Nurse innovations

Grassroots innovations

Buurtzorg nurses have the freedom to try new ideas as partners with their clients and neighborhoods. Some start in a single team and spread across the whole Buurtzorg community.

Buurtzorg walker race in the Olympic Stadium
Participants lined up with their walkers at the start of the National Walker Race in Amsterdam

Walker Races

Local walker races have popped up all over the Netherlands, and now there is a national race in Amsterdam each year.

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A smiling woman giving a thumbs-up next to an old radio showing the Radio Steunkous broadcast times

Radio Steunkous

A weekly radio show run by Buurtzorg nurses

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A district nurse laughing with a client

Wijkverpleging.org

An independent Dutch initiative that helps district nurses in their work, with practical care pathways, webinars and an active WhatsApp community.

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A park bench with the Buurtzorg logo

Speech-driven reporting

Nurses dictate their client reports instead of typing them, saving around four minutes per report.

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Buurtzorg Web on a tablet

The Omaha System in the Netherlands

Buurtzorg helped bring this nursing classification system to the Netherlands, where most community nursing now works with it.

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A Buurtzorg colleague outdoors at a staff sports day

Buurtzorg Festival

A yearly festival where Buurtzorg colleagues from all over the Netherlands meet, learn and celebrate together.

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Interested in working the Buurtzorg way?

Let's talk about how we can cooperate instead of compete. We welcome ideas about what we can do together.

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