Brita Fosser Olsen

• Friberg, Klara; Hofsø, Kristin; Rustøen, Tone; Ræder, Johan; Småstuen, Milada Cvancarova & Puntillo, Kathleen [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2024). Patient characteristics associated with posttraumatic stress symptoms in intensive care unit survivors during a one-year follow-up: A multicenter study. Heart & Lung. ISSN 0147-9563. 66, p. 1–8. doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2024.02.011.
• Nystrøm, Vivian & Olsen, Brita Fosser (2024). The effect of noise and light on sedation in critical care patients. A cross-sectional study of critical care nurses in three intensive care units in Norway. Inspira – tidsskrift for anestesi-, operasjon- og intensivsykepleiere. ISSN 0809-9707. 19(1), p. 78–90. doi: 10.23865/inspira.v19.5894.
• Friberg, Klara; Hofsø, Kristin; Ræder, Johan; Rustøen, Tone; Småstuen, Milada Cvancarova & Olsen, Brita Fosser (2023). Prevalence of and predictive factors associated with high levels of post-traumatic stress symptoms 3 months after intensive care unit admission: A prospective study. Australian Critical Care. ISSN 1036-7314. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2023.06.005.
• Nikolaisen, Mette Kure; Fridh, Stina & Olsen, Brita Fosser (2023). Patient transfer from intensive care units to general wards: An exploratory qualitative study of ward nurses' experiences of patient safety. Nursing Open. ISSN 2054-1058. 10(10), p. 6769–6776. doi: 10.1002/nop2.1923.
• Wevling, Astrid Birgitte; Olsen, Brita Fosser; Nygaard, Anne Mette & Heiberg, Turid (2023). Knowledge and Awareness of Non-Technical Skills Over the Course of an Educational Program in Nursing - A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study. Advances in Medical Education and Practice. ISSN 1179-7258. 14, p. 31–41. doi: 10.2147/amep.s379341. Full text in Research Archive
• Høyum-Johansen, Gro Merete; Olsen, Brita Fosser; Wevling, Astrid Birgitte & Leonardsen, Ann-Chatrin Linqvist (2022). En kvalitativ studie av studenters egenopplevde kompetanseutvikling gjennom videreutdanning. Nordisk tidsskrift for helseforskning. ISSN 1504-3614. 18(2). doi: 10.7557/14.6298.
• Laake, Jon Henrik; Buanes, Eirik A.; Småstuen, Milada C.; Kvåle, Reidar; Olsen, Brita Fosser & Rustøen, Tone [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2021). Characteristics, management and survival of ICU patients with coronavirus disease-19 in Norway, March-June 2020. A prospective observational study. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. ISSN 0001-5172. 65(5), p. 618–628. doi: 10.1111/aas.13785. Full text in Research Archive
• Slang, Renate; Finsrud, Lene Tangen & Olsen, Brita Fosser (2020). Nursing interventions in intensive care unit patients with breathing difficulties: A scoping review of the evidence. Nordic journal of nursing research. ISSN 2057-1585. 40(4), p. 176–187. doi: 10.1177/2057158520948834.
• Olsen, Brita Fosser; Valeberg, Berit Taraldsen; Jacobsen, Morten; Småstuen, Milada Cvancarova; Puntillo, Kathleen & Rustøen, Tone (2020). Pain in intensive care unit patients—A longitudinal study. Nursing Open. ISSN 2054-1058. 8(1), p. 224–231. doi: 10.1002/nop2.621. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Aim: To assess occurrence of pain during the first 6 days of intensive care unit (ICU) stay and evaluate associations between occurrence of pain and selected patient‐related variables. Design: A longitudinal study. Methods: Adult ICU patients from three units were included. Patients' pain was assessed with valid pain assessment tools every 8 hr during their first 6 days in ICU. Possible associations between occurrence of pain and selected patient‐related variables were modelled using multiple logistic regression. Results: When pain was assessed regularly with pain assessment tools, 10% of patients were in pain at rest and 27% were in pain during turning. The proportions of patients who were in pain were significantly higher for patients able to self‐report pain, compared with patients not able to self‐report (p < .001). Several predictors were associated with being in pain. It is important to be aware of these predictors in order to improve pain management.

• Olsen, Brita Fosser & Nystrøm, Vivian (2020). Respiratorbehandling . In Gulbrandsen, Tove Anita & Stubberud, Dag-Gunnar (Ed.), Intensivsykepleie. Cappelen Damm AS. ISSN 9788202603748. p. 339–386.
• Leonardsen, Ann-Chatrin Linqvist; Nystrøm, Vivian; Grimsrud, Inger-Johanne Sælid; Hauge, Linn Maria & Olsen, Brita Fosser (2020). Competence in caring for patients with respiratory insufficiency-A cross-sectional study. Intensive & Critical Care Nursing. ISSN 0964-3397. p. 1–8. doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2020.102952.
• Olsen, Brita Fosser; Rustøen, Tone & Valeberg, Berit Taraldsen (2020). Nurse's Evaluation of a Pain Management Algorithm in Intensive Care Units. Pain Management Nursing. ISSN 1524-9042. 21(6), p. 543–548. doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2020.05.006. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Background: Many patients have memories of pain during intensive care unit stay. To improve pain management, practice guidelines recommend that pain management should be guided by routine pain assessment and suggest an assessment-driven, protocol-based, stepwise approach. This recommendation prompted the development of a pain-management algorithm. Aim: Evaluate the feasibility and clinical utility of this algorithm. Design: A descriptive survey. Settings: One medical/surgical intensive care unit, one surgical intensive care unit, and one postanesthesia care unit at two hospitals in Norway. Participants/Subjects: Nurses working at the three units. Methods: A pain-management algorithm, including three pain assessment tools and a guide to pain assessment and pain management, was developed and implemented in three intensive care units. Nurses working at the three units (n = 129) responded to a questionnaire regarding the feasibility and clinical utility of the algorithm used. Results: Our results suggested that nurses considered the new pain-management algorithm to have relatively high feasibility, but somewhat lower clinical utility. Less than half of respondents thought that pain treatment in clinical practice had become more targeted using the tree pain-assessment tools (45%) and the algorithm for pain assessment and pain management (24%). Conclusions: Pain-management algorithms may be appropriate and useful in clinical practice. However, to increase clinical utility and to achieve more targeted pain treatment, more focus on pain-treatment actions and reassessment of patients’ pain is needed. Further focus in clinical practice on how to implement an algorithm and more focus on pain-treatment action and reassessment of patients’ pain is needed.

• Nystrøm, Vivian; Olsen, Brita Fosser & Brekke, Idunn (2020). Practised sedation in mechanically ventilated patients: A survey of nurses’ perceptions. Nordic journal of nursing research. ISSN 2057-1585. 40(2), p. 105–112. doi: 10.1177/2057158519899548.
• Sandvik, Reidun Karin Norheim Myhre; Olsen, Brita Fosser; Rygh, Lars Jørgen & Moi, Asgjerd Litleré (2020). Pain relief from nonpharmacological interventions in the intensive care unit: A scoping review. Journal of Clinical Nursing (JCN). ISSN 0962-1067. 29(9-10), p. 1488–1498. doi: 10.1111/jocn.15194. Full text in Research Archive
• Olseng, Margareth; Olsen, Brita Fosser; Hetland, Sveinung Arild; Fagermoen, May Solveig & Jacobsen, Morten (2017). Quality of life improves in patients with chronic heart failure and Cheyne-Stokes respiration treated with adaptive servo-ventilation in a nurse-led heart failure clinic. Journal of Clinical Nursing (JCN). ISSN 0962-1067. 26(9-10), p. 1226–1233. doi: 10.1111/jocn.13416.
• Olsen, Brita Fosser; Rustøen, Tone; Sandvik, Leiv; Jacobsen, Morten & Valeberg, Berit Taraldsen (2016). Results of implementing a pain management algorithm in intensive care unit patients: The impact on pain assessment, length of stay, and duration of ventilation. Journal of critical care. ISSN 0883-9441. 36, p. 207–211. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2016.07.011.
• Olsen, Brita Fosser; Rustøen, Tone; Sandvik, Leiv; Miaskowski, Christine; Jacobsen, Morten B. & Valeberg, Berit Taraldsen (2015). Development of a pain management algorithm for intensive care units. Heart & Lung. ISSN 0147-9563. 44(6), p. 521–527. doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2015.09.001.
• Olsen, Brita Fosser; Rustøen, Tone; Sandvik, Leiv; Miaskowski, Christina; Jacobsen, Morten B. & Valeberg, Berit Taraldsen (2015). Implementation of a pain management algorithm in intensive care units and evaluation of nurses' level of adherence with the algorithm. Heart & Lung. ISSN 0147-9563. 44(6), p. 528–533. doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2015.08.001. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Objectives: To implement a pain management algorithm in intensive care units (ICU) and to evaluate nurses ’ level of adherence with the algorithm. Background: Many ICU patients experience pain. Therefore, an evidence-based algorithm for pain management was developed. Methods: A pain management algorithm was implemented in three units over three weeks. Nurses ’ level of adherence with the algorithm and associations between level of adherence and patient and unit characteristics over 22 weeks were evaluated using multivariate regression analysis. Results: Nurses ’ level of adherence was 74.6%. Adherence rates were lower on the evening and night shifts compared to the day shift. Males were assessed signi fi cantly less frequently than females. Patients with “ injury, poisoning, or certain other consequences of external causes ” were assessed signi fi cantly less frequently than patients with “ diseases of the respiratory system. ” Conclusions: ICU nurses can use a pain management algorithm consistently. Findings from this study suggest that a pain management algorithm is a useful tool to increase ICU nurses’ adherence with pain assessment

• Olsen, Brita Fosser & Rustøen, Tone (2011). Er den norske versjonen av "Behavioral pain scale" pålitelig og brukervennlig? : smertevurdering av respiratorpasienter. Sykepleien Forskning. ISSN 1890-2936. p. 264–272. doi: 10.4220/sykepleienf.2011.0168.

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• Leonardsen, Ann-Chatrin Linqvist; Wevling, Astrid Birgitte & Olsen, Brita Fosser (2022). Hvordan vurderer sykepleiere egen kompetanse etter videreutdanning? . Sykepleien. ISSN 0802-9768. doi: 10.4220/Sykepleiens.2022.89442.
• Olsen, Brita Fosser (2021). Oppbygging og implementering av forskning i en intensivavdeling. In Rustøen, Tone & Lerdal, Anners (Ed.), Klinisk forskning innen helsefag. Fagbokforlaget. ISSN 9788245022926. p. 212–224.
• Gulbrandsen, Tove Anita & Olsen, Brita Fosser (2020). Smertelindring. In Gulbrandsen, Tove Anita & Stubberud, Dag-Gunnar (Ed.), Intensivsykepleie. Cappelen Damm AS. ISSN 9788202603748. p. 136–155.
• Olsen, Brita Fosser & Valeberg, Berit Taraldsen (2016). Smertevurderingen av intensivpasienter – en kortfattet presentasjon av en studie. BestPractice Nordic. ISSN 1902-7583. 18(7).
• Olsen, Brita Fosser; Rustøen, Tone; Jacobsen, Morten B. & Valeberg, Berit Taraldsen (2016). Sykepleiernes bruk av en algoritme for smertebehandling hos intensivpasienter.
• Olsen, Brita Fosser; Rustøen, Tone; Sandvik, Leiv; Miaskowski, Christine; Jacobsen, Morten & Valeberg, Berit Taraldsen (2015). Nurses’ adherence with using a pain assessment algorithm in intensive care unit patients.
• Olsen, Brita Fosser; Rustøen, Tone; Jacobsen, Morten & Taraldsen Valeberg, Berit (2014). En algoritme for å kartlegge og behandle smerte hos intensivpasienter.

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