Background: Functional decline is common in nursing home residents. Nursing staff can help prevent this decline, by encouraging residents to be more active in functional activities. Questionnaires measuring the extent to which nursing staff encourage functional activity among residents are lacking. …

Malnutrition, especially among the elderly in the healthcare environment, is a prevalent problem in The Netherlands, affecting both patients and the healthcare budget. Although oral nutritional supplements (ONS) are often used to restore the nutritional status of a patient, the evaluated current available …

Rationale, aims and objectivesMedical ward care has been increasingly reallocated from medical doctors (MDs) to physician assistants (PAs). Insight into their roles and tasks is limited. This study aims to provide insight into different organizational models of medical ward care, focusing on the position, …

Objectives: To identify determinants of the initial employment of physician assistants (PAs) for inpatient care as well as of the sustainability of their employment. Design: We conducted a qualitative study with semistructured interviews with care providers. Interviews continued until data saturation …

PURPOSE: To examine physician assistant (PA) job satisfaction and identify factors predicting job satisfaction and identify areas of needed research. With a global PA movement underway and a half-century in development, the empirical basis for informing employers of approaches to improve job satisfaction …

Voor u ligt de wetenschappelijke onderbouwing van de Richtlijn Somatische screening bij patiënten met een ernstige psychische aandoening (2015). Het doel van deze richtlijn is om met name verpleegkundigen te ondersteunen bij de algemene somatische screening van patiënten in de ggz met een ernstige psychische …

Voor u ligt de wetenschappelijke onderbouwing van de multidisciplinaire richtlijn Leefstijl bij patiënten met een ernstige psychische aandoening (2015). Het doel van deze richtlijn is om zorgverleners (met name verpleegkundigen) te ondersteunen bij het bevorderen van een gezonde leefstijl van patiënten …

Aim. This protocol describes a systematic review that evaluates the effects of physician substitution by mid-level providers (nurse practitioners, physician assistants or nurses) in primary healthcare for older people and long-term care facilities. The secondary aim is to describe facilitators and barriers …