Thesis (M.Arch.)--University of Detroit Mercy, 2009. / "4/28/2008." Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-172).

Bakgrund: Ett sår som inte läker inom sex veckor defineras som svårläkt. Prevalensen ökar med stigande ålder och medför stora samhällskostnadersom följd samt långvarigt lidande för patienterna. Sjuksköterskan skall leda omvårdnadsarbetet självständigt men också tvärprofessionellt utifrån omvårdnadsprocessens alla delar samt ansvara för utveckling av eget lärande. Syfte: Syftet var att belysa faktorer som har betydelse för sjuksköterskans omvårdnad av patienter med svårläkta sår. Metod: Studien genomfördes som en allmän litteraturstudoie med induktiv ansats. Sju kvalitativa och två kvantitativa vetenskapliga artiklar analyserades med en innehållsanalys. Resultat: Innehållsanalysen genererade fyra resultatkategorier: Sambandet mellan evidensbaserad vård och sjuksköterskans sårvårdskunskaper, sambandet mellan utbildning och sjuksköterskans sårvårdskunskaper, sambandet mellan teamarbeta och sjuksköterskans sårvårdskunskaper och sambandet mellan organisatoriskt stöd och sjuksköterskans sårvårdskunskaper. Konklusion: För att sjuksköterskan skall kunna utföra evidensbaserad sårvård behövs uppdaterade kunskaper genom sårvårdsutbildningar, kollaboration mellan kollegor och patienter samt organisatoriskt stöd. Sjuksköterskan behöver såväl teoretisk implementering av nya riktlinjer som praktiska övningar för att vara uppdaterad med aktualiserad information. / Background: A wound that does not heal within six weeks is defined as a hard-toheal wound. The prevalence increases with increasing age associating with high,societal costs and resulting in long-term suffering for the affected patients. Nursesmust lead the nursing work independently but also interdisciplinary based on all stepsof the nursing process. Nurses are also responsible for continuing to learn throughouttheir career. Aim: The aim was to shed light on factors that are important for nurseswound care knowledge in nursing patients with difficult-to-heal wounds Method: Thestudy was conducted as a general literature study with an inductive approach. Sevenqualitative and two quantitative scientific articles were analysed with a contentanalysis. Results: Four categories emerged: The connection between evidence-basedcare and nurses wound care knowledge, the connection between education and nurseswound care knowledge, the connection between teamwork and nurses wound careknowledge and also the connection between organizational support and nurses woundcare knowledge. Conclusion: To perform evidence- based wound care, updatedknowledge is needed through wound care training, collaboration between colleaguesand with patients but also organizational support. Nurses needs both theoreticalacquisition of new guidelines and practical exercises to implement the latest updatedinformation.

This diploma thesis deals with the topic of the U. S. Peace Corps and its possible areas of improvement in the third millennium. The aim of the thesis is to research available documents and to determine and analyze possible areas of improvement during the administrations of George W. Bush and Barack Obama. The thesis focuses on African continent with regards to the Peace Corps presence in individual host countries. The main research questions of this thesis are: "What are the possible areas of improvement within the U. S. Peace Corps organization in the third millennium?", and "Is the agency and the political debates concerning the reforms of the agency reflecting experiences and feedback of the volunteers?" The answers to these questions are sought with the help of research in documents as well as with the help of the analysis of author's one hundred collected surveys from current and former volunteers. Moreover, the areas of the Peace Corps training, recruitment, and support of the volunteers are researched in this thesis alongside with the Washington bureaucracy, mission of the agency, safety and security of the volunteers, sexual assault response, and whistleblower reforms. There are four chapters in the thesis and several subchapters. The first chapter elaborates on the origins of the Peace...

Through a thorough analysis of the current situation, we have highlighted differences in working methods for the various workshops and drew up proposals for improvements in combination with a practical work description that can be implemented in the company.

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The diploma thesis deals with the evaluation of the performance of a selected company using one of the evaluation models, namely the Start Plus model. Based on this model, an analysis of the company was performed, the output of which was the identification of the company's strengths and areas for improvement. In selected areas changes have been propesed aiming to reduce costs and streamline processes of the company.