Technology in general, and assistive technology in particular, is considered to be a promising opportunity to address the challenges of an aging population. Nevertheless, in health care, technology is not as widely used as could be expected. In this chapter, an overview is given of theories and models …

Research into workplace mentoring is principally focussed on predictors and psychosocial and instrumental outcomes, while there is scarcely any in-depth research into relational characteristics, outcomes and processes. This article aims to illustrate these relational aspects. It reports a co-constructed …

Background The sense of home of nursing home residents is a multifactorial phenomenon which is important for the quality of living. This purpose of this study is to investigate the factors influencing the sense of home of older adults residing in the nursing home from the perspective of residents, relatives …

De redactie heeft zich tot doel gesteld een boek samen te stellen over evidence-based practice voor verpleegkundigen. Tegelijkertijd wordt eenzelfde boek uitgebracht over evidence-based practice voor paramedici. De theoretische basis voor de boeken is identiek. De boeken verschillen in de toepassingsgerichte …

Personal possessions of nursing home residents can contribute to their sense of home. This study investigated which of the personal belongings were considered most important, and if these items indeed contributed to a sense of home. A qualitative research was conducted with 27 nursing home residents. …

To promote workplace learning for staff as well as students, a partnership was formed between a residential care organisation for older people and several nursing faculties in the Netherlands. This partnership took the form of two care innovation units; wards where qualified staff, students and nurse teachers …

Verslag van een bijeenkomst voor verpleegkundigen en opleiders, georganiseerd door Pieterbas Lalleman en Shaun Cardiff, met als doel in hoeverre er behoefte is aan een landelijke minor Verpleegkundig Leiderschap in de bachelor verpleegkunde.

Om goede en verantwoorde zorg te kunnen bieden, streeft de paramedicus naar evidence-based practice. Evidence-based practice is het zorgvuldig, expliciet en oordeelkundig gebruik van het huidige beste bewijsmateriaal en evidence om beslissingen te nemen met individuele patiënten om de zorgverlening te …

To adequately deal with the challenges faced within residential care for older people, such as the increasing complexity of care and a call for more person-centred practices, it is important that health care providers learn from their work. This study investigates both the nature of learning, among staff …

Research into workplace mentoring is principally focussed on predictors and psychosocial and instrumental outcomes, while there is scarcely any in‐depth research into relational characteristics, outcomes and processes. This article aims to illustrate these relational aspects. It reports a co‐constructed …