The findings suggest that a short-duration training programme enhances nurses' awareness of nutrition care, but it is not enough to achieve the nurses' full understanding of their responsibility for nutrition care.

In recent years, Denmark has witnessed an increasing written and oral debate concerning the quality of basic nursing care. The present study is an attempt to characterize basic nursing care in a Danish hospital by collecting data on patient perceptions of their main somatic problems in seven pre-set categories. These data include documentation of patient problems in corresponding problem categories, and the staff's additional knowledge about patient problems. Triangulation of methods was used. Data were collected on 120 patients and from 22 nurses. The patients had 2.3 problems on average: pain (58%) and sleep (43%) were the problems cited most frequently. Only 31% of patients' experienced problems were documented in the nursing records. The nursing staff had more knowledge than was registered in the nursing records. However, one-third of the patients' problems was totally unknown to the nursing staff. From the patients' point of view, essential aspects of basic nursing care are overlooked in daily clinical practice. The findings show that the method employed is suitable for integration of the patients' perspective.

In recent years, Denmark has witnessed an increasing written and oral debate concerning the quality of basic nursing care. The present study is an attempt to characterize basic nursing care in a Danish hospital by collecting data on patient perceptions of their main somatic problems in seven pre-set categories. These data include documentation of patient problems in corresponding problem categories, and the staff's additional knowledge about patient problems. Triangulation of methods was used. Data were collected on 120 patients and from 22 nurses. The patients had 2.3 problems on average: pain (58%) and sleep (43%) were the problems cited most frequently. Only 31% of patients' experienced problems were documented in the nursing records. The nursing staff had more knowledge than was registered in the nursing records. However, one-third of the patients' problems was totally unknown to the nursing staff. From the patients' point of view, essential aspects of basic nursing care are overlooked in daily clinical practice. The findings show that the method employed is suitable for integration of the patients' perspective.

The exercise intervention was undertaken safely by operable lung cancer patients initiated 2 weeks after surgery. The intervention put the patients on track to a healthier lifestyle regarding physical activity and smoking. The study indicates that exercise initiated early in the treatment trajectory is beneficial for operable lung cancer patients and especially for those who were physically active and motivated pre-illness and who did not experience side effect of treatment.