Aims To provide: (a) an overview of interventions aimed at improving mental health of student or novice nurses; and (b) an evaluation of their effectiveness on dropout‐related outcomes. Design Systematic review. Data sources Research papers published between January 1971–February 2019 were identified …

Health care professionals have extremely busy work schedules. Unfortunately, they need to spend a lot of their time on administrative tasks, whereas they would like to devote it to helping patients, which is what they were trained for in the first place. Properly designed technology could help to lessen …

Background Burn-out and turnover rates among beginning Dutch nurses are high. One of the main reasons for this is the difficulty in adjusting to the tumultuous working environment or making it work in their favor. This is particularly hard for beginning nurses, as they do not have enough experience to …

Aanleiding: De opdrachtgever, Martinizorg Groningen, heeft aangegeven dat het huidige medicatieproces op de locatie Oosterparkheem inefficiënt verloopt. De organisatie wil gebruik maken van een nieuwe innovatie in de zorg, zoals een medicatie-app. Echter heeft de organisatie nog geen inzicht in de houding …

Background  Advanced medical technologies (AMTs), such as respiratory support or suction devices,  are increasingly used in home settings and incidents may well result in patient harm.  Information about risks and incidents can contribute to improved patient safety, provided that those are reported …

AIM: The purpose of this study was to describe how nurses apply the components of family nursing conversations in their home healthcare practice. METHOD: A qualitative content analysis with a deductive approach was conducted. Home healthcare nurses conducted family nursing conversations with families …

Background Meaning in life (MiL) is considered to be an important part of health and is associated with many positive outcomes in older adults, such as quality of life and longevity. As health promotors, nurses may take patients’ MiL into account in the care process. There is a knowledge gap in terms …

Background The world’s population is aging, and with aging population comes an increase of chronic diseases and multimorbidity. At the same time a shortfall of trained health care professionals is anticipated. This raises questions on how to provide the best possible care. The use of Information and …

Verpleegkundige is een fysiek zwaar beroep. Het verplaatsen van patiënten, een slechte werkhouding, trekken en duwen aan tilliften zorgen voor nek-, schouder- en rugklachten. Deze klachten doen zich al voor aan het begin van de verpleegkundige carrière, onder studenten en beginnende verpleegkundigen. …