title: A study of core interventions in home nursing.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Kristel
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: De Vliegher
authors.forename: Louis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Paquay
authors.forename: Mieke
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grypdonck
authors.forename: Renild
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wouters
authors.forename: Roseline
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Debaillie
authors.forename: Ludo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Geys
mesh_terms: 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