""I felt because of the good preparation we were able to really make strides, very nice!""
Professor Dr Bianca Buurman, President of Verpleegkundigen en Verzorgenden Nederland
Context: Nurses and carers can play a big role in prevention, but 45 per cent of them do not get around to prevention tasks. This is due to high workload and lack of colleagues. This while preventive tasks are just so important to prevent hospital admissions and achieve longer living at home, for example.
Output: The aim of this hands-on meeting was to realise a 10-point plan for "good care at home". To get there, best practices were first discussed and after that, attendees broke up into groups. Not only to exchange experiences, but also to determine what knowledge is missing in relation to good care at home. Each group provided a top-3 of points around preventive tasks, which are important for nurses and caregivers to provide good home care. In the plenary feedback, each group gave a pitch on the top-3 and the organisation and experts briefly reflected on outcomes such as: "intensify cooperation with informal carers", "improve safety in the home" and "get better access to knowledge". The outcomes served as valuable input for the District Nursing Knowledge Agenda. With an initially blank programme, I managed to bring structure to the meeting and apply a format that released a lot of knowledge in a short time.
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