Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus [MRSA] is a multi-resistant bacterium that causes suffering for patients, challenges in the treatment for the health-care workers, and increased costs for society. The rates of MRSA have been increasing dramatically in recent years. The Competency Standard for registred nurses [RNs] states that the RN has an obligation to provide equal care to all patien

The proposed adverse impact of income inequality on health has long been an important topic in health economics. A negative correlation between inequality and health has been found in several empirical studies but the issues regarding causality and causes are yet to be resolved. The widespread theory that the effects on health goes via disinvestment in social capital and trust is heavily researche

The aim of this study was to depict and analyse how social workers in Swedish methadone maintenance and outpatient care construct clients and their problems in order to legitimize specific help interventions. The study was conducted in eight different clinics, and the empirical material comprises interviews with eight social workers. From a linguistic, etnomethodological and semiotic philosophy a

Bakgrund: Gravida tonåringar behövde information samt fysiskt, emotionellt och socialt stöd. Sjuksköterskans kompetens innefattade att ge tonåringen stöd. Syfte: Att undersöka aspekter av stöd vid tonårsgraviditeter ur sjuksköterskans perspektiv. Metod: En litteraturstudie utfördes med kvalitativ ansats. Nio vetenskapliga artiklar granskades och analyserades. Resultat: Vid bristande stöd från den

In Matt 5:17 Jesus is declaring the purpose of his mission to this world, announcing that he is the fulfilment of the Law and the Prophets. How should these words be understood? In what way is Jesus the fulfilment of the Law and the Prophets? Taking its starting-point in the works of John P. Meier (Law and History in Matthew´s Gospel – A Redactional Study of Mt. 5:17-48) and Roland Deines (Die Ger

De senaste åren har utnyttjandet av elektronisk handel ökat markant världen vilket har genererat i en effektivare konsumtion och bättre möjligheter för E-handelsföretag. Detta är mycket tack vare att säkerhet hos nuvarande betalningssystem ökat och att det blivit enklare att använda. Det är i alla fall vad allmänheten tror. I denna uppsats granskar vi E-betalningssystem utifrån ett användarperspek

For some time Sweden has avoided the involvement of therapy dogs in health and social care. In spite of other countries who’s been using dogs for several years, Sweden has been sceptical of the alleged positive influence that dogs supposedly can have on humans. In countries like England, Austria and the US you can find educations on university level for dogs to be used when treating humans. Up unt

Studien använder sig av en kvantitativ metod, där 18 handelsstrategier har tagits fram och testats på en tioårig tidsperiod på tre olika valutapar. Studien ämnar förstärka eller falsifiera den effektiva marknadshypotesen och genomförs således enligt en hypotetisk-deduktiv metod. Syftet är att med hjälp av kvantifierade investeringsstrategier undersöka huruvida det går att prognostisera framtida prThis thesis uses a quantitative method in which 18 trading strategies have been developed and have been backtested ten years on three different currency pairs. Furthermore it intends to either strengthen or falsify the Efficient Market Hypothesis in accordance with a hypothetical-deductive method. The purpose is to examine the possibility of achieving a positive return on the currency market using

This study aims to examine the effects of information and communications technology (ICT) on international trade in African countries. Panel data is used for 54 African countries from 2001 to 2010. The African countries are divided into three groups: North Africa & South Africa (NS), Sub-Saharan coast (SSK) and Sub- Saharan landlocked (SSI). The Gravity model is employed to form a theoretical

Bakgrund: Vid varje påbörjat vårdtillfälle ska beslut om HLR-behandling tas. Att avstå HLR är en läkarordination men beslutet bör konsulteras med övrig vårdpersonal. Syfte: Syftet med studien var att belysa sjuksköterskans erfarenheter av beslut om HLR-behandling av vuxna. Metod: Studien utfördes som en litteraturstudie med en integrerad analys. Totalt inkluderades nio artiklar, sju kvalitativa oc

This study examines how media perceptions of violence in demonstrations uphold status quo, and perceive conceptions about antifascist demonstrants, as well as the police. The methodological approach consisted of a case study along with Norman Faircloughs three dimensional model for performing a critical discourse analysis. The material used in the thesis dwells on seventeen articles from four diff

Empathy is a widely discussed subject in social work research, considered to be an important professional ability in interaction with clients. In contrast to its pervasiveness in practice, confusion surrounds the notion as different definitions of the phenomenon stands in conflict with each other. The ‘simulation theory’ was found to be a salient conceptualization of empathy in social work where e

In gas turbine blade modeling a stable but yet flexible method of describing the blade shape is crucial. Polynomials and B ́ezier curves have previously been used and in this paper B-splines are employed instead. This method removes the need for many of the interior derivative conditions on the curve but special care must be taken when selecting the parameter values and appropriate derivative cond

The purpose of this study was to examine if the employees view on leadership differs in different kinds of organizations. The purpose was also to examine if the employees prefers transformational leadership rather than a transactional leadership. The survey addressed approximately 400 people, half of them work in a municipality and half of them work in a digital entertainment company. The results

Bakgrund: Fetma är idag ett av världens snabbast växande hälsoproblem. Stigmatisering av och negativa attityder till personer med fetma är bland de mest socialt accepterade fenomenen i vår tid. Personer med fetma betraktas bland annat som lata, obegåvade och besvärliga. Syfte: Syftet med studien var att utifrån begreppet stigma belysa vad det innebär att vara patient med fetma. Metod: Litteraturst

Studiens syfte var att undersöka hur två faktorer, work locus of control (WLOC) och perceived organizational support (POS), är relaterade till arbetsrelaterad stress samt att även undersöka en eventuell interaktionseffekt mellan WLOC och POS på stress. Dessa variabler mättes i en survey som delades ut via mail och Facebook (n=100). Resultaten bekräftade att det finns ett samband mellan både WLOC o

Bakgrund: I Sverige avled drygt 90000 personer år 2010 och Socialstyrelsen bedömde att cirka 80% av dem var i behov av palliativ vård. Av de patienter som vårdas palliativt är majoriteten drabbade av någon form av cancersjukdom. Sjuksköterskan har en viktig roll i den palliativa vården och bär på ett stort ansvar där han/hon arbetar för att förbättra livskvalitet och lindra lidande hos patienten.

The aim of this study was to examine how treaters of gambling problems apprehend and work with gambling problems, as well as examine what kind of meaning the gender differences in gambling problems has for the treaters. The study was based on phone interviews with five treaters who all were spread out over Sweden. Some worked in the private sector and some worked in the public sector. The results

Den här studien syftade till att undersöka om den evaluativa faktorn i personlighet kunde koppla samman en skillnad i preferens av olika intervjufrågor. Den evaluativa faktorn i aktuell studie definerades som: att tilltalas av värdeladdad information och att i sin självbeskrivning vilja framstå på ett socialt önskvärt sätt. 36 intervjufrågor konstruerades och delades in i kategorierna: relevant-spThe purpose of this study was to determine whether the evaluative factor in a person could be connected to a difference in the preferred choice of interview questions. The evaluative factor in this study was defined as a preference for evaluative information and a tendency to describe one self in a social desirable way. 36 interview questions were constructed and divided into three categories: rel