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Helena Laukkala
Researcher at University of Lapland
Publications - 21
Citations - 585
Helena Laukkala is an academic researcher from University of Lapland. The author has contributed to research in topics: Intensive care & Nurse education. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 21 publications receiving 518 citations. Previous affiliations of Helena Laukkala include Oulu University Hospital.
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Nurses' attitudes and perceptions of pain assessment in neonatal intensive care.
Tarja Pölkki,Anne Korhonen,Helena Laukkala,Timo Saarela,Katri Vehviläinen-Julkunen,Anna-Maija Pietilä +5 more
TL;DR: On average nurses' attitudes were positive towards the pain assessment in neonatal intensive care, however, there were some gaps in the knowledge concerning the respondents' perceptions of the items, which is a challenge to nursing and nursing education.
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Factors influencing nurses’ use of nonpharmacological pain alleviation methods in paediatric patients
TL;DR: Paediatric patients' surgical pain relief in the hospital was affected more by the nurses' personal characteristics, than by work-related factors or characteristics of the child or the child's parents.
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Stress of conscience among staff caring for older persons in Finland
TL;DR: Finnish nursing staff mostly felt that they did not have enough time to provide good care to patients and this gave them a troubled conscience, and the demanding work taxed their energy, a consequence being that they could not give their own families and loved ones the attention they would have liked.
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Parental views on participation in their child's pain relief measures and recommendations to health care providers.
TL;DR: Feelings such as concern, fear, helplessness, anxiety, and depression were commonly experienced by the parents during their child's hospitalization and most of the parents' recommendations concerned the topic of providing information.
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Imagery-induced relaxation in children's postoperative pain relief: a randomized pilot study.
TL;DR: The imagery trip CD can be used to reduce children's postoperative pain in a hospital setting, although its effect is short-lasting, and nurses underestimated the pain of pediatric patients.