As inquietações por estudar esta temática apreendendo quais significados atribuem os enfermeiros ao cuidar do paciente idoso, hospitalizado, em fase terminal, surgiu a partir de experiências pessoais. Minha inquietação aumentou com a prática profissional, notando que, o pessoal que atendia aos idosos, em fase terminal, em sua maioria, era auxiliar de enfermagem, sem nenhuma formação específca para este cuidado. Assim, ao surgir a oportunidade de ingressar no doutorado em enfermagem, emergiu, novamente, a inquietação que há muitos anos vinha se instalando: O quê significa para a enfermeira o cuidado do idoso, em seu encontro com a morte, no mundo hospitalar? Desta forma, a proposta foi possibilitar que suas experiências, manifestadas por meio do discurso verbal e não verbal, pudessem aproximar-me do mundo que elas habitam nos hospitais e saber quais significados atribuem a esta experiência para propor um novo pensar sobre este cuidado. Tratou-se de um estudo conduzido segundo uma abordagem qualitativa, pertinente às questões muito particulares de um objeto cuja natureza não pode ser quantificada. A investigação foi desenvolvida com enfermeiros que trabalham nos hospitais públicos, na cidade de Celaya, Guanajuato, pelo fato de atenderem à maioria da população idosa. A coleta de dados foi realizada por meio de 12 entrevistas, conduzidas segundo a abordagem fenomenológica, a partir de uma questão norteadora proposta aos enfermeiros. Durante a investigação, pude apreender que, para eles, a vivência do cuidado do paciente, enquanto profissionais de enfermagem, envolve vários aspectos como as especificidades da pessoa da qual se cuida, como suas características físicas, emocionais, sociais e espirituais. Foi descrito ainda como sendo o ato de ajudar o paciente a morrer. No entanto, muitas vezes, procuram realizá-lo de forma a protelar a morte, como um impulso para conservar a vida daquele que está morrendo. Esse cuidado é proporcionado em um mundo concreto - geralmente, o hospital - e é um desafio manifestado pelos enfermeiros de forma a permitir o respeito às decisões do paciente e de sua família. Da mesma forma, as políticas das instituições de saúde pública necessitam serem revistas para que o familiar possa permanecer próximo do idoso em fase terminal, pois é seu direito morrer em companhia dos seus, de forma a ter uma morte digna. Reconhece-se, cada vez mais, que este cuidado é uma especialidade de enfermagem que requer conhecimentos e capacidades profissionais específicos e uma determinada estrutura de carreira profissional. / The restlessness for studying this theme, and learn about the meanings that nurses assign to caring for dying older patients, aroused from personal experiences. My restlessness increased with professional practice, and I noticed that the majority of the staff who cared for older, terminal patients were auxiliary nurses, with no specific training for this particular health care practice. Hence, when I ran across the opportunity to enter the nursing doctorate program, this restlessness, which had been present for many years, emerged once again: What does it mean, for nurses, to care for older individuals, as they face death, in the hospital environment? Therefore, the purpose was to permit that their experiences, reported both verbally and non-verbally, could bring me closer to the world they inhabit in the hospitals, and learn about the meanings that they assign to this experience. That way, I would be able to propose a new thought concerning this care. This study used a qualitative approach, pertinent to the very specific issues of an object whose nature cannot be quantified. The research was developed with nurses working in public hospitals in the city of Celaya, Guanajuato, because they care for the majority of the elderly population. Data collection occurred through 12 interviews, conducted according to the phenomenological approach, based on a guiding question directed to nurses. During the research, I learned that, for the nurses, the experience of caring for the patients involves various aspects like the specificities of the person being cared for, as well as his or her physical, emotional, social, and spiritual characteristics. Nurses also reported that their work was the act of helping the patient to die. However, nurses often seek to, through their work, postpone death, as an impulse to preserve the life of who is dying. This care is provided in a concrete world - usually the hospital - and nurses state that it is a challenge to respect patients\' and their family\'s decisions. Similarly, public health institution policies should be reviewed so as to permit relatives to stay close to terminal patients, since it is their right to die in the company of their loved ones, as a way of having a dignified death. It has been more and more recognized that his care is a nursing specialty that requires specific professional knowledge and skills, besides a particular professional career structure.

A hospitalização institui uma crise na vida da criança e afeta tanto seu lado orgânico como o psíquico, determinando distúrbios comportamentais diversos e interrompendo seu desenvolvimento normal. Assim, o trabalho junto às crianças hospitalizadas torna-se fundamental para amenizar os efeitos negativos da doença, hospitalização e tratamento, que ameaçam seu desenvolvimento psicossocial normal. A arteterapia, meio de expressão e criação, restabelece uma maneira natural da criança comunicar-se com as outras pessoas; através dela a criança amplia seu conhecimento sobre o mundo e se desenvolve emocional e socialmente, motivo pelo qual não deve faltar na vida de qualquer criança, especialmente daquelas hospitalizadas. O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar os efeitos da utilização da arteterapia com crianças hospitalizadas. Trata-se de uma pesquisa com a abordagem quase-experimental, baseada em estudos quantitativos, fundamentados na mudança de comportamento e desenvolvimento das crianças hospitalizadas, bem como das imagens configuradas. Participaram do estudo 20 crianças, distribuídas em dois grupos: grupo experimental (n=10) e grupo controle (n=10). Crianças pertencentes ao grupo experimental submeteram-se às intervenções em arteterapia, sendo avaliadas através de instrumentos preestabelecidos, antes e após as intervenções em arteterapia, enquanto as do grupo controle também foram avaliadas no mesmo período, porém sem as referidas intervenções. A análise dos dados mostrou que as crianças do grupo experimental melhoraram seu comportamento, desenvolvimento plástico e produções plásticas, ao contrário das do outro grupo, que permaneceram com desempenhos mais uniformes. A arteterapia constituiu-se num excelente meio para canalizar, de maneira positiva, as variáveis do desenvolvimento da criança hospitalizada e neutralizar os fatores de ordem afetiva que, naturalmente, surgem, além de expor potenciais mais saudáveis da criança, por vezes pouco estimulados no contexto da hospitalização. / Hospitalization establishes a crisis in children’s lives and affects both their organic and mental realms, thus determining various behavioral disorders and interrupting normal development. Therefore, working with hospitalized children is fundamental in order to alleviate the negative effects of the disease, hospitalization and treatment which threaten their normal psychosocial development. Art therapy, a means of expression and creation, re-establishes the child’s normal form of communication with other people; through it the child expands his/her knowledge about the world and develops both mentally and socially, and for this reason, it must be present in all children’s lives, particularly of those who are hospitalized. This work aimed at analyzing the effects of using art therapy with hospitalized children. It is a study with a quasi-experimental approach based on quantitative analyses of behavioral and developmental changes in hospitalized children as well as of the configured images. Twenty children participated in the study and they were distributed into two groups: experimental group (n=10) and control group (n=10). The children comprising the experimental group were submitted to art therapy interventions and were evaluated through pre-established instruments prior to and after the interventions. Those in the control group were also evaluated in the period; however, the interventions were not used. Data analysis showed that the children in the experimental group improved their behavior, plastic development and plastic production in opposition to those in the control group, who maintained more uniform behaviors. Art therapy constituted an excellent means to positively guide the hospitalized child’s development variables as well as to neutralize the naturally arising affection-related factors, in addition to exposing the child’s healthiest potentials which are seldom stimulated in the hospitalization setting.

Introdução: Atualmente, existem vários métodos úteis para a avaliação nutricional (AvN) de crianças hospitalizadas, contudo ainda não há um método considerado padrão-ouro para classificação do estado nutricional da população pediátrica, assim como para a identificação da desnutrição. Objetivo: Comparar diferentes métodos de AvN não invasiva em crianças hospitalizadas. Métodos: Estudo transversal com pacientes de 4 a 8,9 anos internados em um hospital pediátrico do Sul do Brasil. A amostragem foi realizada por conveniência, e a coleta de dados ocorreu entre dezembro de 2014 a fevereiro de 2016. Excluíram-se pacientes internados em unidade de terapia intensiva e sem condições de alimentação por via oral. Foram coletadas informações gerais, socioeconômicas e dados antropométricos. Também foram aplicados os questionários de Avaliação Subjetiva Global pediátrica (ASGped) e STRONGkids. Os dados clínicos foram coletados do prontuário eletrônico do paciente. O protocolo de estudo foi aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (parecer número 657.000), e pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa da Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre (parecer número 906.461). Resultados: Um total de 455 crianças foi incluído no estudo, com média de idade de 75,0 ± 17,2 meses. A mediana do tempo de internação foi de 6 dias (4–10). As enfermidades que mais motivaram a internação foram: cirúrgicas (22,3%, n=103), pulmonares (19,3%, n=88), neurológicas (13,8%, n=63), oncológicas (7,9%, n=36) e gastroenterológicas (6,8%, n=31). Ao redor de 76% (341 de 455) das crianças encontravam-se eutróficas de acordo com o indicador índice de massa corporal/idade (IMC/I), 19,8% (n=89) apresentavam excesso de peso e 4,4% (n=20) estavam desnutridas. Conforme a ferramenta de triagem nutricional STRONGkids, 27,3% (n=124) das crianças apresentaram risco nutricional (RN) baixo, 64,8% (n=295) RN médio e 7,9% (n=36) RN alto. Por outro lado, ASGped classificou 86,8% (n=393) dos pacientes como bem nutridos, 12,4% (n=56) como moderadamente desnutridos e 0,9% (n=4) como gravemente desnutridos. Constatou-se que a desnutrição pela ASGped se associou de forma significativa com o maior tempo de permanência hospitalar (p <0,001). Óbito e reinternação hospitalar em 6 meses não se associaram com a desnutrição pela ANSGped. O tempo de internação hospitalar mostrou-se maior à medida que o RN aumentava, assim como a probabilidade de óbito e reinternação foi maior nas crianças com RN alto (p = <0,001) pela STRONGkids. Observou-se associação significativa entre a desnutrição moderada e grave, pela ASGped, e risco nutricional alto, através da STRONGkids, com EMAP reduzida (p<0,001). Quanto aos desfechos clínicos, observou-se tempo de internação maior nos pacientes com EMAP diminuída (p=0,001). Conclusão: Levando-se em consideração a antropometria e a ASGped, a maioria das crianças avaliadas encontrava-se eutrófica no momento da admissão hospitalar. A desnutrição e o RN estiveram associados a um maior tempo de internação hospitalar. A EMAP mostrou-se um método eficiente na detecção de desnutrição em pacientes pediátricos internados. / Introduction: Currently, there are several useful methods for nutritional assessment of children; however, there still is no gold-standard method for assessing the nutritional status of the pediatric population and for identifying malnutrition. Objective: To compare different methods of non-invasive nutritional assessment of hospitalized children. Methods: Cross-sectional study with 4-8.9-years old patients admitted to a pediatric hospital in Southern Brazil. The method used was convenience sampling, and the data was collected between December 2014 and February 2016. Patients in the intensive care unit and incapable of being orally fed were excluded from the research. General and socioeconomic information, as well as anthropometric data were collected. The Pediatric Subjective Global Assessment (SGA) and STRONGkids questionnaires were also applied. The clinical data were collected from the patients' digital medical records. The study protocol was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (protocol 657,000) and by the Research Ethics Committee of the Santa Casa de Misericórdia of Porto Alegre (protocol 906,461). Results: A total of 455 children were included in the study, with a mean age of 75.0 ± 17.2 months. The median of hospital stay was 6 days (4–10). The most frequent reasons for hospitalization were surgical procedures (22.3%, n=103), and pulmonary (19.3%, n=88), neurological (13.8%, n=63), oncological (7.9%, n=36) and gastroenterological (6.8%, n=31) diseases. Of these, 75.8% (n=341) were eutrophic, according to the body mass index/age (BMI/A) parameter, 19.8% (n=89) were overweight, and 4.4% (n=20) were malnourished. According to the nutritional screening tool STRONGkids, 27.3% (n=124) of the children showed low nutritional risk (NR), 64.8% (n=295) moderate NR, and 7.9% (n=36) high NR. On the other hand, the GSNA ranked 86.8% (n=393) of the patients as eutrophic, 12.4% (n=56) as moderately malnourished, and 0.9% (n=4) as severely malnourished. In addition, it was found that malnutrition by pediatric SGA was significantly associated with a longer hospital stay. Death and hospital readmission at six months were not associated with malnutrition by pediatric SGA (p <0,001). The hospital stay was higher as the NR increased, as well as the probability of death and re-hospitalization was higher in children with high NR (p = <0.001) by STRONGkids. There was also a significant association between moderate and severe malnutrition, by SGA Ped, and high nutritional risk, through STRONGkids, with reduced EMAP (p <0.001). Regarding clinical outcomes, a longer hospital stay was observed in patients with impaired EMAP (p = 0.001). Conclusion: When considering anthropometry and pediatric SGA, most children evaluated were eutrophic at the time of hospital admission. Malnutrition and NR were associated with longer hospital stay. The use of EMAP has proven to be an efficient method for the detection of malnutrition in hospitalized pediatric patients.

A presente pesquisa tem como objeto de estudo [re]conhecimento que os usuários de um hospital geral detêm sobre o trabalho do enfermeiro. Seu objetivo geral é discutir o entendimento dos usuários de um hospital geral do Rio de Janeiro sobre o trabalho do enfermeiro, à luz do seu reconhecimento profissional, e seus objetivos específicos são: identificar o [re]conhecimento que os usuários possuem sobre o trabalho do enfermeiro e analisar o [re]conhecimento dos usuários sobre o trabalho dos enfermeiros, buscando aproximações e distanciamentos das competências do enfermeiro. Esta pesquisa apoia-se nas concepções teóricas da psicodinâmica do trabalho desenvolvidas por Dejours, se apropriando mais profundamente, da discussão sobre a dinâmica do reconhecimento, na qual acredita que o reconhecimento pode ser um meio que possibilita a transformação do sofrimento no trabalho em prazer. Com o intuito de respeitar os princípios éticos e a Resolução 196/96, essa pesquisa foi encaminhada ao Comitê de Ética e Pesquisa com Seres Humanos/SR-2/UERJ e obteve parecer favorável com protocolo n 49.3.2012. Trata-se de um estudo exploratório-descritivo de abordagem quantitativa e desenho transversal. A população foram clientes internados nas enfermarias cirúrgicas e clínicas do referido hospital. Para melhor caracterizar o perfil da clientela internada foi utilizado o Sistema de Classificação de Pacientes elaborado por Perroca (1996) que baseia-se nas necessidades individualizadas de cuidado de enfermagem, com o intuito de identificar o grau de dependência que o sujeito apresenta da equipe de enfermagem. Os 65 participantes da pesquisa foram selecionados por meio de uma amostra intencional. O instrumento de coleta de dados utilizado foi um formulário contendo 22 perguntas, sendo 18 fechadas e 04 abertas. As informações foram coletadas no período de agosto a outubro de 2012 e analisadas utilizando-se da estatística descritiva simples. A apresentação dos dados foi através de tabelas e a sua discussão teve quatro tópicos, são eles: Perfil sociodemográfico da população; Experiências hospitalares anteriores; Conhecimento da população sobre o enfermeiro e o seu trabalho; O trabalho do enfermeiro e seu reconhecimento. Os resultados mostraram que o perfil sociodemográfico da população é composta por uma maioria feminina; a faixa etária predominante é de 55 a 64 anos e o grau de escolaridade da população é baixo. Para 75,4% dos sujeitos a atual internação hospitalar não é a primeira. No que se refere ao conhecimento que o participante tem sobre o enfermeiro, constatou-se que eles relatam saber quem é o profissional, qual é o seu grau de escolaridade, porém um número significativo não conhecia a composição da equipe de enfermagem (41,5%), demonstrando ser esse um fato contraditório. No que se refere ao reconhecimento conferido ao enfermeiro e seu trabalho, os participantes consideraram importante tanto o trabalho desenvolvido pelo enfermeiro, como também a sua atuação na equipe de saúde, e declararam a pouca valorização social que é imputada à profissão. As principais formas de reconhecimento atribuídas nesta pesquisa estavam relacionadas a sentimentos afetuosos positivos que a figura do enfermeiro gera e a excelência na prestação de cuidados de enfermagem. / The present research has as object of study the [re]cognition that users of a general hospital have about the work of the nurse. Its general objective is to discuss the understanding of users of a general hospital in Rio de Janeiro about the work of the nurse, in the light of their professional recognition, and its specific objectives are: to identify the [re]cognition that users have on the work of nurse and analyze the [re]cognition of users, seeking approaches and distances of the competence of the nurse. This research is based on the theoretical concepts of the psychodynamics of work developed by Dejours, appropriating more deeply, the discussion on the dynamics of the recognition, in which believes that recognition can be a means that enables the transformation of suffering at work in pleasure. In order to respect the ethical principles and the resolution 196/96, this survey was forwarded to the Ethics Committee and Research with Human Beings/SR-2/UERJ and obtained assent with Protocol number 49.3.2012. This is a descriptive-exploratory study of quantitative approach and cross design. The population were patients hospitalized in clinical and surgical wards of the hospital in question. To better characterize the profile of hospitalized clients, was used the Patient Classification System prepared by Perroca (1996), that is based on individualized nursing care needs, in order to identify the extent of dependence degree that subject features of nursing staff. The 65 participants of the survey were selected through an intentional sample. The data-gathering instrument used was a form containing 22 questions, being 18 closed questions and 04 open questions. The information has been collected in the period from August to October 2012 and analyzed using simple descriptive statistics. The presentation of the data was through tables and their discussion had four topics, they are: Socio-demographic profile of the population; Previous hospital experiences; Knowledge of the population about the nurse and his work; The work of nurses and its recognition. The results showed that the demographic profile of the population is made up of a female majority; the predominant age group is from 55 to 64 years, and the educational level of the population is low. To 75.4% of the subjects the current hospitalization is not the first. With regard to the knowledge that the participants have about the nurse, it was found that they report to know who is professional, which is your level of education, but a significant number did not know the composition of the nursing staff (41.5%), demonstrating that this is a contradictory fact. With regard to the recognition given to the nurse and his work, the participants considered important to both the work done by the nurse, as well as their performance in the health team, and declared the little social value that is attributed to the profession. The main forms of recognition granted in this survey were related to positive affectionate feelings that figure of the nurse raises and excellence in nursing care.

Many nurses lack evidence-based knowledge to deliver appropriate oral care, view oral care in the care-dependent patient as a comfort measure, and give it a low clinical priority. An estimated 44%-65% of hospitalized care-dependent patients do not receive adequate oral care, an intervention that can prevent aspiration pneumonia or pneumonitis. The purpose of this project was to develop a policy for use of an oral assessment tool and evidence-based guidelines for oral care in hospitalized care-dependent adults outside of the intensive care unit setting at a regional health system in the Southeast United States. The project used the theoretical foundations of relationship-based care and the logic model. A 14 member interdisciplinary team of institutional stakeholders from 2 acute care hospitals identified an evidence-based oral assessment tool, developed policy and practice guidelines to inform oral care, and developed both implementation and evaluation plans to pilot the project. The short-term goal of the project was to increase staff knowledge, evaluated with direct observation of assessments and documentation reviews. The long-term goal of this project was to reduce the risk of aspiration and resulting complications as evidenced by discharge diagnosis. The standards developed in this project create a process to ensure that care-dependent adults outside of the intensive care unit setting will receive an oral assessment daily, or every shift, as determined by the oral assessment score. The project advances nursing practice by addressing a gap in practice and promotes positive social change by improving the quality of care provided to all care-dependent patients. Improvement of patient outcomes from reduced risk for aspiration and reduced financial burden of unnecessary resources used to care for patients who aspirate and suffer complications are additional outcomes expected of this initiative.

The rate of obesity continues to rise in the United States and globally, placing populations at increased risk of obesity related conditions, such as diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, cancer, and other disease states. Literature review shows that there have been many different methods utilized to halt obesity's progression, however rates continue to increase. The United States Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF), American Heart Association (AHA), and other agencies recommend obesity screening and counseling at every patient encounter, but most hospitals do not have a current obesity policy in place to accomplish this task. The purpose of this project is to develop a program proposal for a hospital-based, obesity tool based on the 5 A's framework to increase screening and referrals of obese, adult patients ages 18 and over. The logic model was utilized to guide the program development, implementation, evaluation, and dissemination. The program was accepted by the hospitalist group and nurse leaders for full development and evaluation. Key stakeholders and content experts were convened to create a proposal and algorithm to guide the project. The obesity program will increase screenings and referrals upon full adoption. Increase in screenings and referrals will improve care, quality of life, weight status, and decrease health care expenditure. The results of dissemination of the program may stimulate other facilities to adopt the program to combat obesity and contribute to social change The rate of obesity continues to rise in the United States and globally, placing populations at increased risk of obesity related conditions, such as diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, cancer, and other disease states. Literature review shows that there have been many different methods utilized to halt obesity's progression, however rates continue to increase. The United States Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF), American Heart Association (AHA), and other agencies recommend obesity screening and counseling at every patient encounter, but most hospitals do not have a current obesity policy in place to accomplish this task. The purpose of this project is to develop a program proposal for a hospital-based, obesity tool based on the 5 A's framework to increase screening and referrals of obese, adult patients ages 18 and over. The logic model was utilized to guide the program development, implementation, evaluation, and dissemination. The program was accepted by the hospitalist group and nurse leaders for full development and evaluation. Key stakeholders and content experts were convened to create a proposal and algorithm to guide the project. The obesity program will increase screenings and referrals upon full adoption. Increase in screenings and referrals will improve care, quality of life, weight status, and decrease health care expenditure. The results of dissemination of the program may stimulate other facilities to adopt the program to combat obesity and contribute to social change The rate of obesity continues to rise in the United States and globally, placing populations at increased risk of obesity-related conditions, such as diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, cancer, and other disease states. A review of the literature showed that multiple methods have been used to address the rate of progression; however, obesity rates continue to increase. The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force, American Heart Association, and other agencies recommend obesity screening and counseling at every patient encounter; most hospitals do not have a policy to accomplish this task. The purpose of this project was to develop an obesity screening and referral tool for the hospital setting. The resulting tool was based on the 5 As framework to increase screening and referrals of obese patients. The logic model was used to guide program development, implementation, evaluation, and dissemination. Results of the obesity screening and referral program showed an increase in screenings and referrals upon a trial adoption, raising the number of identified referrals to 23, compared to 2 patients identified for referral prior to program implementation (p = 0.035). An increase in screenings and referrals can bring about positive change by improving care, quality of life, and weight status of patients and decreasing health care expenditure.

Depression has been shown to increase an individual's risk for heart disease. Despite this finding, physicians are not identifying depression in their hospitalized cardiac patients. This study looked at hospitalized cardiac patients and determined whether their physicians were identifying depression in those that scored > 5 on the PHQ-9 depression inventory. Methods included assessing patient depression during their stay at an intensive care unit using the PHQ-9. Those patients scoring > 5 were determined as depressed. Chart audits were performed after the patient discharged from the hospital to discover whether physicians were identifying these patients as depressed. The results showed that out of 111 surveys, 83 had a score of > 5, meaning that 74.7% of hospitalized cardiac patients have some type of depression while in the hospital, ranging from mild, moderate, or severe. Of those 83 patients, only 9 or 10% were identified as depressed by their physician during their stay at the hospital. Conclusions suggest that although depression appears to be prevalent in the hospitalized cardiac patient, physician detection of such is very low.

<p>Studies show that older is an increased proportion patients in hospital and that it is a patient group that can be difficult to communicate with because of older patients' often multiple disease picture. Relatives to the patient can be help for caregivers in the communication and the care of the patient. The aim with the study was to examine relative's experience of participation, meeting/support, accessibility and information on a geriatrics rehabilitation care unit. The study had a descriptive design and was designed as a questionnaire study. It was implemented on one geriatrics rehabilitation care unit on the countryside in central Sweden, belong to Uppsala University hospital. The number questionnaires that were distributed out were 49 and the reply frequency was 82 %. The result showed that most relatives in the study were satisfied with participation, meeting/ support, accessibility and information. The result showed also on a significance correlation between participation and meeting/ support, accessibility and information. The study did not reveal any difference between men and women concerning the experience of participation. Likewise, no correlation was revealed on between how long time the patient where in hospital and the experience of participation. Relatives experienced to have a relative good contact with the doctor, but a part stated however that they did not have any opinion about it. Our conclusion is that the concept to participation is meeting/ support, accessibility and information.</p> / <p>Studier visar att äldre är en ökande andel patienter i vården och att det är en patientgrupp somkan vara svår att kommunicera med på grund av äldre patienters ofta multipla sjukdomsbild. Närstående till patienten kan vara till hjälp för vårdgivaren i kommunikationen och vården av patienten. Syftet med studien var att undersöka närståendes självskattade upplevelse av delaktighet,bemötande, tillgänglighet och information på en geriatrisk rehabiliteringsavdelning. Studien hade en deskriptiv design och var utformad som en enkätstudie. Den genomfördes på en geriatrisk rehabiliteringsavdelning på landsbygden i centrala Sverige tillhörande Akademiska sjukhuset. Antalet enkäter som delades ut var 49 stycken och svarsfrekvensen var 82 %. Resultatet visade att de flesta närstående i studien var nöjda med delaktighet, bemötande, tillgänglighet och information. Resultatet visade även på en signifikans gällande samvariation mellan delaktighet och bemötande, tillgänglighet och information. Studien visade inte på någon signifikans gällande skillnaden mellan män och kvinnor avseende upplevelsen av delaktighet. Likaså påträffades ingen signifikans mellan hur lång tid patienten var inneliggande och den närståendes upplevelse av delaktighet. Närstående upplevde sig ha en relativt bra kontakt med ansvarig läkare men en stor del uppgav dock att de inte hade någon uppfattning. Vår slutsats är att nyckeln till delaktighet är bemötande, tillgänglighet och information.</p>

Studies show that older is an increased proportion patients in hospital and that it is a patient group that can be difficult to communicate with because of older patients' often multiple disease picture. Relatives to the patient can be help for caregivers in the communication and the care of the patient. The aim with the study was to examine relative's experience of participation, meeting/support, accessibility and information on a geriatrics rehabilitation care unit. The study had a descriptive design and was designed as a questionnaire study. It was implemented on one geriatrics rehabilitation care unit on the countryside in central Sweden, belong to Uppsala University hospital. The number questionnaires that were distributed out were 49 and the reply frequency was 82 %. The result showed that most relatives in the study were satisfied with participation, meeting/ support, accessibility and information. The result showed also on a significance correlation between participation and meeting/ support, accessibility and information. The study did not reveal any difference between men and women concerning the experience of participation. Likewise, no correlation was revealed on between how long time the patient where in hospital and the experience of participation. Relatives experienced to have a relative good contact with the doctor, but a part stated however that they did not have any opinion about it. Our conclusion is that the concept to participation is meeting/ support, accessibility and information. / Studier visar att äldre är en ökande andel patienter i vården och att det är en patientgrupp somkan vara svår att kommunicera med på grund av äldre patienters ofta multipla sjukdomsbild. Närstående till patienten kan vara till hjälp för vårdgivaren i kommunikationen och vården av patienten. Syftet med studien var att undersöka närståendes självskattade upplevelse av delaktighet,bemötande, tillgänglighet och information på en geriatrisk rehabiliteringsavdelning. Studien hade en deskriptiv design och var utformad som en enkätstudie. Den genomfördes på en geriatrisk rehabiliteringsavdelning på landsbygden i centrala Sverige tillhörande Akademiska sjukhuset. Antalet enkäter som delades ut var 49 stycken och svarsfrekvensen var 82 %. Resultatet visade att de flesta närstående i studien var nöjda med delaktighet, bemötande, tillgänglighet och information. Resultatet visade även på en signifikans gällande samvariation mellan delaktighet och bemötande, tillgänglighet och information. Studien visade inte på någon signifikans gällande skillnaden mellan män och kvinnor avseende upplevelsen av delaktighet. Likaså påträffades ingen signifikans mellan hur lång tid patienten var inneliggande och den närståendes upplevelse av delaktighet. Närstående upplevde sig ha en relativt bra kontakt med ansvarig läkare men en stor del uppgav dock att de inte hade någon uppfattning. Vår slutsats är att nyckeln till delaktighet är bemötande, tillgänglighet och information.

Older patients comprise a large portion of patients in the acute care setting. Registered Nurses (RNs) are the main care providers in the hospital setting. RNs caring for older hospitalized patients are affected by many factors including workload pressures, issues related to the acute care environment and attitudes toward older patients. However, a literature review identified a limited number of studies exploring the RNs experience of caring for older patients in the acute care setting. This study explored the RNs experience of caring for older patients (age 65 and older) on an orthopedic unit in an acute care hospital. Saturation was reached with a purposive sample of nine RNs working on the orthopedic unit, including eight females and 1 male. Participants were interviewed using broad open-ended questions, followed by questions more specific to emerging themes. All interviews were audio-taped and transcribed verbatim. Data were analyzed using Glasers (1992) grounded theory approach. Participants described the basic social problem as dealing with the complexity of older patients. The basic social process identified was the concept of looking beyond. Looking beyond was described as looking at the big picture to find what lies outside the scope of the ordinary. Three sub-processes of looking beyond were identified as connecting, searching, and knowing. Connecting was described as getting to know patients as a person by taking time, respecting and understanding the individual. Searching was described as digging deeper, searching for the unknown by looking for clues and mining everywhere for information. Knowing was described as intuitively knowing what is going to happen and what the older patient needs by pulling it all together and knowing what to expect. These dynamic sub-processes provided the RN with the relationship and information required to look beyond to manage the older patients complexity. The results of this study have implications for nursing practice, education and research. These findings may provide RNs with a process to manage the complex care of a large portion of our population.