BACKGROUND: This paper reports a study about the effect of knowledge sources, such as handbooks, an assessment format and a predefined record structure for diagnostic documentation, as well as the influence of knowledge, disposition toward critical thinking and reasoning skills, on the accuracy of nursing …

AIM: This article describes the results of a study into the psychometric properties of a questionnaire about student nurses' perceptions of mental health care. The questionnaire was constructed in 2008, but has not yet been tested in terms of construct validity and reliability. A validated questionnaire …

The concept of a working alliance is rooted in psychotherapy and has been studied extensively in that field. Much less research has been conducted into working alliances between chronic psychiatric patients and their case managers. The aim of this review was to identify what is known about the working …

The transition from RN to nurse practitioner presents challenges. Because nurse practitioners require deeper critical decision-making abilities to provide safe and quality health care, the Master in Advanced Nursing Practice curriculum implemented reflective case studies to facilitate active and reflective …

In hoofdstuk 7, het enige Engelstalige hoofdstuk in deze bundel, verkennen Gellert & Van Lieshout of en hoe een op matched establishment comparisongebaseerde methode kan worden gebruikt voor onderzoek naar innovaties inarbeidsorganisatie in de zorg in het algemeen, en beroepsinnovatie (zoals deintroductie …

De diagnoses dissociatieve identiteitsstoornis en dissociatieve stoornis n.a.o. worden de laatste jaren steeds vaker gesteld. Dit komt doordat steeds meer behandelaren bekend zijn met deze stoornis, deze eerder herkennen en betrekken bij hun diagnostiek. In dit artikel wordt ingegaan op de complexe dissociatieve …

Soms kan een heftige gebeurtenis zo traumatisch zijn dat zij door het slachtoffer buiten het bewustzijn wordt geplaatst. Deze mensen kunnen een dissociatieve stoornis ontwikkelen. Bij een complexe dissociatieve stoornis kan sprake zijn van meerdere persoonlijkheden. Wat te doen als een patiënt met zo’n …

Colleague van Dijk wrote an interesting article about the perception of pain scores, based on the relationship between two questionnaires and the results on these questionnaires of patients and caregivers (van Dijk et al., 2011). It is a nice article with a good description of the questionnaires and …

Narratives are being increasingly used in nursing and action research. In this participatory action research study, nurse leaders of an acute care of the older person unit collectively, critically and creatively reflected on lived experiences in order to explore the concept of person-centred leadership …

AIM: To identify what determinants influence the prevalence and accuracy of nursing diagnosis documentation in clinical practice. BACKGROUND: Nursing diagnoses guide and direct nursing care. They are the foundation for goal setting and provide the basis for interventions. The literature mentions several …