Background: Caregiving by family members of elderly with chronic conditions is currently intensifying in the context of an aging population and health care reform in the Netherlands. It is essential that nurses have attention for supporting roles of family caregivers of older patients and address family …

PURPOSE: To evaluate the psychometric properties of the D-Catch instrument. METHODS: A cross-sectional methodological study. Validity and reliability were estimated with confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and internal consistency and inter-rater reliability, respectively. FINDINGS: A sample of 250 nursing …

To increase the knowledge on effective methods for implementing and sustaining evidence-based practice in health care

Bijna alle verpleegkundigen en verzorgenden werken met dossiers die aansluiten bij (delen van) het verpleegkundig proces. Hoe hoger het opleidingsniveau, hoe positiever ze zijn over die verslaglegging. Ook over het gebruik van classificatiesystemen en gestructureerde zorgplannen zijn hbo-opgeleide verpleegkundigen …

Family Nursing: van patiënt centraal naar de familie centraal

Nurses are accountable to apply the nursing process, which is key for patient care: It is a problem-solving process providing the structure for care plans and documentation. The state-of-the art nursing process is based on classifications that contain standardized concepts, and therefore, it is named …

Nursing diagnoses and length of stay in orthopedic surgery