Background Elder abuse is a worldwide problem with serious consequences for individuals and society. To effectively deal with elder abuse, a timely identification of signals as well as a systematic approach towards (suspected) elder abuse is necessary. This study aimed to develop and test the acceptability …

Barriers to and Facilitators for Finding and Keeping Competitive Employment: A Focus Group Study on Autistic Adults With and Without Paid Employment

Background: Pain assessment is a necessary step in pain management in older people in palliative care. In older people, pain assessment can be challenging due to underreporting and atypical pain manifestations by other distressing symptoms. Anxiety, fatigue, loss of appetite, insomnia, dyspnoea, and …

Background Illness perceptions can affect the way people with musculoskeletal pain emotionally and behaviorally cope with their health condition. Understanding patients illness perceptions may help facilitate patient-centered care. The purpose of this study was to explore illness perceptions and the …

Arthropod pests cause signifcant problems in agricultural crops all around the world. As chemical pesticide use becomes less desired, there is a need for alternative methods of pest control. Inspired by the natural adhesiveness of arthropod trapping plants, we examined the efectiveness of adhesive droplets …

Evaluation of the hydrological performance of grassed swales usually needs long-term monitoring data. At present, suitable techniques for simulating the hydrological performance using limited monitoring data are not available. Therefore, current study aims to investigate the relationship between saturated …

Kennis over de belangrijkste verpleegkundige theorieën verdient nog altijd een stevige plek in het curriculum van onze hbo-v's.

De relatie tussen patiënt en verpleegkundige is het centrale therapeutische instrument, zo leert de theorie van Hildegard Peplau.

Betty Neuman benadrukt in haar theorie het belang van de interactie met onze omgeving, het belang van preventie en het belang van interprofessioneel werken. Behalve theoreticus is Betty Neuman (1924) ook verpleegkundige. In de jaren 70 van de vorige eeuw heeft zij een systeemtheorie ontwikkeld die bekendstaat …

Interview met Evelyn Finnema, hoogleraar Verplegingswetenschap en Onderwijs van het UMCG en de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, over verpleegkundige theorieën.