Sinds 2015, met de inwerkingtreding van de nieuwe jeugdwet, is beslissen over specialistische hulp één van de taken van jeugdprofessionals, de professionals werkzaam in wijkteams of het CJG. Hun opdracht is zowel de inzet van specialistische hulp te beperken als de specialistische hulp niet te laat …

Door het open karakter van het internet circuleert er veel desinformatie over opvoeding. Gedegen kwaliteitskaders voor professionele voorlichting ontbreken echter. In Nederland is een unieke werkwijze ontwikkeld, die gebaseerd is op de principes van evidence-based practice: door wetenschappelijke kennis, …

SUMMARY • The combination of coping with mental health problems and caring for children makes parents vulnerable. • Family-centred practice can help to maintain and strengthen important family relationships, and to identify and enhance the strengths of parents with a mental illness, thus contributing …

A Magnet-related program has been recently adopted in the Netherlands. Support for staff nurses from nurse middle managers (NMMs) is a key component of such a program. A Bourdieusian ethnographic organizational case study in four hospitals in the Netherlands and the United States (Magnet, Magnet-related …

The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences and impact of peer-to-peer shadowing as a technique to develop nurse middle managers’ clinical leadership practices. A qualitative descriptive study was conducted to gain insight into the experiences of nurse middle managers using semi-structured …

We apply the capability approach to understand the scope and limitations of community efforts to support older adults dwelling in integrated service areas (ISAs) in the Netherlands. An ISA is a neighborhood-based form of care organization aimed at the widening of opportunities to achieve well-being goals …

This chapter provides insight into the culturally-bound nature of ethical sensitivity by examining three case studies from different educational contexts: the Netherlands (n = 622), Finland (n = 864), and Iranian Kurdistan (n = 556). Ethical sensitivity was investigated with the Ethical Sensitivity Scale …

The transition taking place within the Dutch healthcare system has been a central theme in politics and public debate for decades. The recent changes again demand the full attention of researchers and educators in the field. In this article, we reflect on the current ideology and goals of the transition …

Research into workplace mentoring is principally focussed on predictors and psychosocial and instrumental outcomes, while there is scarcely any in-depth research into relational characteristics, outcomes and processes. This article aims to illustrate these relational aspects. It reports a co-constructed …