TY - JOUR
T1 - Goal-setting in geriatric rehabilitation: Can the nursing profession meet patients' needs? A narrative review
AU - Vaalburg, Anne Marie
AU - Wattel, Elizabeth
AU - Boersma, Petra
AU - Hertogh, Cees
AU - Gobbens, Robbert
N1 - Funding Information: This research was supported by ZonMW Grant 516022517 (awarded to Robbert Gobbens). Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Authors. Nursing Forum published by Wiley Periodicals LLC
PY - 2021/7/1
Y1 - 2021/7/1
N2 - Study Objective: To provide an overview of patients' needs concerning goal-setting, and indications of how those needs can be met by nurses. Methods: A narrative review. Pubmed and Cinahl were searched through March 1, 2020 for: patients' experiences concerning goal-setting and the role of nursing in rehabilitation. Additional articles were found through snowballing. A total of 22 articles were reviewed on patients' experiences, and 12 on the nursing role. Results: Patients need to be prepared for collaborating in goal-setting and to receive an explanation about their part in that process. The multiplicity of disciplines may cloud patients' understanding of the process. The nurse's planning of the rehabilitation process should be aimed at resolving this issue. Goals need to be meaningful, and patients need support in attaining them. The interpretive, integrative, and consoling functions of Kirkevold's nursing role are suitable to meet these needs. Conclusions: Both the literature about patients' needs regarding goal-setting and the nursing role make clear that the way nurses work in rehabilitation can gain in clarity. Strengthening the role of nurses will improve the goal-setting process for patients. Interprofessional collaboration, clear work procedures, continuity of care, time and trust, and the physical environment all are important to reinforce this role.
AB - Study Objective: To provide an overview of patients' needs concerning goal-setting, and indications of how those needs can be met by nurses. Methods: A narrative review. Pubmed and Cinahl were searched through March 1, 2020 for: patients' experiences concerning goal-setting and the role of nursing in rehabilitation. Additional articles were found through snowballing. A total of 22 articles were reviewed on patients' experiences, and 12 on the nursing role. Results: Patients need to be prepared for collaborating in goal-setting and to receive an explanation about their part in that process. The multiplicity of disciplines may cloud patients' understanding of the process. The nurse's planning of the rehabilitation process should be aimed at resolving this issue. Goals need to be meaningful, and patients need support in attaining them. The interpretive, integrative, and consoling functions of Kirkevold's nursing role are suitable to meet these needs. Conclusions: Both the literature about patients' needs regarding goal-setting and the nursing role make clear that the way nurses work in rehabilitation can gain in clarity. Strengthening the role of nurses will improve the goal-setting process for patients. Interprofessional collaboration, clear work procedures, continuity of care, time and trust, and the physical environment all are important to reinforce this role.
KW - geriatric rehabilitation
KW - goal-setting
KW - nursing role
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1111/nuf.12562
DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/nuf.12562
M3 - Review article
C2 - 33625738
SN - 0029-6473
VL - 56
SP - 648
EP - 659
JO - Nursing Forum
JF - Nursing Forum
IS - 3
ER -