IntroductionThis study is part the project “Nursing in Borderland – Finnmark 1939–1950” within nursing history that sheds light on nursing and health care during World War II in Finnmark County, Northern Norway. The study focuses on challenges in nursing care that arose during the war because of war activities in the Barents area. This article focuses on challenges caused by shortage of supplies. The aim of the project is to widen the understanding of development within health care and living conditions in the area.Study designThis is a historical study using narratives, government documents and literature.MethodsInterviews with nurses and persons active in health care during World War II constitute the main data of the research. Thematic issues that arise from interviews are analysed.Primary and secondary written sources are used in analysing the topics.Because of war activities, deportation and burning of the county, archives were partly destroyed. Central archives can contribute with annual reports, whereas local archives are fragmentary. There are a number of reports written soon after the War, as well as a number of biographical books of newer date.ResultsChallenges caused by war, which appear in the interviews, are: 1) shortage of supplies, 2) increased workload, 3) multicultural society, 4) ethical dilemmas, 5) deportation of the population. In this paper, focus is on challenges caused by shortage of supplies.ConclusionsBoth institutions, personnel and patients were marked by the war. This has to be taken in consideration in health care today.

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Sammendrag I denne artikkel redegjør vi for et pilotprosjekt knyttet til nettstøttet videreutdanning innen helsefag ved Høgskolen i Finnmark, hvor ulike verktøy i høgskolens elektroniske laeringsplattform ble prøvd ut med basis i kooperativ laeringsfilosofi, samhandlingslaering. I helse-og sosialfaglig utdanning har det vaert motstand mot å ta i bruk nettbaserte verktøy i undervisnings-og laeringsprosessen. Det begrunnes med at samhandling, kommunikasjon og møtet med pasienten/klienten stå r sentralt i utøvelsen av fagene, og er vanskelig å laere på nett. Studenter i samlingsbaserte videreutdanninger opplever ofte oppmerksomhetskonflikt og tidsklemme mellom jobb, familieforpliktelser og studier, noe som gjør at studiene ofte nedprioriteres mellom samlingene. Erfaringene fra denne studien viser at nettstøttede laeringsverktøy er et aktuelt alternativ også innen helse-og sosialfag. Imidlertid må valg av verktøy vaere godt planlagt for å sikre et godt laeringsutbytte. Det er fortsatt behov for videreutvikling av de digitale verktøyene, slik at de blir mer fleksible og lettere å tilpasse til ulike pedagogiske valg og brukergrupper med ulik erfaring med digitale verktøy.