• Dignity at stake in educational relations - The significance of confirmation 

      Stikholmen, Tone; Nåden, Dagfinn; Alvsvåg, Herdis (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Introduction: It is a goal in nursing education to promote students’ dignity and facilitate this core value. Students’ experience of dignity is shaped by the student–supervisor relationship. Literature shows limited knowledge ...
    • Dignity in fragile older women receiving daily municipality care 

      Kaldestad, Kari; Nåden, Dagfinn (Nursing Ethics;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-06-28)
      Background:Dignity is an important ideal in the nursing of older women who need municipal care. Dignity can be challenged when health is impaired by feeling grief and suffering associated with bodily changes and impaired ...
    • Dignity in relationships and existence in nursing homes’ cultures 

      Rehnsfeldt, Arne Wilhelm; Slettebø, Åshild; Lohne, Vibeke; Sæteren, Berit; Lindwall, Lillemor; Heggestad, Anne Kari Tolo; Råholm, Maj-Britt; Høy, Bente; Caspari, Synnøve; Nåden, Dagfinn (Nursing Ethics;Volume 29, Issue 7-8, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-07-08)
      Introduction: Expressions of dignity as a clinical phenomenon in nursing homes as expressed by caregivers were investigated. A coherence could be detected between the concepts and phenomena of existence and dignity in ...
    • Discovering dignity through experience: How nursing students discover the expression of dignity 

      Stikholmen, Tone; Nåden, Dagfinn; Alvsvåg, Herdis (Nursing Ethics;Volume: 29, issue: 1, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-09-15)
      Introduction: Dignity is a core value in nursing. Nursing education shall prepare students for ethical professional practice and facilitate insight into the phenomenon of dignity and its significance. There is limited ...
    • End-of-life care at home: Dignity of family caregivers 

      Staats, Katrine; Jeppestøl, Kristin; Søvde, Bente Egge; Brenne, Bodil Aarmo; Tarberg, Anett Skorpen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Background: Healthcare services are increasingly being shifted to home settings for patients nearing end-of- life. Consequently, the burden on family caregivers is significant. Their vulnerable situation remains ...
    • Human rights and nutritional care in nurse education: lessons learned 

      Terragni, Laura; Raustøl, Anne (Nursing Ethics;Volume 29, Issue 4, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-02-07)
      Background: Food is an important part of nursing care and recognized as a basic need and a human right. Nutritional care for older adults in institutions represents a particularly important area to address in nursing ...
    • Older patients’ perspectives on illness and healthcare during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic 

      Jøranson, Nina; Heggestad, Anne Kari Tolo; Lausund, Hilde; Breievne, Grete; Bruun-Olsen, Vigdis; Heiberg, Kristi Elisabeth; Myrstad, Marius; Ranhoff, Anette Hylen (Nursing Ethics;Vol 29, Issue 4, 2022, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-03-03)
      Background: Equal access to healthcare is a core principle in Norway’s public healthcare system. The COVID-19 pandemic challenged healthcare systems in the early phase – in particular, related to testing and hospital ...
    • Residents’ experiences of paternalism in nursing homes 

      Mortensen, Anne Helene; Nåden, Dagfinn; Karterud, Dag; Lohne, Vibeke (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background: Interest in strengthening residents’ autonomy in nursing homes is intensifying and professional caregivers’ experience ethical dilemmas when the principles of beneficence and autonomy conflict. This increased ...
    • A vulnerable journey towards professional empathy and moral courage 

      Heggestad, Anne Kari Tolo; Konow-Lund, Anne-Sophie; Christiansen, Bjørg; Nortvedt, Per (Nursing Ethics;Volume: 29, issue: 4, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-06-01)
      Background: Empathy and moral courage are important virtues in nursing and nursing ethics. Hence, it is of great importance that nursing students and nurses develop their ability to empathize and their willingness to ...