End tape for district nurses, more time for sick – De Gelderlander

The nurse does herself from 2017 to take less time filling out forms about the care provided. This leaves more time to help the sick.

One performance, one tariff. What the nurse later in 2017 also occurs in the client’s home, healthcare professionals only need to record the number of minutes nursing services for the insurer.

Now that community nurses have yet to register their work under different headings. This is designed to ensure the quality, but delivers in practice primarily a time-consuming administrative task: each syringe, wash and medication should be recorded separately and each act applies also a different rate. Many of these burdens is coming to an end, making State Martin van Rijn announced today

Thorn in the eye
Van Rijn:. ,, I have never seen a nurse talked to have chosen this lovely box to fill in paper forms, and as much as possible. In fact, that’s everyone eyesore. So I will limit the burden to a minimum. “

nurse Boris Zalk (27) confirms at Icare in Zwolle that administrative burdens really have increased in recent years. ,, It hits its target, good care supply, just over. a change is required and is now very happy. “

According to Van Zalk we have on complex checklists. He finds it very important that a nurse in the future ‘conscious’ records, only that which contributes to good care. ,, What do you do and what do you do for a patient? Nursing in someone of 30 with a leg wound requires little care in the fields of incontinence. This is different to seniors, we often come. “

The government wants people to stay at home longer. Therefore, it is already decided that district nurses have the freedom to determine independently the patient at any time care need, what care and prevention is required and how much time is enough.

Refreshments fact hour
in the future, even that thought in billing by the hour away, will Van Rijn. ,, Today may need someone two hour care and tomorrow’s six-hour nursing care. What is then indeed decisive? For example, the individual care profile established by the nurse. “

Zalk also finds that progress. ,, Now every minute is registered, but you come for one person – with wants and needs. Health insurers must learn to trust me extra time to care for need someone feel like I can substantiate that in order to prevent later greater care. I am therefore pleased that my professional association Q & amp;.. UN has made strong for here “

Strengthening hear the position of district nurses in reforming long-term care made in 2015. In the Netherlands, more than 400,000 people use of home nursing services. Almost two thirds of the patients are women and the average age is 76 years. These people usually receive about five hours of care per week.