. Design: An explorative quantitative study design was adopted using a...

Information about sexual activity after hip replacement : A literature review

Sexual activity is an important aspect of quality of life and contributes to healing and recovery. Adequate information may minimize post-operative...

Nursing and learning : healthcare pedagogics and work-integrated learning

Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: to describe work-integrated learning (WIL) related to healthcare pedagogics, and to describe the...

Voices used by nurses when communicating with patients and relatives in a department of medicine for older people : An ethnographic study

AIM: To describe how nurses communicate with older patients and their relatives in a department of medicine for older people in western Sweden....

What are they talking about? Content of the communication exchanges between nurses, patients and relatives in a department of medicine for older people : An ethnographic study

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To explore and describe the content of the communication exchanges between nurses, patients and their relatives in a departmen...

District nurses meeting with and providing care to people with mental illness in health centers : An interview study

Objective: Primary healthcare is facing increasing numbers of people with mental illness. Although district nurses are expected to promote health a...

Health care systems in transition: Equality, access and health literacy in three Scandinavian welfare states. : “The Emperor’s new clothes”: discourse analysis on how the patient is constructed in the new Swedish Patient Act

The Swedish welfare debate increasingly focuses on market liberal notions and its healthcare perspective aims for more patient-centered care. This...

Patients' Variations of Reflection About and Understanding of Long-term Illness : Impact of Illness Perception on Trust in Oneself or Others

Background: Patients' understanding of their illness is of great importance for recovery. Lacking understanding of the illness is linked with the...

Portfoliometoden : Ett pedagogiskt verktyg för att integrera teori och praktik i sjuksköterskeprogrammet

Portfolio är en systematisk, målmedvetet sammanställd och strukturerad samling studiearbeten som läraren och de studerande använder för att följa...

Semi-Structured Interviews With a Sociocultural Perspective : The Meeting Between the Elderly Patien and the Physician in a Hospital Setting in Sweden

In Swedish healthcare, great emphasis is laid on the patient’s rights. Patients should receive information on their conditions and treatment option...

Semi-structured interviews with a sociocultural perspective : The meeting between the elderly patient and the physician in a hospital setting in Sweden

In Swedish healthcare, great emphasis is laid on the patient’s rights. Patients should receive information on their conditions and treatment option...

Strategies for healthcare professionals to facilitate patient illness understanding.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To describe how healthcare professionals facilitate patient illness understanding. BACKGROUND: Healthcare professionals and...

"The Emperor's new clothes" : discourse analysis on how the patient is constructed in the new Swedish Patient Act.

The Swedish welfare debate increasingly focuses on market liberal notions and its healthcare perspective aims for more patient-centered care. This...

The work-integrated learning combined with the portfolio method : A pedagogical strategy and tool in nursing education for developing professional competence

During nursing education students obtain knowledge and skills to develop their professional competence. Teachers may elect to provide pedagogical...

Determination of the Concepts "€œProfession"€ and "€œRole"€ in Relation to "Nurse Educator"

The aim of this study was to clarify the meanings and dimensions of the concepts “profession” and “role.” The results from the concept determinatio...

Work Integrated Learning and Learning Integrated Work : An Approach to Unite Theory and Practice to Praxis

The difference between the professional competence conveyed during education and the competence demanded in working life is substantial and needs t...

District nurses' efforts to support patients in smoking cessation : Distriktssköterskans arbete med att stödja patienter i rökavvänjning

Background: Smoking is a public health problem. Supporting patients to achieve lifestyle changes, such as smoking cessation, is one way for the...

Nurses’ experience of caring for palliative-stage patients in a hospital setting in Sweden

Objective: The aim of this study was to describe nurses’ experiences of caring for palliative-stage patients in a hospital setting. Methods: A...

Prerequisites for person-centered care : As described by community care nurses

The aim of this study was to describe nurses’ experiences of person-centered care within an integrated care chain. Method: The study included four...

Child health care nurses' strategies in meeting with parents who are hesitant to child vaccinations

Aim: The aim of this study was to describe how nurses in child health centres deal with parents who are hesitant to child vaccinations. Method: A...

From work integrated learning to learning integrated work : A pedagogical model to develop praxis in nursing education

The move from student to nurse has been described as difficult for newly registered nurses. Newly registered nurses’ feelings of lacking competence...

Gränshinder : en kvalitativ och kvantitativ studie av samverkandesjukvård

The project "Health care interaction" among different care providers was introduced as a trial activity in the municipalities of Strömstad and Tanu...

Pedagogical challenges in nurse education : A Case Study Focusing on the Completion Rate in Theoretical Education at a Swedish University

Pedagogical challenges in nurse education : a case study focusing on the completion rate in theoretical education at a Swedish University

Background: The purpose of this survey was to relate completion rate and results on national clinical final examinations to student’s admission...

Praxis and Work Integrated Learning as Pedagogical Approach in Nursing Education

The move from student to nurse has been described as difficult and tough for new nurses. New nurses' feeling of lacking competence can reduce the...

Work-Integrated Learning

Praxis is a concept that is both vague and overused in nursing science. Hence, a more stringent use of the concept praxis could help clarify the...