Evaluation of an APN service in acute inpatient care of patients with a malignant brain tumor: a qualitative study in a Swiss university hospital / Evaluation eines APN-Angebots in der akut-stationären Versorgung von Patienten und Patientinnen mit malignem Hirntumor: eine qualitative Studie in einem Schweizer Universitätsspital

Abstract

Caring for patients with a malignant brain tumor is complex and requires a high degree of coordination. The disease reduces life expectancy and affects quality of life. Therefore, patients often depend on the support of their relatives. To achieve better care for such patients and their relatives, a Department of Neurosurgery at a Swiss university hospital introduced a Nurse Practitioner (NP) and their service in 2017. 18 months after implementation, an evaluation of this NP role was conducted. It was aimed for to explore the experience of the interprofessional health care team.

Keywords

• advanced practice nursing
• nurse practitioner
• neoplasms
• brain neoplasms
• qualitative research
• interprofessional relations
• erweiterte pflegepraxis
• pflegeexperten
• krebs
• hirntumor
• qualitative forschung
• interprofessionelle zusammenarbeit