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Community nursing in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands
Author(s) -
Zee Jouke,
Kramer Klarieke,
Derksen Anneke,
Kerkstra Ada,
Stevens FCJ
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1994.20050791.x
Subject(s) - nursing , community nursing , medline , medicine , psychology , political science , law
This paper contains a comparative study on community nursing in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, carried out in the region around Maastricht, where the borders of the three countries meet The well‐known problem of comparative studies (the incomparability of concepts and data) has been solved by using the same measuring instruments in the three countries The comparison between the countries was on three aspects the level of care dependency of the patients, the type and number of services provided and the nurses'job interpretation and job satisfaction During 1 week in June or September 1991, 89 community nurses made records of all their home visits and nursingactivities In total the community nurses paid 5165 home visits to provide care to 1796 patients The results indicate that both the level of care dependency of the patients as well as the type of care provided differs between the three countries Belgian community nurses have the highest number of patients with a high level of care dependency Curative services like technicalnursing care and domestic care are most frequently provided by the German and Belgian community nurses Informing, educating and supporting care is most frequently provided by the Dutch community nurses The German community nurses spend less time on administration activities With respect to job