Nurses' support needs in providing high-quality palliative care to persons with dementia in the hospital setting: A cross-sectional survey study.

Background: Since dementia is an irreversible progressive disease characterized by a decline in mental functions and overall health, a palliative care approach is recommended. Nevertheless, many persons with dementia experience burdensome hospitalizations in end-of-life care. Their quality of life during hospitalization can be improved by palliative nursing care that suits their fragile health.

Implementation Interventions Used in Nursing Homes and Hospitals: A Descriptive, Comparative Study between Austria, Germany, and The Netherlands.

Translating guidelines into nursing practice remains a considerable challenge. Until now, little attention has been paid to which interventions are used in practice to implement guidelines on changing clinical nursing practice. This cross-sectional study determined the current ranges and rates of implementation-related interventions in Austria, Germany, and The Netherlands and explored possible differences between these countries.

International prevalence measurement of care problems: results.

Aim: This report describes the results from the last international prevalence measurement of care problems in the Netherlands, Austria and Switzerland, including the course of the prevalence rates during the past 4 years.

Background: Basic care problems such as pressure ulcers, malnutrition and falls occur frequently in healthcare organizations. Measuring these care problems provides insight into their occurrence, and, while a measurement is included of the prevention, treatment and structural quality indicators, this gives institutions the possibility of improving their care regarding these care problems.

An international prevalence measurement of care problems: study protocol.

Aim: The aim of this article was to describe the design of an international audit of the prevalence of care problems in different healthcare sectors using identical methodologies.

Background: Audits, defined as a monitor of quality of health care, are increasingly applied in many countries as a strategy to improve professional practice and quality and safety of care. A prerequisite to enable a reliable comparison of quality of care audits is the use of identical instruments and methodology.

Knowledge and use of pressure ulcer preventive measures in nursing homes: a comparison of Dutch and German nursing staff.

Aims And Objectives: To examine the knowledge and use of pressure ulcer preventive measures among nursing staff in Dutch and German nursing homes.

Background: Studies in the Netherlands and Germany have shown a large discrepancy in pressure ulcer prevalence rates among nursing homes in both countries and concluded that some of this variance could be explained by differences in pressure ulcer prevention.

Design: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey nested in a prospective multicenter cohort study.

Do patients in Dutch nursing homes have more pressure ulcers than patients in German nursing homes? A prospective multicenter cohort study.

Objectives: To investigate whether the incidence of pressure ulcers in nursing homes in the Netherlands and Germany differs and, if so, to identify resident-related risk factors, nursing-related interventions, and structural factors associated with pressure ulcer development in nursing home residents.

Design: A prospective multicenter cohort study.

Setting: Ten nursing homes in the Netherlands and 11 nursing homes in Germany (around Berlin and Brandenburg).

Pressure ulcer incidence in Dutch and German nursing homes: design of a prospective multicenter cohort study.

Background: Pressure ulcers are a common and serious health care problem in all health care settings. Results from annual national pressure ulcer prevalence surveys in the Netherlands and Germany reveal large differences in prevalence rates between both countries over the past ten years, especially in nursing homes. When examining differences in prevalence and incidence rates, it is important to take into account all factors associated with the development of pressure ulcers.

Evaluation of the dissemination and implementation of pressure ulcer guidelines in Dutch nursing homes.

Rationale, Aims And Objectives: Annual national prevalence surveys have been conducted in the Netherlands over the past 10 years and have revealed high prevalence rates in Dutch nursing homes. Pressure ulcer guideline implementation is one of the factors that can influence prevalence rates. Previous research has shown that these guidelines are often only partly implemented in Dutch nursing homes.

Pressure ulcer guideline development and dissemination in Europe.

Aims And Objectives: To explore the current state of pressure ulcer guideline development and dissemination, from national to local level (i.e. nursing homes) in six European countries: England, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and Sweden.