Continuity of care as central theme in perinatal care: A systematic review.

Problem: The global shortage of nurses is straining perinatal care, disrupting continuity of care and negatively affecting patient outcomes.

Background: Continuity of care is essential in perinatal care, where the complexity of maternal and infant needs requires coordinated care across the antenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum periods.

Aim: To provide an overview of the current literature on continuity of care in the interprofessional perinatal care from the perspective of nursing.

Effectiveness of the 'SELF-program' on nurses' activity encouragement behavior and nursing home resident's ADL self-reliance; a cluster-randomized trial.

Background: Nurses play a crucial role in encouraging nursing home resident's activity and independent functioning. However, nurses often take over tasks unnecessarily, which can deprive resident's remaining abilities. The Function-Focused Care philosophy offers guidance for developing programs that support nurses to optimize activity and independence of older people.

The effectiveness of Function Focused Care among patients acutely admitted to hospital: A stepped wedge cluster trial.

Background: During acute hospital admission, patients often experience loss of functional status. A low level of physical activity is associated with higher levels of loss of functional status. Stimulating physical activity to maintain functional status is considered essential nursing care.

Feasibility and face validity of two patient reported outcome measures for nausea: Preferences of children with cancer.

Purpose: To optimize recognition and management of nausea in children with cancer using patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) and to identify preferences of children with cancer regarding two validated tools: the Baxter Retching Faces (BARF) scale and the Pediatric Nausea Assessment Tool (PeNAT).

Design And Methods: This quantitative descriptive cross-sectional study (n = 34) used bespoke questionnaires to measure feasibility and face validity of the BARF and the PeNAT. Feasibility included the items: understanding, ease of use, and communication.

Older patients' experiences with and attitudes towards an oncogeriatric pathway: A qualitative study.

Introduction: To tailor treatment for older patients with cancer, an oncogeriatric care pathway has been developed in the Leiden University Medical Center. In this care pathway a geriatric assessment is performed and preferences concerning cancer treatment options are discussed. This study aimed to explore patient experiences with and attitudes towards this pathway.

The association of hemodynamic parameters and clinical demographic variables with acute postoperative pain in female oncological breast surgery patients: A retrospective cohort study.

Objectives: Appropriate administration of intraoperative analgesia is an essential factor in care and reasonable recovery times. Inappropriate intraoperative analgesia puts the patient at risk of acute postoperative pain (APOP). The absence of an objective standard for intraoperative nociceptive monitoring complicates pain care.

'Towards a conceptualization of nurses' support of hospitalised patients' self-management-A modified Delphi study'.

Aim: To determine patients', nurses' and researchers' opinions on the appropriateness and completeness of the proposed conceptualization of nurses' support of hospitalised patients' self-management.

Design: A modified Delphi study.

Methods: We conducted a two-round Delphi survey.

The psychosocial impact of male infertility on men undergoing ICSI treatment: a qualitative study.

Background: Male infertility is in 20-70% of cases the cause of a couple's infertility. Severe forms of male infertility are best treated with Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI). The psychosocial impact of infertility and ICSI on men is unclear because the focus is socially, clinically, and scientifically on women.

Views of family members on using video calls during the hospital admission of a patient: A qualitative study.

Background: Utilization of video calls on hospital wards to facilitate involvement of and communication with family members is still limited. A deeper understanding of the needs and expectations of family members regarding video calls on hospital wards is necessary, to identify potential barriers and facilitate video calls in practice.

Aim: The aim of this study was to explore the views, expectations and needs of a patient's family members regarding the use of video calls between family members, patients and healthcare professionals, during the patient's hospital admission.

The association of resilience with self-care and quality of life in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A cross-sectional study.

Aim: To investigate the association of resilience with self-care and quality of life in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Methods: Data were collected between February and May 2021.

Exploring the Psychosocial Needs of Adolescents Whose Parent Is Diagnosed With Breast Cancer.

Purpose: Cancer has a major impact on the individual patient and their family, especially children. However, little is known about the needs of adolescents (10-19 years) whose parent is diagnosed with cancer, especially breast cancer. Insights into psychosocial needs are important to develop appropriate guidance and support for these adolescents.

The struggle is real-A mixed qualitative methods synthesis of challenges in nursing care in activities of daily living.

Introduction: Supporting care receivers in Activities of Daily Living (ADL), irrespective of diagnosis, setting, or cultural background, lies at the heart of fundamental nursing care. The pursuit of quality ADL care becomes increasingly challenging with the changing complexity of care needs. ADL care delivery is often undervalued and is considered a low-status task despite its crucial importance to care receivers.

Interventions for improving psychosocial well-being after stroke: A systematic review.

Background: Up to one third of all stroke patients suffer from one or more psychosocial impairments. Recognition and treatment of these impairments are essential in improving psychosocial well-being after stroke. Although nurses are ideally positioned to address psychosocial well-being, they often feel insecure about providing the needed psychosocial care.

Barriers and facilitators for implementation of automated home medication dispensers in home care from Dutch professionals' perspective: a qualitative study.

Introduction And Aims: Present-day home care needs to be more efficiently organized in view of the ageing of the population and the current nursing shortages. Ensuring safe medication use is part of the challenge. The number of required visits could be reduced if automated home medication dispensers (AHMD) are adequately implemented.

What are the needs of frail older patients in the emergency department? A qualitative study.

Background: There is an increase in the number of frail elderly patients presenting to the emergency department. Diagnosis and treatment for this patient group is challenging due to multimorbidity, a-typical presentation and polypharmacy and requires specialised knowledge and competencies from healthcare professionals. We aim to explore the needs and preferences regarding emergency care in frail older patients based on their experiences with received care during Emergency Department admission.

How nurses support self-management of hospitalized patients through verbal communication: a qualitative study.

Background: Patients' self-management of the implications of their disease(s) is becoming increasingly important. Research shows that hospitalization disrupts established self-management routines. Nurses can play an important role in supporting patients' self-management.

Nursing leadership to facilitate patient participation in fundamental care: An ethnographic qualitative study.

Aims: To explore and describe hospital nurses' perceptions of leadership behaviours in facilitating patient participation in fundamental care.

Design: An ethnographic interview study.

Methods: Individual semi-structured interviews with 12 nurses with a bachelor's or master's degree working at a university medical centre were conducted between February and April 2021.

Effect, economic and process-evaluation of a generic function focused care program for long-term care; study protocol of a multicenter cluster-randomized trial.

Background: Nurses are in a key position to stimulate older people to maximize their functional activity and independence. However, nurses still often work in a task-oriented manner and tend to take over tasks unnecessarily. It is evident to support nurses to focus on the capabilities of older people and provide care assistance only when required.

Geriatric Falls: A Registry-Based Study in the Netherlands.

Background: Falls in people 65 years and older evaluated in the emergency department are increasing. Of all unintentional injury-related deaths among older people, 55% are due to falls. The impact of falls, especially concerning Dutch older people with the highest proportion of living independently worldwide, is unclear.

Association Between Self-care and Resilience: A Cross-sectional Study in Heart Failure Patients.

Background: Self-care (SC) is a cornerstone in heart failure management and is related to patient outcomes. The continuous and complex demands of SC can be experienced as stressful and may require patients to apply resilient behaviors as they manage their conditions. Resilience may be a helpful factor in performing SC.

'Nurses' self-management support to hospitalised patients: A scoping review.

Aims And Objectives: To review the current literature to map and explore the interventions that have been considered or used by nurses to support adult patients' self-management during hospitalisation.

Background: Nurses can play an important role in supporting patients' self-management. Currently, however, it is unclear how nurses perform this task during a patient's stay in hospital.

Extended mobility scale (AMEXO) for assessing mobilization and setting goals after gastrointestinal and oncological surgery: a before-after study.

Background: Early structured mobilization has become a key element of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery programs to improve patient outcomes and decrease length of hospital stay. With the intention to assess and improve early mobilization levels, the 8-point ordinal John Hopkins Highest Level of Mobility (JH-HLM) scale was implemented at two gastrointestinal and oncological surgery wards in the Netherlands. After the implementation, however, healthcare professionals perceived a ceiling effect in assessing mobilization after gastrointestinal and oncological surgery.

Function focused care in hospital: A mixed-method feasibility study.

Background: During hospitalization patients frequently have a low level of physical activity, which is an important risk factor for functional decline. Function Focused Care (FFC) is an evidence-based intervention developed in the United States to prevent functional decline in older patients. Within FFC, nurses help older patients optimally participate in functional and physical activity during all care interactions.