Background and aim Self-management support is an integral part of current chronic care guidelines. The success of self-management interventions varies between individual patients, suggesting a need for tailored self-management support. Understanding the role of patient factors in the current decision …

De uitkomsten van het in 2008 gestarte onderzoek PREvention Decline in Older Cardiac Surgery patients (PREDOCS) waren positief. Daarom is in 2016 een implementatiestudie van start gegaan in twaalf hartoperatiecentra in Nederland. In dit artikel zetten de auteurs eerst uiteen wat dit programma ter voorbereiding …

Leiderschap en uitoefenen van invloed ten behoeve van de verpleegkundige beroepsgroep. Daarbij worden verschillende beïnvloedingstechnieken behandeld.

Although nursing has been an academic discipline for decades, the infrastructure for nursing research in many countries is still fragile and struggling. Postdoctoral nurses have difficulties developing sustaining careers in nursing research due to lack of career opportunities. Considerable research has …

Introductie van de meest voorkomende leiderschapstheorieën en -modellen. Een korte geschiedenis van het denken over leiderschap en management, en een uitnodiging aan de lezer om hetzelfde te doen. Wat betekent verpleegkundig leiderschap voor de patiënt en zijn familie, voor collega-verpleegkundigen en …

Objectives Meta-analyses using individual patient data (IPD) rather than aggregated data are increasingly applied to analyze sources of heterogeneity between trials and have only recently been applied to unravel multicomponent, complex interventions. This study reflects on methodological challenges …

Little is known about which self-management behaviors have the highest potential to influence exacerbation impact in COPD patients. We aimed to reach expert consensus on the most relevant set of self-management behaviors that can be targeted and influenced to maximize reduction of exacerbation impact. Materials …

Background The major challenges in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) care are guiding a patient in daily living with the consequences of the disease, reducing the impact of symptoms and improving Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL). The new nurse-led COPD-Guidance, Research on an Illness …

In clinical practice, identifying positive and negative attitudes toward older patients is very important to improve quality of care provided to them. The Older People in Acute Care Survey – United States (OPACS-US) is an instrument measuring hospital nurses attitudes regarding older patients. However, …