A study of core interventions in home nursing.
OBJECTIVE
To gain insight into the core interventions in home nursing.


METHODS
In this descriptive, quantitative, cross-sectional study two questionnaires, based on the nursing interventions classification, were used to collect data from 501 nurses working in an organization for home nursing in Belgium. Response rate was 88%.


RESULTS
The self-care assistance, (im)mobility and (psycho)social interventions are the most frequently performed interventions in home nursing, but they are performed and can only be interpreted in combination with other, more technical interventions. Therefore, these interventions can be considered the core interventions in home nursing.
De Vliegher
Kristel
K
Nursing Department, Federatie van Wit-Gele Kruisverenigingen van Vlaanderen (Federation of the White and Yellow Cross of Flanders), Brussels, Belgium. kristel.de.vliegher@vlaanderen.wgk.be
Paquay
Louis
L
Grypdonck
Mieke
M
Wouters
Renild
R
Debaillie
Roseline
R
Geys
Ludo
L
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001494:Baths / Q000451:nursing; D001530:Belgium; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000145:classification / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000451:nursing; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000145:classification / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009736:Nursing Process; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000458:organization & administration; D012648:Self Care; D017592:Skin Care / Q000451:nursing; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013996:Time and Motion Studies