20.08.2013: Evidence-based practice is based on a combination of the best current research evidence, clinical expertise and the patients’ own preferences. In evidence-based practice, tools are used to find trustworthy answers to relevant clinical questions, and this requires skills in knowledge management. To achieve changes in clinical practice, knowledge management should be accompanied by quality improvement. Should Eva (aged 53), who is hospitalised with acute severe pancreatitis, receive enteral nutrition, or is total parenteral nutrition acceptable? A nurse who had recently attended a training...

15.11.2011: The patients who are assessed at Oslo University Hospital’s Memory Clinic are young – half of them are under 65 years of age. Most are suffering from mild cognitive impairment or dementia at a very early phase while others come to get a second opinion. The assessment takes 2 – 3 hours and is conducted by a doctor and a nurse. It includes a clinical investigation, cognitive testing, an MRI scan with measurement of the medial temporal lobes, a lumbar puncture and single-photon-emission tomography (SPECT of the brain). According to epidemiological studies, approximately 70,000 Norwegians suffer...