Time to work – opposing political rationality with young peoples’ experiences of working in a mandatory activation context in Norway

This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and Journal of Applied Youth Studies (2021) 4:153–167 165 indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.This paper argues that young people, targeted by activation policies, had several temporal experiences with work that can contribute to broadening our understanding of labour market policy for this group of young people. By drawing on qualitative interviews with young people not in employment, education, or training (NEET) in a Norwegian activation context, and by applying anthropological and sociological concepts on temporality and work time in our analysis, we question how time is constructed and reproduced in the establishment of work relations among this group of people. We argue that political discourses of work inclusion for young adults (NEETs) tend to portray work as a means to an end for inclusion. In doing so, they fail to address the complex temporal dimension of work. We find that young adults have a range of complex experiences where disparity between formal and informal aspects of work becomes visible. The temporal dimension of these experiences and the relativity of speed in getting a job are not experienced in a linear manner but as churning between getting a job, having a job, and losing a job.publishedVersio

Unmet information and communication needs in the intermediate recovery from coronary artery bypass surgery

The original publication is available at: http://www.artikel.nu/Bob/GetBob.aspx?bobID=3312Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) is a common surgical procedure for CHD (1). Compared to less invasive treatments, such as lifestyle modifications, or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), undergoing CABG is a more challenging experience (2) that influences well-being before and after surgery (3). CABG convalescents are expected to incorporate sophisticated regiments into their daily lives as they manage their own recovery. During preparation for surgery and the few days of hospitalization after surgery, the convalescent receives large quantities of information: verbal and written. This includes information about the procedure, the wounds on the sternum and legs, the sternum incision, and specifically, temporary activity restrictions during the immediate recovery period. During the immediate recovery, the convalescent’s capacity to comprehend, process, and incorporate new information is most likely constrained, and their attention is not paid towards learning and information processing (4). The amount and timing of given information are significant, and capacity to comprehend can influence the ‘sense of coherence’ (5). Much of the pre- and post-surgery information explains the procedure, specifically self-monitoring in the immediate recovery and recommended lifestyle changes, such as smoking cessation, ‘healthy eating’ and ‘regular exercise’ (6). Lifestyle changes are usually required to fully benefit from CABG and to reduce symptoms that may require additional treatment. Convalescents may experience anxiety and symptoms of depression in this early recovery period (1,7). In addition, ‘the heart’ carries a significant, existentially oriented meaning to many of us. The capacity to comprehend; process the relevance of or evaluate the usefulness of provided information can be inhibited (1,4,7). Hence, convalescents can report information dearth and a lack of information following CABG (8). During the recovery from CABG, convalescents monitor their own healing and are encouraged to adopt sophisticated regiments for secondary prevention as part of their daily routines. Recovery experiences alter during recovery (3,9). Women report setbacks from unexpected muscular pain in the chest and problems with maintaining recommended activity levels after surgery (10,11,12). Men can experience the recovery process more smoothly than women, and they attribute this to family support, especially from a wife, partner or significant other (10). According to Antonovsky’s salutogenic model (5,13), the individual’s experience of comprehensibility, manageability and meaningfulness is a core premise to handling every day situations. A convalescent’s ‘sense of coherence’ is likely to influence his ability to engage in recovery management on a daily basis, as he incorporates recommendations for secondary prevention of CHD. Acknowledging that CABG recovery may be challenging, this study was theoretically inspired by attention, patient education (4) and ‘sense of coherence’ (5). We have only identified previous studies setting out to measure SOC as an aspect of assessment of quality of life studies following heart surgery. To the best of our knowledge, there are no previous studies applying this construct to elaborate challenges the convalescents are facing in the intermediate recovery period. To better understand recovery challenges and information needs during CABG recovery, we need to elicit the CABG convalescents’ information and communication needs in the intermediate recovery period

Nursing and eHealth: are we preparing our future nurses as automatons or informaticians?

The Education Working Group of IMIA NI present this thought provoking panel where the changing and challenging role of nursing will be explored within the information intensive eHealth arena. The session will be of interest to any nurse as the discussion will be driven by the objective of trying to understand how best to prepare nurses to be actively engaged in information and communication technology (ICT) developments that enhance care assessment, delivery, evaluation and audit. As a balance, the discussion will consider the increasing emergence of ‘nursing by numbers’ where risk assessment tools are used in an automatic way leaving little room for individual evidenced based care

Rettigheter, behov og plikter i aktivitetspolitikken Forståelser av aktivitetsplikt for unge sosialhjelpsmottakere

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons CC- BY-NC-ND 4.0 License.Hvordan relasjonen mellom rettigheter og plikter erfares av ulike klientgrupper i velferdsstaten, er i liten grad studert. I lys av Frasers begrep om behovspolitikk, og hennes diskusjon om forholdet mellom behov og rettigheter, tar vi utgangspunkt i en akseptert oppfatning om at unge som ikke går på skole, utdanning eller er i arbeid, trenger aktivitetsplikt. Gjennom en personsentrert analyse av to unge mottakere av sosialhjelp og deres erfaringer med aktivitetsplikten argumenterer vi for at aktivitetspliktens behovsfortolkning kan tilsløre mottakernes grunnleggende behov for anerkjennelse. Ettersom behovsdefinisjoner legger premisser for fordeling av goder i samfunnet, er det nødvendig med en kritisk vurdering av implikasjonene av slike definisjoner.publishedVersio

Lite oppklarende om enkeltvedtak – en kommentar til Høyesteretts dom inntatt i Rt. 2011 s. 1433

Dette er postprintutgaven av artikkelen.Artikkelen foretar en kritisk gjennomgang av Høyesteretts avgjørelse i Rt. 2011 s. 1433 vedrørende vedtaksbegrepet i forvaltningsloven § 2 første ledd bokstav a. Artikkelen konkluderer med at Høyesteretts argumentasjon ikke er overbevisende, og at dommens prejudikatsverdi er begrenset