Het gebruik van technologie om patiënten in de thuissituatie te monitoren is in opkomst. Bij ‘Hartzorg op Afstand’ meten patiënten met chronisch hartfalen thuis hun bloeddruk, polsslag en gewicht. De verpleegkundig specialist in het Harthuis van het Isala ziekenhuis kan op afstand resultaten inzien, …

Background Having a partner is associated with better prognosis in patients with cardiovascular disease. However, the influence of partners on modification of patients’ lifestyle-related risk factors (LRFs) is unclear. Therefore, we studied the influence of partners and the level of partner participation …

Continuïteit van zorg in de forensische keten heeft al geruime tijd de aandacht. Ondanks vele initiatieven blijven er toch knelpunten bestaan. Voor cliënten is gebrek aan continuïteit niet alleen vervelend, maar kan ook tot vertraging in het zorgtraject of nieuwe delicten leiden. In dit artikel beschrijven …

Inschatten van het risico van herhaald delictgedrag is steeds belangrijker in het forensisch sociale domein. In dit artikel wordt beschreven hoe de risicotaxatie het best vorm kan krijgen in de praktijk en wat de rol van de verpleegkundig specialist hierin kan zijn. Aan de hand van de casus over Kimberly …

Background: Online contacts with a health professional have the potential to support family caregivers of people with dementia. Objective: The goal of the research was to study the effects of an online self-management support intervention in helping family caregivers deal with behavior changes of …

To face the challenges of an ageing population, many Western countries nowadays stimulate an ageing in place policy to empower older adults to grow old in their own homes with the highest degree of self‐reliance. However, many community‐living older adults experience limitations in (instrumental) activities …

The reasons for professional turnover among novice nurses are diverse and involve multiple factors. To prevent novice nurse turnover, various measures could be taken, such as capacity building, supervisor support and the development of a tailored personal development plan. Support from colleagues and …

Introduction For adequate pain treatment in patients with cancer, it is important to monitor and evaluate pain regularly. Although the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) is implemented in hospitals in the Netherlands, pain is still not systematically registered during outpatient consultations. The aim of this …

The global shortages of nurses require a closer look at why nursing students stop in the later years of their degree programme. The purpose of this study is to explore nursing students' experiences and reasons that lead to this late dropout. Semi-structured interviews were held in 2017 with eleven former …