Abstract Background 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.
This speech discusses how the professorship intends to support practitioners in the nursing domain and contribute to shaping nursing leadership and each person's professional individuality. The title of the speech, “Notes on Nursing 2.0,” is particularly intended to emphasize the need for these changes in the nursing domain. Not by assuming that nothing has changed in care and nursing since Nightingale's time. There has. Being educated in the professional domain is not only a given but a requirement. The knowledge domain of care and nursing has developed far and wide in nursing diagnostics and standards. Nursing science research, which Nightingale once started as the first female statistician in the British Kingdom, has firmly established itself in education and practice. Wanting to be of significance to others out of compassion is still the professional motivation, but there is no longer a subservient servitude (Cingel van der, 2012). At the same time, wholehearted leadership is not yet taken for granted in daily practice and optimal professional practice falters due to an equality principle of differently educated caregivers and nurses that has been held for too long. That is the need for change to which this 2.0 version “Notes on Nursing” and the lectorate want to contribute in the coming years. Chapter 1, through the metaphors in the story “The Cat Who Looked at the King,” describes the vision of emancipatory action research and the change principles that the lectorate will deploy. Chapter 2 contains the reason, mission and lines of research that are interrelated within the lectorate. Chapters 3 and 4 address the themes of identity and leadership, discussing their interrelationship with professional practice and developing a research culture. In addition, specific aspects that influence practice and work culture today are addressed, and how the lectorate contributes specifically to the development of nursing leadership and the formation of professional identity in the relevant domain is described. Chapter 5 contains a summary of the principles on which the research program is based, as well as information on current and future projects. Chapter 6 provides background information on the lector and the members of the knowledge circle.
Abstract Specialist oncology nurses (SONs) have the potential to play a major role in monitoring and reporting adverse drug reactions (ADRs); and reduce the level of underreporting by current healthcare professionals. The aim of this study was to investigate the long term clinical and educational efects of real-life pharmacovigilance education intervention for SONs on ADR reporting. This prospective cohort study, with a 2-year follow-up, was carried out in the three postgraduate schools in the Netherlands. In one of the schools, the prescribing qualifcation course was expanded to include a lecture on pharmacovigilance, an ADR reporting assignment, and group discussion of self-reported ADRs (intervention). The clinical value of the intervention was assessed by analyzing the quantity and quality of ADR-reports sent to the Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Center Lareb, up to 2 years after the course and by evaluating the competences regarding pharmacovigilance of SONs annually. Eighty-eight SONs (78% of all SONs with a prescribing qualifcation in the Netherlands) were included. During the study, 82 ADRs were reported by the intervention group and 0 by the control group. This made the intervention group 105 times more likely to report an ADR after the course than an average nurse in the Netherlands. This is the frst study to show a signifcant and relevant increase in the number of well-documented ADR reports after a single educational intervention. The real-life pharmacovigilance educational intervention also resulted in a long-term increase in pharmacovigilance competence. We recommend implementing real-life, context- and problem-based pharmacovigilance learning assignments in all healthcare curricula.
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Verpleegkundig specialisten (VS’en) zijn hbo-master-opgeleide professionals die acteren op het hoogste beheersingsniveau binnen de verpleegkunde (NLQF 7). Zij hebben in Nederland hun intrede gedaan sinds de eeuwwisseling. Binnen de ggz is de inzet van de VS als regiebehandelaar echter pas sinds januari 2017 bekrachtigd in het Model Kwaliteitsinstituut. Elke ggz-instelling is verplicht om een Kwaliteitsstatuut te heb-ben, waarin inzichtelijk wordt gemaakt hoe de kwaliteit en doelmatigheid van de zorgverlening vorm krijgt. De VS als regiebehandelaar wordt in het Model Kwaliteitsstatuut aanbevolen voor cliënten waarbij de pri-maire focus van de behandeling gericht is op de gevolgen van de psychiatrische stoornis. VS’en-ggz vragen zich af hoe zij invulling kunnen geven aan de rol van regiebehandelaar. Het resultaat van dit RAAK-project moet een handreiking worden voor VS’en-ggz om hen te ondersteunen bij het invullen van de rol als regie-behandelaar binnen het multidisciplinaire team. We richten ons in dit project op de basis- en specialistische ggz die geboden wordt vanuit de ggz-instellingen. Om te komen tot een handreiking kiezen we voor data-triangulatie door drie verschillende methoden in te zetten, namelijk 1. nationale survey, 2. multiple casestu-die met mixed methods en 3. ontwerpgericht design om een handreiking te ontwikkelen. Tijdens het onder-zoeksproject en bij de verspreiding van kennis werken we samen met: cliëntraden, cliënten/naasten, VS’en-ggz, psychiaters en psychologen uit zeven ggz-instellingen; lectoren en docenten uit zes instellingen voor Hoger Beroeps Onderwijs; beroepsverenigingen voor VS’en, psychiaters en psychologen; hoogleraar verple-gingswetenschap en brancheorganisatie GGZ Nederland. Op deze wijze borgen we dat het onderzoek en de handreiking daadwerkelijk leiden tot breed gedragen handvatten voor de dagelijkse praktijk die bijdragen aan de invulling van de rol van regiebehandelaar door de VS, wat resulteert in kwaliteitswinst voor cliënten die in behandeling zijn bij een ggz-instelling.
