Many students graduating in higher education will achieve a managerial or professional position, with leadership qualities being highly important. The need to reflect on leadership as an important developmental goal in higher education is highlighted by pointing out that many curricula, especially in …

Contextual therapy focusses on restoring and enhancing relationships, based on its paradigm of relational ethics, presuming a human tendency for reciprocal care. It is precisely in a time of stressed relationships that this focus on strengthening humanity is of great importance. This article presents …

Protocollair gestuurde zorg en individuele afstemming van verpleegkundige zorg lijken op gespannen voet te staan met elkaar, maar is dit ook zo? In de evidence-based practice (EBP) zijn drie componenten belangrijk voor een zorgvuldige besluitvorming: bewijs uit wetenschappelijk onderzoek, kennis over …

(Inter)nationally there is discussion about whether auditory processing disorders (APD) should be seen as a unique clinical diagnosis and what is the most appropriate diagnosis and referral of children in this target group. In this context, the Dutch Audiological Centres (AC) have different care pathways …

Inter)nationally there is discussion about whether auditory processing disorders (APD) should be seen as a unique clinical diagnosis and what is the most appropriate diagnosis and referral of children in this target group. In this context, the Dutch Audiological Centres (AC) have different care pathways …

Objective women in the Netherlands, with a fetus in breech presentation, are thoroughly counseled to make an informed choice for the mode of delivery. The aim of this study was to assess the influence of counseling techniques on women's choices for the mode of delivery and subsequently to compare fetal …

Protocollair gestuurde zorg en individuele afstemming van verpleegkundige zorg lijken op gespannen voet te staan met elkaar, maar is dit ook zo? In de evidence-based practice (EBP) zijn drie componenten belangrijk voor een zorgvuldige besluitvorming: bewijs uit wetenschappelijk onderzoek, kennis over …

Background: Accounting for the patients’ perspective on quality of care has become increasingly important in the development of Evidence Based Medicine as well as in governmental policies. In the Netherlands the Consumer Quality (CQ) Index has been developed to measure the quality of care from the patients’ …

Wijkverpleegkundigen in Nederland indiceren sinds 2015 weer zelf. Indiceren houdt in dat zij vaststellen welke zorg nodig is. Alle verpleegkundigen worden geacht om via een brede anamnese te komen tot geobjectiveerde, onderbouwde (verpleegkundige) diagnoses die gekoppeld kunnen worden aan verpleegkundige …

Background. There is an increasing need for a worldwide professional integration of conventional medicine and traditional/complementary whole medical systems (WMSs). However, the integration is perceived by conventional medicine as problematic or unacceptable, because of a supposed lack of evidence for …