AIM: To assess the effects of family nursing conversations on family caregiver burden, patients' quality of life, family functioning and the amount of professional home health care. DESIGN: A controlled before-and-after design. METHODS: Intervention group families participated in two family nursing conversations …

BACKGROUND: Critically ill patients receiving invasive ventilation are at risk of sputum retention. Mechanical insufflation-exsufflation (MI-E) is a technique used to mobilise sputum and optimise airway clearance. Recently, interest has increased in the use of mechanical insufflation-exsufflation for …

Background: In 2009, the Steering Committee for Pregnancy and Childbirth in the Netherlands recommended the implementation of continuous care during labor in order to improve perinatal outcomes. However, in current care, routine maternity caregivers are unable to provide this type of care, resulting …

In this article I argue that whereas quantified technologies that measure physical functioning and worn on the body encourage a mind-body dualism, affective experiences caused by haptic devices emphasize a unity of the two. I turn to French ontologist Gilles Deleuze’s concept of immediate encounters …

Family caregivers of an older person who was recently hospitalized often feel unprepared for their new or expanded tasks. Quality and continuity of care for older people is expected to improve when nurses collaborate with family caregivers as partners in care. The aim of this study was to explore the …

There is a lack of service provision for young adult caregivers (18-25 years of age). This study aims to describe the expectations and prospects of young adult caregivers regarding support from health and education professionals. A qualitative focus group design was used. Twenty-five young Dutch adults …

In dit praktijkgericht onderzoek is geëvalueerd of een total body FDG-PET/CT scan protocol voor melanoompatiënten met een primaire tumor boven de liesregio kan worden gereduceerd tot een torso FDG-PET/CT scan, zodat meer patiënten op één dag gescand kunnen worden. In deze studie is aangetoond dat binnen …

Bij vermoedens van kindermishandeling zijn de zorgprofessionals in Nederland sinds 2013 verplicht om de stappen van de Meldcode huiselijk geweld en kindermishandeling te doorlopen. Als er sprake is van kindermishandeling moet er hulp worden geboden aan het kind, de pleger en de ouders, apart, al dan …