Proefschriften Verpleegkunde

• Verpleegkundig beleid
• Leiderschap

• Ja

Nurses comprise nearly half of the global healthcare workforce and are crucial in enhancing care quality through a team-based approach. They collaborate with other healthcare professionals, patients’ families, and informal caregivers across various settings. Nursing care is built on three key fundamental dimensions: addressing patients’ psychosocial needs, fostering relational actions such as active listening and showing empathy. And focusing on patients’ physical needs, with their extensive direct patient care, nurses are well-positioned to identify and prevent complications.

This thesis is structured in two parts. The first part focuses on the third dimension – particularly preventing complications, by examining two critical outcomes: in-hospital falls and pressure ulcers. In-hospital falls are common adverse events with significant injury rates, while pressure ulcers remain prevalent and lead to pain, discomfort, and extended hospital stay, despite available preventive measures. We, therefore, explored effective strategies for implementing nursing guidelines to prevent these complications. In the second part, we explored effective de-implementation strategies to reduce low
value care practices. Additionally, the current state of intravenous fluids administration and the knowledge gaps among physicians and nurses were examined.

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