Questionnaire about Humour 1. As a nurse it is unprofessional to laugh during my work about my work Yes No Don't know 2. What is your definition of humour? 3. Has, according to you, the implementation of humour an effect on the therapeutic environment? Yes No Don't know 4. I can laugh about myself and about some of the mistakes I made during my work. Yes No Don't know 5. Do you think it is possible to implement humour as a nursing intervention with a whole team on a ward? Yes No Don't know 6. Humour and laughter are important and should therefore be admitted to the nursing plan. Yes No Don't know 7. I worry that patients and family of the patients don’t take my professional behaviour seriously if I act foolish and / or funny at my job. 8. What is, according to you, humour as a nursing intervention? 9. If I can laugh about my own problems this helps me to put this problem in the correct perspective and cope better with the stress of my job. Yes No Don't know 10. I share jokes and funny stories with my patients and their families. Yes No Don't know 11. Do you think that humour has an effect on the relationship between patient and nurse? Yes No Don't know 12. When I’m stressed my sense of humour makes it possible to cope. Yes No Don't know 13. My executive manager encourages me to use humour at work. Yes No Don't know 14. Together with my patients I try to laugh about their experiences. Yes No Don't know 15. What kind of job do you do? 16. In which country do you live?? I have returned questionnaires from the following countries: The Netherlands, Mexico, USA & Latvia Can you add your country to it?