Disputas: Ole Martin Nordaunet

Ole Martin Nordaunet disputerer med sin doktorgradsavhandling «FLORENCE: Nurses' Scope of Practice, its Contextual Modulators and the Fundamentals of Care in Home- and Facility-based Care: A Mixed Methods Design».

Abstract:

The nurses' scope of practice defines their roles and functions, addressing the fundamental physical, relational, and psychosocial needs of individuals requiring care. This understanding is conceptually linked to what nursing is and serves as an expression of professional identity.

While the fundamentals of care are central to nursing, the scope of practice for addressing older people's fundamental care needs in long-term care is sparsely described in the literature and often viewed in isolation rather than within the systems and contexts in which it occurs. This thesis explores nursing practice in long-term care, employing a contextual lens to examine how environmental factors influence the professional working environment, nurses' scope of practice, and their activities related to the fundamentals of care.

Insights are based on a pragmatic, fixed sequential mixed-methods design, employing diverse approaches to explore the core concepts underpinning this work. The findings are applicable to nurses, leaders, managers, educators, and policymakers, offering insights to improve the professional working environment, enhance the scope of practice, and elevate the quality of fundamentals of care in long-term care settings.

 

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