Op woensdagmiddag 4 juni heeft het consortium plaatsgevonden in het Spaarne Gasthuis. Er waren ca 18 deelnemers uit verschillende hoeken: onderzoek, vrijwilligers coördinatoren (hospice, adamas, spaarne), vrijwilligers, verpleegkundigen, verpleegkundig specialisten en ervaringsdeskundigen/leden van de cliëntenraad. De presentatie is bijgevoegd
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Het verpleegkundig werk en het beroep verder versterken en verduurzamen. Dat is het doel van het actieonderzoek RN2Blend. RN2Blend staat voor: Registered Nurses to Blend. Oftewel: de mix/mengeling van geregistreerde verpleegkundigen. RN2Blend is een actieonderzoek dat wordt uitgevoerd door een consortium van het Radboudumc, de Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, het Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht, de Fontys Hogescholen en het Spaarne Gasthuis. Daarbij wordt nauw samengewerkt met de Nederlandse Vereniging van Ziekenhuizen (NVZ) en de Nederlandse Federatie van Universitair Medische Centra (NFU). Verder zijn er masterstudenten die delen van het onderzoek mee uitvoeren. We onderzoeken gedifferentieerd en functiegericht werk van verpleegkundigen in ziekenhuizen en universitair medische centra (UMC's). Dit doen we sámen met de verpleegkundigen en andere zorgprofessionals die daar werkzaam zijn.* Gedifferentieerd werken is er daarbij op gericht onderscheid tussen verpleegkundige functies te maken op basis van (en passend bij) ieders kwaliteiten, ambities, werkervaring en opleiding (zie: ). Het doel is het verpleegkundig werk en het beroep verder te versterken en te verduurzamen. Het actieonderzoek wordt uitgevoerd in opdracht van het ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn & Sport (VWS), is in 2019 gestart en zal in deze vorm doorlopen tot medio 2023.
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Lectorale Rede van Harmieke van Os, woensdag 17-09-2025: In mijn rede heb ik uiteengezet dat het lectoraat Innovatie in de oncologische (netwerk)zorg zich richt op persoonsgerichte essentiële zorg door verpleegkundigen en verpleegkundig specialisten. Die zorg start in de zorgrelatie. Verpleegkundigen en verpleegkundig specialisten staan voor complexe opgaven: de zorgvraag neemt toe, terwijl er minder verpleegkundigen zijn, de impact van kanker op patiënten en hun naasten is groot en gezondheidsverschillen spelen een rol. Om persoonsgerichte zorg te bieden werken zij nauw samen in netwerken, zetten ze in op preventie en een gezonde leefstijl en maken ze gebruik van (digitale) innovaties. Het lectoraat wil via praktijkgericht onderzoek bijdragen aan de kwaliteit van leven en sterven van patiënten met kanker, en aan de professionalisering van verpleegkundigen en verpleegkundig specialisten. Ik heb een schets gegeven van drie met elkaar samenhangende onderzoeksthema’s: • Interprofessionele samenwerking in (netwerk)zorg; • Preventie door leefstijlverpleegkunde; • Innoveren in de oncologische zorg. Samenwerking is hierin essentieel. Ik heb het belang toegelicht van samenwerking met patiënten, verpleegkundigen, verpleegkundig specialisten, professionals uit zorg- en aanpalende domeinen, docenten en studenten. Samen werken we aan persoonsgerichte zorg!
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Artikel gepubliceerd in Nurse Academy O&T | nummer 3 | 2024: Steeds vaker meten patiënten hun eigen gezondheid. Deze metingen zijn voorbeelden van ‘point of care’-testen (POCT), een voorbeeld is de COVID-19-test. De ontwikkeling en inzet van POCT dragen bij aan betaalbare en toegankelijke gezondheidszorg. POCT kan een belangrijk instrument zijn voor het monitoren van veranderingen in de gezondheid. Het kan thuiswonende ouderen helpen bij het versterken van hun zelfmanagement LEERDOELEN Na het lezen van dit artikel: •weet u wat de kenmerken van ‘point of care’-testen (POCT) zijn en kent u een aantal voorbeelden van POCT; • heeft u inzicht in de voordelen van het gebruik van POCT in gezondheidsbevordering van oudere cliënten; • kent u een aantal uitdagingen die samenhangen met het gebruik van POCT in de praktijk; • heeft u inzicht in de betekenis van verpleegkundigen voor de inzet van POCT bij de ondersteuning van ouderen
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Background: The need for effective continuing education is especially high in in-hospital geriatric care, as older patients have a higher risk of complications, such as falls. It is important that nurses are able to prevent them. However, it remains unknown which interventions change the behavior of nurses. Therefore, the aim of this study is to identify intervention options to change the behavior of hospital nurses regarding fall prevention among older hospitalized patients. Methods: This study used a mixed method design. The Behavior Change Wheel (BCW) was used to identify intervention functions and policy categories to change the behavior of nurses regarding fall prevention. This study followed the eight steps of the BCW and two methods of data collection were used: five focus groups and three Delphi rounds. The focus groups were held with hospital nurses (n = 26). Geriatric experts (n = 11), managers (n = 13) and educators (n = 13) were included in the Delphi rounds. All data were collected within ten tertiary teaching hospitals in the Netherlands. All participants were included based on predefined in- and exclusion criteria and availability. Results: In Geriatric experts’ opinions interventions targeting behavior change of nurses regarding fall prevention should aim at ‘after-care’, ‘estimating fall risk’ and ‘providing information’. However, in nurses’ opinions it should target; ‘providing information’, ‘fall prevention’ and ‘multifactorial fall risk assessment’. Nurses experience a diversity of limitations relating to capability, opportunity and motivation to prevent fall incidents among older patients. Based on these limitations educational experts identified three intervention functions: Incentivisation, modelling and enablement. Managers selected the following policy categories; communication/marketing, regulation and environmental/social planning. Conclusions: The results of this study show there is a discrepancy in opinions of nurses, geriatric experts, managers and educators. Further insight in the role and collaboration of managers, educators and nurses is necessary for the development of education programs strengthening change at the workplace that enable excellence in nursing practice. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-021-00598-z
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Full text via link. Veel organisaties hebben de afgelopen jaren geëxperimenteerd met nieuwe organisatie- en arbeidsvormen die zorgmedewerkers meer professionele autonomie moeten geven. Zo ook De Vriezenhof, een kleinschalig woon- en zorgcentrum in Vriezenveen, dat daarbij werd geïnspireerd door het voorbeeld van pioniers als BuurtZorg. Met behulp van een door de Hogeschool Utrecht ontwikkelde bottom-up verandermethode wil De Vriezenhof de kwaliteit van de zorg en van het werk verbeteren.
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A loss of physical functioning (i.e., a low physical capacity and/or a low physical activity) is a common feature in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). To date, the primary care physiotherapy and specialized pulmonary rehabilitation are clearly underused, and limited to patients with a moderate to very severe degree of airflow limitation (GOLD stage 2 or higher). However, improved referral rates are a necessity to lower the burden for patients with COPD and for society. Therefore, a multidisciplinary group of healthcare professionals and scientists proposes a new model for referral of patients with COPD to the right type of exercise-based care, irrespective of the degree of airflow limitation. Indeed, disease instability (recent hospitalization, yes/no), the burden of disease (no/low, mild/moderate or high), physical capacity (low or preserved) and physical activity (low or preserved) need to be used to allocate patients to one of the six distinct patient profiles. Patients with profile 1 or 2 will not be referred for physiotherapy; patients with profiles 3–5 will be referred for primary care physiotherapy; and patients with profile 6 will be referred for screening for specialized pulmonary rehabilitation. The proposed Dutch model has the intention to get the right patient with COPD allocated to the right type of exercise-based care and at the right moment.
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The generalist-plus-specialist palliative care model is endorsed worldwide. In the Netherlands, the competencies and profile of the generalist provider of palliative care has been described on all professional levels in nursing and medicine. However, there is no clear description of what specialized expertise in palliative care entails, whereas this is important in order for generalists to know who they can consult in complex palliative care situations and for timely referral of patients to palliative care specialists. Objective: To gain insight in the roles and competencies attributed to palliative care specialists as opposed to generalists. Methods: A scoping review was completed based on PRISMA-ScR guidelines to explore the international literature on the role and competence description of specialist and expert care professionals in palliative care. Databases Embase.com, Medline (Ovid), CINAHL (Ebsco) and Web of Science Core Collection were consulted. The thirty-nine included articles were independently screened, reviewed and charted. Thematic codes were attached based on two main outcomes roles and competencies. Results: Five roles were identified for the palliative care specialist: care provider, care consultant, educator, researcher and advocate. Leadership qualities are found to be pivotal for every role. The roles were further specified with competencies that emerged from the analysis. The title, roles and competencies attributed to the palliative care specialist can mostly be applied to both medical and nursing professionals. Discussion: The roles and competencies derived from this scoping review correspond well with the seven fields of competence for medical/nursing professionals in health care of the CanMEDS guide. A specialist is not only distinguished from a generalist on patient-related care activities but also on an encompassing level. Clarity on what it entails to be a specialist is important for improving education and training for specialists. Conclusion: This scoping review adds to our understanding of what roles and competencies define the palliative care specialist. This is important to strengthen the position of the specialist and their added value to generalists in a generalist-plus-specialist model
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In the Netherlands, palliative care is provided by generalist healthcare professionals (HCPs) if possible and by palliative care specialists if necessary. However, it still needs to be clarifed what specialist expertise entails, what specialized care consists of, and which training or work experience is needed to become a palliative care special‑ist. In addition to generalists and specialists, ‘experts’ in palliative care are recognized within the nursing and medical professions, but it is unclear how these three roles relate. This study aims to explore how HCPs working in palliative care describe themselves in terms of generalist, specialist, and expert and how this self-description is related to their work experience and education. Methods A cross-sectional open online survey with both pre-structured and open-ended questions among HCPs who provide palliative care. Analyses were done using descriptive statistics and by deductive thematic coding of open-ended questions. Results Eight hundred ffty-four HCPs flled out the survey; 74% received additional training, and 79% had more than fve years of working experience in palliative care. Based on working experience, 17% describe themselves as a generalist, 34% as a specialist, and 44% as an expert. Almost three out of four HCPs attributed their level of expertise on both their education and their working experience. Self-described specialists/experts had more working experience in palliative care, often had additional training, attended to more patients with palliative care needs, and were more often physicians as compared to generalists. A deductive analysis of the open questions revealed the similarities and dis‑ tinctions between the roles of a specialist and an expert. Seventy-six percent of the respondents mentioned the impor‑tance of having both specialists and experts and wished more clarity about what defnes a specialist or an expert, how to become one, and when you need them. In practice, both roles were used interchangeably. Competencies for the specialist/expert role consist of consulting, leadership, and understanding the importance of collaboration. Conclusions Although the grounds on which HCPs describe themselves as generalist, specialist, or experts difer, HCPs who describe themselves as specialists or experts mostly do so based on both their post-graduate education and their work experience. HCPs fnd it important to have specialists and experts in palliative care in addition to gen‑eralists and indicate more clarity about (the requirements for) these three roles is needed.
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Nurse clinician-scientists are increasingly expected to show leadership aimed at transforming healthcare. However, research on nurse clinician-scientists' leadership (integrating researcher and practitioner roles) is scarce and hardly embedded in sociohistorical contexts. This study introduces leadership moments, that is, concrete events in practices that are perceived as acts of empowerment, in order to understand leadership in the daily work of newly appointed nurse clinician-scientists. Following the learning history method we gathered data using multiple (qualitative) methods to get close to their daily practices. A document analysis provided us with insight into the history of nursing science to illustrate how leadership moments in the everyday work of nurse clinician-scientists in the “here and now” can be related to the particular histories from which they emerged. A qualitative analysis led to three acts of empowerment: (1) becoming visible, (2) building networks, and (3) getting wired in. These acts are illustrated with three series of events in which nurse clinician-scientists' leadership becomes visible. This study contributes to a more socially embedded understanding of nursing leadership, enables us to get a grip on crucial leadership moments, and provides academic and practical starting points for strengthening nurse clinician-scientists' leadership practices. Transformations in healthcare call for transformed notions of leadership.
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