Many studies show that children are negatively affected by the consequences of growing up in a family relying on long-term economic support. Despite this, the children’s perspective is flawed in the process of administrating financial aid. The outset during our study has been, from our own experience, that the application of the children’s perspective differs depending on which clientele the parents belong to. This potential difference could mean a legal uncertainty, which we consider to be highly relevant to investigate. The purpose of this paper is to enlighten the children’s perspective during the administration of financial aid to families relying on long-term economic support, to analyse how social workers state that they use the children’s perspective in these cases. Based on the purpose, we examined how social workers use their scope of action to include the children’s perspective when administrating financial aid, also if they included the children’s perspective differently depending on which clientele the parents belonged to. The study was performed with the help of a qualitative method in the form of semi-structured interviews with six social workers from the section of financial aid in an urban area of Malmö. The empirical data collected from the interviews were analysed from different perspectives, which then reconnected to the current state of knowledge and the theories Organisations-theory for public sectors and Street-Level Bureaucracy. From our findings we concluded that the difference in how the children’s perspective was included depending on which clientele the parents belonged to was non-existent. Instead, the findings showed that the children’s perspective was entirely missing. The respondents claimed, in different ways, that they tried to meet the children’s needs, but in the end, the needs of the children did not affect the outcome of the decisions. Therefore, one can argue that there is a legal certainty in the process, since the children’s perspective is not included in the administration of financial aid at all. Concurrently, the legal certainty means that the children’s perspective is not included at all. Furthermore, the respondents imply that there is room to include the children’s perspective in their scope of action. However, in doing so it creates a paradox since their guidelines, norms and laws constrain them to a point to which the scope of action no longer exists.

Bakgrund: tidigare forskning visar på flera risker vid läkemedelshantering inom anestesi som resulterar i smittspridning vilket orsakar vårdrelaterade infektioner. Detta leder till lidande för patienter samt förlängda vårdtider och därmed ökade vårdkostnader. Delvis beror detta på riskfaktorer som bedöms som tämligen enkla att förebygga då de i huvudsak handlar om följsamhet till basala hygienrutiner. Inom anestesin finns stor utbredning och ökad förekomst av användandet av intravenös anestesi baserad på propofol. Propofol är ett gynnsamt medium för bakterietillväxt och således känsligt för kontamination och ska handhas aseptiskt. Syfte: undersöka anestesisjuksköterskors följsamhet till och uppfattningar av aseptiska hygienrutiner vid iordningställande och administrering av propofol. Metod: prospektiv kvantitativ tvärsnittsstudie med deduktiv ansats. I studien observerades 22 anestesisjuksköterskor som även fick skatta sin egen uppfattning om aseptiskt handhavande i en enkät. Resultat: studien påvisar brister i följsamhet till både basala hygienrutiner och aseptiskt handhavande av propofol. Konklusion: brister i följsamhet till aseptik medför risk för vårdrelaterade infektioner och således lidande för patienter. / Background: previous research shows evidence of multiple risks while administering drugs in an anesthetic context which lead to in iatrogenic contamination and health-care related infections. This leads to increased patient suffering, prolonged hospitalization, and increased health-care costs. Partly, this is caused by risk factors which are considered reasonably easy to prevent, preventative by compliance to basic hygiene routines. Within anesthetic care there is broad usage and increased prevalence of propofol-based intravenous anesthesia. Propofol has a predisposition for microbiological growth which means that it is sensitive to contamination, and should be handled aseptically. Aim: examine nurse anesthetists’ compliance to and perceptions of aseptic hygiene routines when preparing and administering propofol. Method: prospective quantitative cross-sectional study with a deductive approach. In this study, 22 nurse anesthetists were observed and were later asked in a questionnaire, to estimate their own perceptions of aseptic conduct while handling propofol. Result: the result demonstrates lack of adherence both in basic hygiene routines and aseptic handling of propofol. Conclusion: lack of adherence to aseptic routines concludes a risk for iatrogenic infections thus leading to patient suffering.

Magistro darbo tikslas – ištirti, kiek skaidri yra viešojo sektoriaus komunikacija. Darbo objektas – skaidrumas viešojo sektoriaus organizacijų komunikacijoje. Darbo uždaviniai: Apibrėžti viešojo sektoriaus sampratą bei veiklos specifiką; Išsiaiškinti viešajam sektoriui būdingus komunikacinės veiklos aspektus, naudojamas komunikacijos priemones; Apibrėžti, kas tai yra skaidrumas, nustatyti koks jo santykis su viešojo sektoriaus įstaigų komunikacija. Analizuojant mokslinę literatūrą susipažinta su viešajam sektoriui keliamais reikalavimais. Išsiaiškinta, kad čia vyrauja pakankamai griežtos taisyklės, kurios labai aiškiai apibrėžia veiklos procesus, veikiančios sistemos nustato tam tikras ribas. Sektorius veikia visuomenės pasitikėjimo pagrindu, todėl yra įpareigotas efektyviai bei skaidriai tenkinti jų poreikius. Prieš keletą dešimtmečių susirūpinta viešojo sektoriaus veiklos efektyvumu, todėl imtasi įvairių reformų nepaslankiai biurokratijai keisti. Šios reformos įtakojo ir naują komunikacijos, kaip strategiškai svarbios sektoriaus veiklos traktavimą. Ypatingas dėmesys imtas skirti komunikacijos skaidrumui, įstaigos atvirumui. Visuomenė ypač nori, kad įstaigos būtų atviros, matomos, sprendimai aiškūs, o komunikacija orientuota į tikslines auditorijas. Taip pat aptartas komunikacijos specialistų vaidmens išaugimas, jiems priskiriamų naujų funkcijų svarba. Teorinėms prielaidoms patvirtinti buvo atliktas tyrimas, kuris patvirtino literatūros analizės metu gautą medžiagą. Atlikus... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Transparency and openness of work processes and communication are very important in nowadays, especially in the public sector. Public sector is responsible for legislations, public services and wellbeing of the citizen’s. It operates on the foundation of public trust. It means that publics, communities have special rights and demands that influence public sector work and its communication. One and the most important is transparency. Transparency is very wide term, which contains such elements like openness, responsibility, accountability, clearness. Transparency of Communication is one of the main conditions of public sector in nowadays. The aim of this Master thesis is to survey the situation of transparency in the public sector communication. The main tasks are: to survey about public sector conception and work specific; to analyze public sector communication and its singularity; to identify what role transparency plays in public sector communication. Analysis of articles, researches, internet resources and databases where the main sources, which helped to unclose the main aims of this work. The ideas of these authors were used: Raipos, Backūnaitės, Ginevičiaus, Sūdžiaus, Ulevičiaus, Puškoriaus, Fairbanks, Lane, Pandey, Garnett and others. This Master thesis consists of four main parts. Firstly the conception of the public sector, its work specific and demands are presented. Also there are public administrating, the most important publics and the main reforms discussed in... [to full text]