Distriktssköterskan är ofta den sista länken i vårdkedjan från den somatiska vården och hemsjukvården. En fungerande överrapportering från den slutna somatiska vården till hemsjukvården är av yttersta vikt för patientens trygghet och säkerhet och det är därför viktigt att innehållet i omvårdnadsepikrisernas uppfattas som relevant för den fortsatta vården. En omvårdnadsepikris skall innehålla en slutanteckning över de omvårdnadsåtgärder som genomförts på sjukhuset och en kort beskrivning över patientens aktuella omvårdnadsbehov. Syftet med studien var att beskriva distriktssköterskors uppfattning om omvårdnadsepikrisernas relevans och användbarhet i den fortsatta vården i hemmet av palliativa patienter samt att jämföra dessa med det faktiska innehållet i omvårdnadsepikriser skrivna av sjuksköterskor inom den slutna somatiska vården.Studien har genomförts med en innehållsanalys av 16 omvårdnadsepikriser insamlade från en kirurgiavdelning på ett större sjukhus i Göteborgsregionen samt semistrukturerade intervjuer med fem distriktssköterskor i Göteborgsregionen. Avslutningsvis jämfördes resultatet från de två datakällorna för att bedöma överensstämmelsen mellan dessa. Sammanfattningsvis visar resultatet att omvårdnadsepikriserna kan förbättras inom ett antal områden för att garantera palliativa patienter en fortsatt god palliativ omvårdnad i hemmet. De bör beskriva patienternas problem och symtom men fokus bör vara på beskrivningen av patienternas upplevelser. De bör också innehålla en tydlig beskrivning av vilken information patienterna och deras anhöriga har fått om sjukdomen och sjukdomens förlopp och prognos. Medicinska formuleringar och interna förkortningar i omvårdnadsepikriserna bör minska samtidigt som användandet av det vårdvetenskapliga och omvårdnadsmässiga språket bör öka.--------------------------The public health nurse often constitutes the final link in the chain of care from somatic care in hospitals, to continued care in patient’s homes. In order to guarantee patient safety and quality of care, it is important that the final report accompanying the patient home contains nursing information that is regarded as relevant for the continued home care. The nursing report written when the patient is discharged from the hospital should contain a short description over the patients immediate care need. The aim of this study was to describe the public health nurses perceptions of the relevance and the usefulness of nursing reports in continued home care with focus on palliative patients, and to compare their perceptions with the actual content in nursing reports accompanying the patient when discharged from the closed somatic care. Method used was content analyze in analysing 16 functional reports, documented by nurses at a surgery ward specializing in abdominal surgery in a large hospital in the Gothenburg region. In addition five public health nurses in the Gothenburg region were interviewed, and the interviews were analysed using content analysis approach. The last and final part consisted of a comparison between the nursing reports and the result of interviews in order to assess similarities and differences.The result of this study showed that the nursing reports can be improved in several aspects to guarantee palliative patients continued good palliative care in there home environment. The reports should describe the patients health problems and symptoms on the basis of the patients experience. They should also contain a description of which information the patient and relatives has been given regarding the disease and the course of the prognoses. Medical terminology and internal shortenings in the nursing report should decrease at the time as the use of language of nursing theory and nursing process should increase. / <p>Program: Specialistsjuksköterskeutbildning med inriktning mot distriktssköterska</p><p>Uppsatsnivå: D</p>

Public health nurses (PHNs) are ideally situated to reduce health inequities and based on documents articulating their role, should be working upstream to promote equity, prevent chronic diseases, and improve population health outcomes. In reality however, numerous barriers contribute to lack of role clarity for PHNs, and this goal has not been attainable in practice. A common vision for PHN practice based on discipline specific competencies and full scope of practice has been identified as a priority by Canadian experts. The intention of this study was to develop a model to support PHN practice in an urban Canadian city. This study used a participatory action research approach, grounded in local experience and context. The action was the development of a professional practice model. Data were gathered using semi-structured interview guides during audio-recorded research working group (RWG) meetings from November 2012 to July 2013. A researcher reflexive journal and field notes were kept. The data were analyzed using qualitative methods. A significant feature was full participant involvement throughout the course of the study. A professional practice model was a key organizational tool that provided the framework to develop an autonomous PHN role and the structures necessary to support PHN practice within the health system. The professional practice model fostered full scope of practice and role clarity, with a focus on population health and equity, so that a consistent and evidence-based practice was attainable. The result was that RWG participants reported a shift in their practice, with greater awareness of theory. Participatory action research was essential in developing the framework and common language, and is a research methodology that should continue to be explored with nurses in Canada.

Two key policy documents are having an impact on health visiting practice in Scotland: Getting It Right for Every Child (GIRFEC) (2013), which seeks to promote all children’s wellbeing, and The Healthcare Quality Strategy for NHS Scotland (2010) which promotes person-centred care. ‘Shared decision making’ is integral to ‘person-centred care’; however no research studies to date have linked shared decision making with health visitor practice. This thesis reports on a descriptive, qualitative research study, which was conducted in two health board areas in Scotland, in order to explore the processes that support effective shared decision making in health visiting practice within the context of implementing GIRFEC. The design was in three phases and used Elwyn’s Framework, of ‘Choice, Options and Decision Talk’ as a structure (2012). Phase 1 consisted of audio recordings of 2 x health visitor: parent encounters when decisions were being made; Phase 2 consisted of semi-structured interviews with 9 x health visitors and 9 x parents who had made decisions within the last 6 months; Phase 3 involved 3 x focus groups reviewing the findings to date and reflecting on current issues when implementing GIRFEC. The framework method was used for analysis and two additional themes were identified: ‘Issues’ and ‘Relationships’. The health visitors demonstrated that they built up trusting relationships with parents; however there was lack of understanding and application of decision making theory which supports analysis, and an outcome focused approach to person-centred planning. This thesis identifies areas for health visitor practice development.