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Nursing Research Foundation, NRF

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Examples of Hotus-guidelines (published 2020-2022):

  • Identification of risk circumstances of child maltreatment in families (2022), translation of the content was funded as part ERICA Project by the European Union’s Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (2014-2020). GA 856760, and layout by Finnish government Research Funding for Etelä-Pohjanmaa Hospital District. Please look into an application which was also founded as part of ERICA Project by the European Union’s Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (2014-2020) called: Family needs checklist
  • Oral care of palliative care patients (2022)
  • Acute dysphagia screening in stroke patients – a guideline for registered nurses (2021)
  • Succeed in laboratory testing – A guideline on selecting laboratory specimen, patient identification and education (2021)
  • Safe discharge of an elderly patient from hospital (2020)
  • Content of health education concerning insulin treatment with adult diabetes patients (2020)
  • Self-care for prevention of urinary tract infections in adults (2020)
  • Breastfeeding education of mothers and families during and after pregnancy (2020)

All Hotus-guidelines are available in Finnish from here.

Examples of Evidence Tips (published in 2022):

  • 1/2022: What factors prevent and promote implementing new practices in the hospital environment?
  • 2/2022: What factors prevent or enable seniors living in 24-hour care units from going out?
  • 3/2022: What is the attitude of nursing staff towards the physical restraint of mental health patients, and how can the use of restraints be reduced?
  • 4/2022: How do people with memory disorders experience non-pharmacological interventions and participation in them?
  • 5/2022: What are the mental symptoms of a health care professional who has made an error that led to an adverse event?

All Evidence tips are available in Finnish from here.