Publications by authors named "Wilmieke Bahlman-van Ooijen"

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  • The World Health Organization emphasizes that quality healthcare involves providing effective, evidence-based treatments while minimizing harm and resource waste, highlighting the need to address low-value care that fails to benefit patients.
  • The study conducted a thorough review of Dutch clinical guidelines to identify both low-value and high-value nursing care practices across various healthcare sectors, utilizing surveys from over 500 nurses for prioritization.
  • Findings revealed 66 low-value care recommendations, like avoiding unnecessary layers for pressure ulcer prevention, alongside 414 high-value recommendations; the results varied by sector, with certain practices consistently highlighted, such as avoiding physical restraints for patients experiencing delirium.
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Continuous monitoring of vital signs using a wireless wearable device was implemented in 2018 at a surgical care unit of an academic hospital. This study aimed at gaining insight into nurses' and patients' perspectives regarding the use and innovation of a continuous vital signs monitoring system, three years after its introduction. This qualitative study was performed in a surgical, non-intensive care unit of an academic hospital in 2021.

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Aim: To systematically provide an overview of the qualitative evidence available on the motivations for nurses to leave the nursing profession.

Design: A qualitative systematic review using the meta-aggregation design of the Joanna Briggs Institute.

Data Sources: Qualitative studies in English, dating from 2010 until January 2023, were obtained from CINAHL, PsycINFO and PubMed.

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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.

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