De Two-Minute Step Test (TMST) is een praktisch meetinstrument om het uithoudingsvermogen te beoordelen en heeft als voordeel dat deze te gebruiken is wanneer weinig ruimte voorhanden is zoals in intramurale woonsettingen. Tot heden was er geen duidelijkheid over de betrouwbaarheid bij intramuraal wonende …

Onderzoek toont aan dat verpleegkundigen al vroeg in hun carrière uit het werkveld stappen of een burn-out oplopen. Een veelgenoemde reden is de complexe werkomgeving waarin ze terechtkomen, een waar meer van ze wordt verwacht dan alleen de verpleegkundige vaardigheden die ze opdoen tijdens hun opleiding. …

Presentation of the development process of the e-platform of the Center of Nursing Excellence including: the requirements analysis research and the verified list of requirements and how this was used to design the e-platform. Explanation of the functions to support knowledge sharing and collaboration …

Purpose: Accurate measurement of body temperature is important for the timely detection of fever or hypothermia in critically ill patients. In this prospective study, we evaluated whether the agreement between temperature measurements obtained with TAT (test method) and bladder catheter-derived temperature …

INTRODUCTION: With the introduction of digital radiography, the feedback between image quality and over-exposure has been partly lost which in some cases has led to a steady increase in dose. Over the years the introduction of exposure index (EI) has been used to resolve this phenomenon referred to as …

Background: Community care professionals need to encourage older adults in performing functional activities to maintain independence. However, professionals often perform functional activities on behalf of older adults. To change this, insights into the behavior and barriers of professionals in encouraging …

Background and aim – Patients undergo one or more medical interventions in a hospital. In the hospital, patients are surrounded by spaces and services. The output in a hospital is the patients’ outcome. To gain understanding about a holistic experience of patients, we assessed the experience and well-being …

The aim of this study was to gain insight into the nutritional status, dietary intake and muscle health of older Dutch hip fracture patients to prevent recurrent fractures and to underpin rehabilitation programs. This cross-sectional study enrolled 40 hip fracture patients (mean ± SD age 82 ± 8.0 years) …

Background: Palliative needs in older patients are often not timely identified. The Surprise Question (SQ) ‘would I be surprised if this patient died in the next year?’ is a well-researched tool that could aid in this effort. Most studies thus far involved physicians or specialist nurses, however the …

Coronary artery bypass grafting is the most frequently performed cardiac surgical procedure. Despite its benefits on survival and quality of life, it is associated with a considerable financial burden on society including sick leave. Our study aimed to explore the barriers that obstruct return to work …