Nursing activities and associated workload of nurses in virtual care centres: A multicentre observational study

ResearchComponents.InformationTable.Publication.Authors Jobbe P.L. Leenen, Jedidja Lok-Visser, Cindy Vollenbroek, Henk Sonneveld, Thijs van Houwelingen, Gréanne Leeftink
ResearchComponents.InformationTable.Publication.PublishedIn PLOS Digital Health
ResearchComponents.InformationTable.Publication.PublicationDate 2025
ResearchComponents.InformationTable.Publication.Lectorates Technology for Healthcare Innovations
ResearchComponents.InformationTable.Publication.PublicationType Article

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Virtual care centres (VCCs) are novel wards of hospitals and facilitate the provision of remote monitoring and home-based patient care by virtual care nurses. Whereas since the COVID-19 pandemic VCCs have rapidly emerged, there is a lack of insight in virtual care nurses’ work and the associated work load. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify the nursing activities performed in Virtual Care Centers (VCCs) and assess nurses’ perceived workload associated with these activities. A multicentre descriptive, observational cross-sectional study was performed.

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  • Thijs van Houwelingen
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    • researchcomponents.publicationcontent.authorlectoratelabelsingle: Technology for Healthcare Innovations
ResearchComponents.DetailedInformation.Language English
ResearchComponents.DetailedInformation.PublishedIn PLOS Digital Health
ResearchComponents.DetailedInformation.Keywords nurses, home-based patient care, workload, Virtual care centres (VCCs), the Netherlands
ResearchComponents.DetailedInformation.DigitalObjectIdentifier 10.1371/journal.pdig.0000974
ResearchComponents.DetailedInformation.PageRange 1-14

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