Academic Nursing
Nurse Science is closely connected to the daily practice of nursing care. Integrating scientific research into nursing professional practice is central to this. This is why LUMC, like many other hospitals, is introducing a scientific nursing position, the clinical nurse scientist, in nursing teams. They are masters-level educated nurses who combine clinical care with scientific research. The chair Nursing science is in charge of the research conducted within these positions and supervises the clinical nurse scientist in the daily research process.
…Nurse Science is closely connected to the daily practice of nursing care. Integrating scientific research into nursing professional practice is central to this. This is why LUMC, like many other hospitals, is introducing a scientific nursing position, the clinical nurse scientist, in nursing teams. They are masters-level educated nurses who combine clinical care with scientific research. The chair Nursing science is in charge of the research conducted within these positions and supervises the clinical nurse scientist in the daily research process.
In addition, researchers of the department Academic Nursing involves nurses working in direct patient care in research projects that are related to patient care of their departments.
The department Academic Nursing does not have a structural role in clinical patient care.
Educate bachelor's level nurses in competencies related to academic skills, qualitative and quantitative research methodology and statistics, and the integration of scientific research into nursing practice is one of the responsibilities of nursing science. This enables nurses to learn to initiate research based on questions arising from everyday nursing practice. They also learn to integrate the outcomes of research into daily practice and implement it structurally in routine care. This is essential to keep nursing care up-to-date.
…Educate bachelor's level nurses in competencies related to academic skills, qualitative and quantitative research methodology and statistics, and the integration of scientific research into nursing practice is one of the responsibilities of nursing science. This enables nurses to learn to initiate research based on questions arising from everyday nursing practice. They also learn to integrate the outcomes of research into daily practice and implement it structurally in routine care. This is essential to keep nursing care up-to-date.
To achieve this, the department Academic Nursing provides education in various undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate programs within LUMC and beyond. Within LUMC, this is primarily the EBP education developed and offered within the Department of Health Care Education. There is also, structurally involvement in the university master's program in Nursing Science, program in the master's program in Clinical Health Sciences at Utrecht University by lecturing different courses of the master's program. The Department of Academic Nursing is also active at the international level. The professor Nursing Science annually contributes to the 3-year PhD Summer School of the European Academy of Nursing Science.
The core responsibility of the Department of Academic Nursing is to initiate and conduct scientific research. The research of nursing science focuses on the continuing development, evaluation and implementation of existing and/or new effective and efficient interventions for nursing practice that improve health outcomes of patients and/or their loved ones. However, the effectiveness of care cannot be isolated from the context in which it is delivered and the stakeholders in the care process. Therefore, Nursing Science additionally focuses on identifying and understanding the specific characteristics, needs, preferences and requirements of patients and their families and/or of nurses and other caregivers in receiving and/or delivering care. Nursing Science also studies the effectiveness of care delivery on patient outcomes in terms of context and mode of care delivery.
…The core responsibility of the Department of Academic Nursing is to initiate and conduct scientific research. The research of nursing science focuses on the continuing development, evaluation and implementation of existing and/or new effective and efficient interventions for nursing practice that improve health outcomes of patients and/or their loved ones. However, the effectiveness of care cannot be isolated from the context in which it is delivered and the stakeholders in the care process. Therefore, Nursing Science additionally focuses on identifying and understanding the specific characteristics, needs, preferences and requirements of patients and their families and/or of nurses and other caregivers in receiving and/or delivering care. Nursing Science also studies the effectiveness of care delivery on patient outcomes in terms of context and mode of care delivery.
The Nursing Science Chair also aims to address the major societal challenges of healthcare in the coming decades. These challenges are accompanied by increasing fragmentation of care, which jeopardizes the quality of care and, consequently, patient outcomes. That is why our research centers on “Continuity of Care.” In this way, the Department of Academic Nursing conducts high-quality, cutting-edge nursing research that aligns with the local context of the LUMC and its partners and contributes to addressing societal challenges at both the national and international levels.
Participation and Collaboration
In the organisational structure, Nursing Science is embedded in the section of Academic Nursing.