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Bakgrund: Patientcentrerad vård är ett viktigt begrepp i den svenska hälso- och sjukvården. Begreppet patientcentrerad vård innehåller olika delar som autonomi, integritet, empowerment och patientdelaktighet. Hälso- och sjukvårdslagen och Socialstyrelsen beskriver att dessa delar är viktiga för sjuksköterskor att följa. Syfte: Studiens syfte är att beskriva sjusköterskors erfarenheter av patientcentrerad vård. Metod: En kvalitativ metod användes tillsammans med ett sjuksköterskeperspektiv. Insamlingen av data gjordes med kvalitativa enkäter med öppna frågor. Datamaterialet analyserades med en kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Resultat: Resultatet presenteras med sex  teman; Att visa respekt för patientens autonomi och integritet, Att förstå patientens livsvärld, Att göra patienten delaktig, Att kunna kommunicera med patienten samt Att inte ha tid att lyssna på patienten. Dessa teman beskriver vikten av en god kommunikation och patientdelaktighet. Resultatet beskriver även hur sjuksköterskor kan visa hänsyn och respekt för patienten. Det framkom även att det ibland kan vara svårt att följa en patientcentrerad vård. Slutsats: Studien påvisar att sjuksköterskors erfarenheter av patientcentrerad vård främst är god. Faktorer som exempelvis stress kan dock påverka den patientcentrerade vården negativt. / Background: Patient-centered care is an important concept in Swedish healthcare. The concept of patient-centered care contains of different parts as autonomy, integrity, empowerment and patient participation. Hälso- och sjukvårdslagen and Socialstyrelsen is describing that these parts is important for nurses to follow. Aim: The aim of this study is to describe nurses' experiences of patient-centered care. Method: A qualitative method was used with a nursing perspective. To collect data qualitative questionnaires with open-ended questions was used. The data was analyzed with a qualitative content analysis. Results: The results is presented with six themes; To show respect for the patients autonomy and integrity, To understands the patients lifeworld, To make the patient participating, To communicate with the patient and Not having time to listen to the patient. Those themes describes the importance of a good communication and patient participation. The results also describes how nurses can show consideration and respect for the patient. It also emerged that it sometimes can be difficult to follow a patient-centered care. Conclusion: The study shows that nurses' experiences of patient-centered care is mainly good, but that factors such as stress can affect the patient-centered care negatively.

Owing to a recent online trend of web 2.0, societies have emerged not only culturally but also technologically/virtually. This coupled with semantic web and Web Services have provided end-users with more opportunities to contribute to the web and consequentially have also multiplied their digital needs. One such requirement of a modern-day end-user is to combine the data, view and/or process presented across the web to suit his/her ephemeral needs by developing a novel application known as a service mashup. The end user development of mashup poses significant challenges to the end users. First challenge addressed in this thesis is the scope vs complexity challenge which refers to the impossibility of fully eliminating the technical barrier between a tool and the end user due to the corresponding complexity creeping in while developing new features in tool and extending its scope to provide added functionality. The second challenge arises from the utility=value/effort equation which implies that effort required in developing a mashup decreases the value and hence neutralizes the utility. Given these challenges and the related issues, I made three contributions. The central theme of my proposed approach - for managing these inherent challenges - is that the end user must be integrated into the process of a service composition application. My approach - A Goal-Oriented Mashup Development (GO-MaDe) framework defines, organizes and addresses the problems faced by end-users while composing their applications by proposing a new style of development in the mashup area in a bid to render irrelevant the underlying inherent tensions of the paradigm. My first contribution in this regard is a classification model that takes into account end user centered usability criteria for calibrating mashup tools efforts. Secondly, this research is the pioneer study about the integration of an agile-style analysis-cum-design phase into the mashup development process. Hence, it presents a redefined process of service-based applications development by introducing a spiral process model that introduces a phased, incremental concept of mashup development lifecycle. Based on the spiral model, I have presented a method (KAReM) annotated with domain theory for better acquisition and representation of user requirements encompassed by the APIs or Web Services that are composed to develop a mashup by incorporating the dynamics of goal decompositions using goal based templates. It serves to enhance the end-user experience by facilitating them to explore the problem space and helping them derive the visual representations of their requirements which can then be translated into service compositions. To evaluate my contributions qualitatively and quantitatively I conducted literature reviews, and validated my framework by scenarios and a controlled experiment.

El texto completo de este trabajo no está disponible en el Repositorio Académico UPC por restricciones de la casa editorial donde ha sido publicado. / Pursuit of innovation projects with the absent of a methodology to follow hampers the development of the software product as its complexity grows since the freedom of its own advancement is confused with the lack of order on it. Traditional and agile methodologies do not adapt to this kind of projects therefore, in this paper we aim to design a model that incorporates characteristics of both of them to get a solution of a need found in society. In this study, we focus on the construction of a mobile application that answer to the lack of a system that integrates pharmaceutical products from different establishment through the appliance of usability concept with the UCD (User centered design) approach. In this case we only detail about four of the seven stages proposed in the model developed with its techniques, tools and activities conducted. Results obtained show that the model proposed achieve the expectative and its use is not limited to just mobile applications but to any kind of software project. / Revisión por pares