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May Helen Midtbust

May Helen Midtbust

PhD, RN
Department of Health Sciences Ålesund

mmi@ntnu.no
+4770161266 A222, Ålesund, Larsgårdveien 2
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About

May Helen Midtbust (1972) is a trained nurse and is an assosiate professor at the Department of Health Sciences in Aalesund. She has partivular responsibility for teaching within elderly care and dementia care. She is deputy head of education (bachelor in nursing) at the Department of Health Sciences (IHA), and the research group leder of "Practice-oriented research  - development of health professionals' expertice (PREX).

Education:

RN, MSc, Ph.d.

Competencies

  • Advance Care Planning
  • Aging and health
  • Care-taking of elders
  • Dementia
  • Fenomenology
  • Nursing Homes
  • Palliativ care
  • Palliative care plan
  • Qualitative methodologies

Research

Midtbust is the research group leder of "Practice-oriented research - development of health professionals' expertice (PREX).

Research areas:

  • Palliative care to persons with dementia
  • Dementia care
  • Advance Care Planning
  • The role of relatives

Publications

  • Chronological
  • By category
  • See all publications in Cristin

2022

  • Midtbust, May Helen; Gjengedal, Eva; Alnes, Rigmor Einang. (2022) Moral distress - a threat to dementia care? A qualitative study of nursing staff members’ experiences in long-term care facilities. BMC Health Services Research
    Academic article
  • Skåre, Terese Solvoll; Midtbust, May Helen; Lund, Jo-Åsmund; Kaasa, Stein; Dreyer, Anne. (2022) Barriers and Facilitators When Implementing Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome Measures at a Municipal Cancer Care Unit: A Qualitative Study. Cancer Nursing
    Academic article

2020

  • Midtbust, May Helen; Alnes, Rigmor Einang. (2020) Mangel på kontinuitet - en trussel mot god demensomsorg. Sunnmørsposten
    Feature article
  • Midtbust, May Helen; Alnes, Rigmor Einang. (2020) Mangel på kontinuitet er en trussel mot god demensomsorg. Gemini
    Feature article
  • Midtbust, May Helen; Alnes, Rigmor Einang. (2020) "Jeg følte meg sjelden trygg" - pårørende til personer med demens i sykehjem. Sunnmørsposten
    Feature article
  • Midtbust, May Helen; Alnes, Rigmor Einang; Gjengedal, Eva; Lykkeslet, Else. (2020) Separation characterized by responsibility and guilt : family caregivers' experience with palliative care for a close family member with severe dementia in long-term care facilities. Dementia
    Academic article

2019

  • Midtbust, May Helen. (2019) Er det rom for god lindrende omsorg for personer med demens på sykehjem? En fagblogg om medisin og helse ved NTNU.
    Website (informational material)
  • Midtbust, May Helen. (2019) Idealer og realiteter i palliativ omsorg for personer med alvorlig grad av demens i sykehjem : helsepersonells og pårørendes erfaringer. Ph.d.-avhandlinger i helse- og sosialfag (2019:2)
    Doctoral dissertation

2018

  • Midtbust, May Helen; Alnes, Rigmor Einang; Gjengedal, Eva; Lykkeslet, Else. (2018) Perceived barriers and facilitators in providing palliative care for people with severe dementia : the healthcare professionals' experiences. BMC Health Services Research
    Academic article
  • Midtbust, May Helen. (2018) Family caregivers' experiences with palliative care of people with severe dementia in Norwegian nursing homes. International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC)
    Abstract
  • Midtbust, May Helen; Alnes, Rigmor Einang; Gjengedal, Eva; Lykkeslet, Else. (2018) A painful experience of limited understanding : healthcare professionals’ experiences with palliative care of people with severe dementia in Norwegian nursing homes. BMC Palliative Care
    Academic article

2014

  • Midtbust, May Helen; Ipsen, Liv Bodil Angvik; Alnes, Rigmor Grete Einang. (2014) Etisk kompetanseheving ved behandling og lindring ved livets slutt - et utviklingsprosjekt for personalet i sykehjem. Rapport HiÅ (02)
    Report

2013

  • Alnes, Rigmor Grete Einang; Vågen, Sølvi Røsvik; Midtbust, May Helen; Krøvel, Brit Steines. (2013) Dialogkafè og refleksjonsgrupper som et virkemiddel i kontinuerlig forbedringsarbeid i hjemmetjenestene. Rapport HiÅ (01)
    Report

2011

  • Midtbust, May Helen; Lykkeslet, Else; Skovdahl, Kirsti. (2011) "Med mobilen i lomma" : pårørendes erfaringer når en av deres nære dør. Nordisk tidsskrift for helseforskning
    Academic article

2009

  • Midtbust, May Helen. (2009) En verdig død i sykehjem.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Journal publications

  • Midtbust, May Helen; Gjengedal, Eva; Alnes, Rigmor Einang. (2022) Moral distress - a threat to dementia care? A qualitative study of nursing staff members’ experiences in long-term care facilities. BMC Health Services Research
    Academic article
  • Skåre, Terese Solvoll; Midtbust, May Helen; Lund, Jo-Åsmund; Kaasa, Stein; Dreyer, Anne. (2022) Barriers and Facilitators When Implementing Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome Measures at a Municipal Cancer Care Unit: A Qualitative Study. Cancer Nursing
    Academic article
  • Midtbust, May Helen; Alnes, Rigmor Einang. (2020) Mangel på kontinuitet - en trussel mot god demensomsorg. Sunnmørsposten
    Feature article
  • Midtbust, May Helen; Alnes, Rigmor Einang. (2020) Mangel på kontinuitet er en trussel mot god demensomsorg. Gemini
    Feature article
  • Midtbust, May Helen; Alnes, Rigmor Einang. (2020) "Jeg følte meg sjelden trygg" - pårørende til personer med demens i sykehjem. Sunnmørsposten
    Feature article
  • Midtbust, May Helen; Alnes, Rigmor Einang; Gjengedal, Eva; Lykkeslet, Else. (2020) Separation characterized by responsibility and guilt : family caregivers' experience with palliative care for a close family member with severe dementia in long-term care facilities. Dementia
    Academic article
  • Midtbust, May Helen; Alnes, Rigmor Einang; Gjengedal, Eva; Lykkeslet, Else. (2018) Perceived barriers and facilitators in providing palliative care for people with severe dementia : the healthcare professionals' experiences. BMC Health Services Research
    Academic article
  • Midtbust, May Helen. (2018) Family caregivers' experiences with palliative care of people with severe dementia in Norwegian nursing homes. International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC)
    Abstract
  • Midtbust, May Helen; Alnes, Rigmor Einang; Gjengedal, Eva; Lykkeslet, Else. (2018) A painful experience of limited understanding : healthcare professionals’ experiences with palliative care of people with severe dementia in Norwegian nursing homes. BMC Palliative Care
    Academic article
  • Midtbust, May Helen; Lykkeslet, Else; Skovdahl, Kirsti. (2011) "Med mobilen i lomma" : pårørendes erfaringer når en av deres nære dør. Nordisk tidsskrift for helseforskning
    Academic article

Part of book/report

  • Midtbust, May Helen. (2009) En verdig død i sykehjem.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Report

  • Midtbust, May Helen. (2019) Idealer og realiteter i palliativ omsorg for personer med alvorlig grad av demens i sykehjem : helsepersonells og pårørendes erfaringer. Ph.d.-avhandlinger i helse- og sosialfag (2019:2)
    Doctoral dissertation
  • Midtbust, May Helen; Ipsen, Liv Bodil Angvik; Alnes, Rigmor Grete Einang. (2014) Etisk kompetanseheving ved behandling og lindring ved livets slutt - et utviklingsprosjekt for personalet i sykehjem. Rapport HiÅ (02)
    Report
  • Alnes, Rigmor Grete Einang; Vågen, Sølvi Røsvik; Midtbust, May Helen; Krøvel, Brit Steines. (2013) Dialogkafè og refleksjonsgrupper som et virkemiddel i kontinuerlig forbedringsarbeid i hjemmetjenestene. Rapport HiÅ (01)
    Report

INFORMASJONSMATR

  • Midtbust, May Helen. (2019) Er det rom for god lindrende omsorg for personer med demens på sykehjem? En fagblogg om medisin og helse ved NTNU.
    Website (informational material)

Teaching

Courses

  • SYA3900 - Master's Thesis in Clinical Nursing
  • SYG3900 - Master's Thesis in Clinical Nursing
  • SYA3903 - Master's Thesis in Advanced Clinical General Nursing
  • SYT3900 - Master's Thesis in Clinical Nursing

Media

Er det rom for god lindrende omsorg for personer med demens på sykehjem?

Hensikten med phd-studien var å få økt kunnskap om helsepersonell og pårørendes erfaringer med lindrende omsorg til personer med alvorlig grad av demens i sykehjem.

2019

  • Academic lecture
    Midtbust, May Helen. (2019) Lindrende omsorg til personer med alvorlig grad av demens i sykehjem - en studie av helsepersonells og pårørendes erfaringer. Fylkesmannen i Møre og Romsdal Demenskonferansen 2019 , Ålesund 2019-04-10 - 2019-04-11

2018

  • Academic lecture
    Midtbust, May Helen. (2018) Family caregivers' experiences with palliative care of people with severe dementia in Norwegian nursing homes. The International Foundation of Integrated Care (IFIC) International Conference on Integrated Care , Utrecht 2018-05-23 - 2018-05-25
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