To explore parents' and nurses' experiences with the transition of infants from the neonatal intensive care unit to a special care nursery. Qualitative explorative study in two phases. Level IIID neonatal intensive care unit in a university hospital and special care nurseries (level II) in five community …

Work related learning is a topic of considerable interest currently and can be broadly seen to be concerned with all forms of training and learning closely related to the daily work of employees. From the angle of higher education work related learning is an important development because parts of the …

Proefschrift Koekkoek, B.W., 2011, Dissertation Introduction This thesis concerns patients that are perceived as ‘difficult’ by professionals in mental health care. It is a study of an interpersonal phenomenon with moral implications (judging patients) related to a specific context (community mental …

Rational exportations warrant a multitude of sophisticated homework done in advance in an enterprise's homeland as prerequisite before the conscientious companies could embark on their discrepant exportation efforts. This report expounded hereinafter aims to furnish the author's internship assignment …

Universities of Applied Science in the Netherlands started in 2001 with an expansion of their core business teaching with research. Lecturers are confronted with novel researcher roles in combination with current teacher roles. Enhancing their research expertise is seen as fundamental for achieving a …

In the European policies to increase the quality of teachers, much attention is given to the upgrading of qualifications. However, in European debates on teacher education, e.g. within the context of the Education & Training 2020 program, discussions about the qualification level are mostly restricted …

In today’s intellectual capital literature, we see a shift from identifying intangibles towards understanding the dynamics of value creation. As it is not clear what “dynamic” stands for, the aim of this explorative and conceptual paper is to contribute to a better understanding of the dynamic dimension …

This paper focuses on the changes in education and their implication for the university library. The impact of Avans's strategic educational vision on the design and lay-out of the buildings. Especially Xplora, the Learning Centre of Avans, will be described. The three locations of the Avans Learning …

Always a complex and demanding task, parenthood can be an extra challenge when parents have severe mental illness. Clients with children may experience extra stress, feelings of uncertainty, and a lack of energy. They may have difficulty in talking about their disabilities with their children. Often, …

Paper presented at Equality Diversity Inclusion (EDI) 2010 Conference, Vienna, Austria 14-16 july 2010