Background: Caregiving by family members of elderly with chronic conditions is currently intensifying in the context of an aging population and health care reform in the Netherlands. It is essential that nurses have attention for supporting roles of family caregivers of older patients and address family …

PURPOSE: To evaluate the psychometric properties of the D-Catch instrument. METHODS: A cross-sectional methodological study. Validity and reliability were estimated with confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and internal consistency and inter-rater reliability, respectively. FINDINGS: A sample of 250 nursing …

INTRODUCTION: Integrated care is considered to be a means to reduce costs, improve the quality of care and generate better patient outcomes. At present, little is known about integrated care in maternity care systems. We developed questionnaires to examine integrated care in two different settings, using …

Bijna alle verpleegkundigen en verzorgenden werken met dossiers die aansluiten bij (delen van) het verpleegkundig proces. Hoe hoger het opleidingsniveau, hoe positiever ze zijn over die verslaglegging. Ook over het gebruik van classificatiesystemen en gestructureerde zorgplannen zijn hbo-opgeleide verpleegkundigen …

Samenvatting boek: In menige schoolklas zijn de afgelopen jaren twee werelden ontstaan. Allochtone en autochtone leerlingen mijden elkaar, contacten beperken zich tot de eigen groep. Intussen oordelen de groepen steeds harder over elkaar. Het gevolg: botsingen in de klas die de leraar in goede banen …

In de Cardiologische Zorgbrug wordt het effect van een combinatie van case management, disease management en hartrevalidatie tijdens en na ziekenhuisopname onderzocht bij kwetsbare oudere cardiologische patiënten om heropname en overlijden te voorkomen. Voor deze multicenter gerandomiseerde studie, die …

Nurses are accountable to apply the nursing process, which is key for patient care: It is a problem-solving process providing the structure for care plans and documentation. The state-of-the art nursing process is based on classifications that contain standardized concepts, and therefore, it is named …

This special issue will look in more detail at how CIM research is addressing these key questions; what is clear is that it is time to be counted so that CIM actions can be considered on a level playing field with alternative potential ways of investing in health.