Why a carefully designed, nurse-led intervention failed to meet expectations: The case of the care programme for palliative radiotherapy

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 151-158

  Vahedi Nikbakht Van de Sande, C V M ^a   Braat, C ^b   Visser, A Ph ^a   Delnoij, D M J ^c   Van Staa, A L ^a,d  

^a ROTTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MC CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Action research; Evaluation; Implementation; Intervention; Nurse practitioner; Oncology; Outpatient; Palliative; Programme development; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; ADJUVANT THERAPY; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; IMPLEMENTATION; INTERVENTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NETHERLANDS; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; ONCOLOGY; ONCOLOGY NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT; PALLIATIVE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTION RESEARCH; EVALUATION; IMPLEMENTATION; INTERVENTION; NURSE PRACTITIONER; ONCOLOGY; OUTPATIENT; PALLIATIVE; PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT; RADIOTHERAPY;

AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NETHERLANDS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84894645683     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2013.11.005     Document Type: Article

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