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Profiles
Professor Jos Latour
Professor in Clinical Nursing
School of Nursing and Midwifery (Faculty of Health and Human Sciences)
Role
Professor in Clinical Nursing
Jos M. Latour is Professorin Clinical Nursing at Plymouth University in Plymouth. The research lines ofJos latour are related to consumer empowerment and involvement in health care.His major research programme is called the EMPATHIC study (EMpowerment ofPArents in THe Intensive Care) and is currently implemented in several Europeanand Asian countries and Australia. Other research programmes are focused onend-of-life care, paediatric sepsis, dementia and transition of adolescentswith chronic illness from paediatrics to the adult care. Jos has publishedwidely in peer-reviewed journals, books and chapters. He is associate-editor of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and editorial board member ofseveral other international peer-reviewed journals. Besides research, Jos isactively involved in the promotion of evidence-based care. His vision is tonarrow the gap between research and clinical practice. His clinical post is atMusgrove Park Hospital in Taunton, Somerset, UK, where he is leading theClinical School. The aims of the Clinical School are to enable researchtranslation, to build research capacity, and to develop and value a researchculture in clinical settings. Internationally, Jos has been the treasurer theWorld Federation Pediatric Intensive & Critical Care Societies and thepresident of the European Society of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Carenursing. Jos was honoured with several awards such as Fellowship of theEuropean federation Critical Care Nursing associations (2008); the ESPNIC LifeTime Achievement Award (2009) and two Presidential Citation Awards of theSociety of Critical Care Medicine (2007 and 2014).
Qualifications
Doctorate Degree in Medicine
Master of Science inNursing
Certificate of PediatricIntensive Care Nursing
Certificate of PediatricNursing
Registered GeneralNurse
Professional membership
European Academy of Nursing Science; EANS
Sigma Theta Tau International, Honor Society ofNursing; Rho Chi Chapter
Society of Critical Care Medicine; SCCM
European Society of Intensive Care Medicine; ESICM
European Society of Paediatric and NeonatalIntensive Care Nursing; ESPNIC
American Association Critical-care Nurses; AACN
Roles on external bodies
Editorial Board
Hellenic Journal of Nursing, International Editorial Board member (2012 – to date)
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Associate Editor (2007 – to date)
Journal of Child Health Care, International Editorial Board member (2006 – to date)
Nursing in Critical Care, International Editorial Board member (2004 – to date)
Connect: The World of Critical Care Nursing, International Editorial Board member (2001 – to date)
Pediatric Intensive Care Nursing, International Editorial Board member (2001 – to date)
Visiting Professorships
Visiting Professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, USA (2014)
Adjunct Professor in Nursing, Curtin University of Technology, Perth Australia (2011 – to date)
Others
Co-chairman 7th World Congress on Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care, 4-7 May 2014, Istanbul, Turkey
Treasurer of World Federation Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies (2005 – to date)
Staff serving as external examiners
PhD Assessment Committees
2014: University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2014: University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
2013: Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg, South Africa
Audit Committees
External Auditor of Master of Advanced Nursing Practice course, HAN University of Applied Science, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. (2011 –to date)
Rater in the McMaster Online Rating of Evidence System, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (2008 – to date)
Research interests
Patient and Family Perceptions and Experiences
Family-CentredCare
Patient Outcomes, NursingOutcomes, and Quality of Care
End-of-LifeCare and Decisions
Transitionof Care from Pediatrics to Adult Care
Grants & contracts
Title: PICTURE (Paediatric Intensive Care Treatment United Registry Europe) project; grant for writing and
submitting stage 2, FP7 2013 grant of the European Commission
January 2013 – May 2013
Role: Principle Investigators and Coordinator
Funding Body: European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (ESPNIC)
Total amount: €34.000
Personal amount of funding: € 20.000
Title: Delphi study to determine PICU and NICU nursing research priorities in Europe.
January 2012 – December 2013
Role: Principle Investigator (including Dr. L Tume, Dr. A. vd Hoogen, Dr. J Wielenga)
Funding Body: European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (ESPNIC)
Total amount: €5.000
Personal amount of funding: € 1.000
Title: Self-management and participation of young people with chronic diseases.
January 2012 – October 2013
Role: Co-Investigator,Senior Researcher (Principle Investigator Dr. AnneLoes van Staa)
Funding Body: Raak-ProGrant
Total amount: €700.000
Personal amount of funding: € 45.125
Title: Nurse Practitioner as case manager in the Neonatology Intensive Care.
January 2011 – December 2011
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding Body: Erasmus MC Evidence-Based Care by Nurses Grant
Total amount: €50.000
Personal amount of funding: € 50.000
Title: On Your Own Feet: Preferences and competences of adolescents with chronic illness in transition from paediatric health care to adult health care.
October 2004 – October 2006
Role: Co-Investigator,Senior Researcher (Principle Investigator Dr. AnneLoes van Staa)
Funding Body: ZonMw:The Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development
Total amount: €200.000
Personal amount of funding: € 33.538
Title: Empowerment of Parents in the Intensive Care; the EMPATHIC Study
January 2005 – December 2010
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding Body: NutsOhra Foundation
Total amount: €100.000
Personal amount of funding: € 100.000Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
2018
'The current practice of family-centred care in Italian neonatal intensive care units: A multi-centre descriptive study'
Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
, DOI
PEARL
2018
'Impact of family integrated care on infants’ clinical outcomes in two children’s hospitals in China: a pre-post intervention study'
Italian Journal of Pediatrics
, DOI
PEARL
2018
'Qualitative study exploring factors influencing escalation of care of deteriorating children in a children’s hospital'
BMJ Paediatrics Open
, DOI
PEARL
2018
'Involvements of parents in the care of preterm infants: A pilot study evaluating a family-centered care intervention in a Chinese Neonatal Intensive Care Unit'
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
PEARL
2018
'Experiences of undergraduate nursing students in peer assisted learning in clinical practice: a qualitative systematic review'
JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports
16,
(5)
1190-1219
, DOI
PEARL
2018
'An exploration of peer-assisted learning in undergraduate nursing students in paediatric clinical settings: An ethnographic study'
Nurse Education Today
, DOI
PEARL
2018
'Neonatal intensive care parent satisfaction: A multi-center study translating and validating the Italian EMPATHIC-N questionnaire'
Italian Journal of Pediatrics
PEARL
2018
'A systematic review of instruments for assessing parent satisfaction with family-centred care in neonatal intensive care units'
Acta Paediatrica
, DOI
PEARL
2017
'Traducción y validación al español del cuestionario EMPATHIC-30 para medir la satisfacción de los padres en cuidados intensivos'
Anales de Pediatría
, DOI
PEARL
2017
'A Pilot Study Evaluating the Effectiveness of Dual-Registration Image-Guided Radiotherapy in Patients with Oropharyngeal Cancer'
Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences
, DOI
PEARL
2017
'Using Blogs to explore the lived experience of life after Stroke: ‘A journey of discovery I never wanted to take'
Journal of Advanced Nursing
, DOI
PEARL
2017
'Empowering Parents of Australian Infants and Children in Hospital'
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
1-1
, DOI
PEARL
2017
'Family-centred care in Intensive Care: Moving the evidence forward—A call for papers'
Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
, DOI
PEARL
2017
'Footwear and insole design features to prevent foot ulceration in people with diabetes: a systematic review protocol'
JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports
, DOI
PEARL
2017
'Oropharyngeal Colostrum Administration in Very Low Birth Weight Infants'
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
1-1
, DOI
PEARL
2017
'The meaning of confidence for older people living with frailty'
JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports
15,
(5)
1316-1349
, DOI
PEARL
2017
'The involvement of people with Parkinson’s in designing a study of the lived experience of anxiety'
British Journal of Occupational Therapy
030802261770065-030802261770065
, DOI
PEARL
2017
'“Am I also going to die, doctor?” A systematic review of the impact of in-hospital patients witnessing a resuscitation of another patient'
European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
16,
(7)
585-594
, DOI
PEARL
2017
'Measuring Parent Satisfaction in the PICU Across the World: Does One Size Fits All?'
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
18,
(4)
393-395
, DOI
PEARL
2016
'EMpowerment of PArents in THe Intensive Care Questionnaire'
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
1-1
, DOI
PEARL
2016
'Regarding “Development of a postgraduate interventional cardiac nursing curriculum” by Currey et al'
Australian Critical Care
29,
(4)
175-175
, DOI
PEARL
2016
'Measurement of parent satisfaction in the paediatric intensive care unit – Translation, cultural adaptation and psychometric equivalence for the French-speaking version of the EMPATHIC-65 questionnaire'
Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
38,
40-45
, DOI
PEARL
2016
'Should out of sight mean out of mind? Challenging the role of paediatric intensive care in understanding and supporting children and families following childhood critical illness'
NURSING IN CRITICAL CARE
21,
(5)
262-264
, DOI
PEARL
2016
'The role of peer-assisted learning in enhancing the learning of undergraduate nursing students in clinical practice: a qualitative systematic review protocol'
JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports
, DOI
PEARL
2016
'OC47 – NICUs and family-centred care, from the leadership to the design, the results of a survey in Italy (by FCC Italian NICU study group)'
Nursing Children and Young People
28,
(4)
86-86
, DOI
PEARL
2016
'A focus group consultation round exploring patient experiences of comfort during radiotherapy for head and neck cancer'
Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice
15,
(02)
143-149
, DOI
PEARL
2016
'Family-Clinician Communication Within Critical Care Settings: Unraveling the Complex and Valuing the Hidden'
PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
17,
(3)
264-265
, DOI
PEARL
2015
'Family Involvement in PICU Rounds'
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
16,
(9)
875-876
, DOI
PEARL
2015
'Measuring parents’ perspective on continuity of care in children with special health care needs'
International Journal of Integrated Care
15,
(4)
, DOI
PEARL
2015
'The meaning of confidence for older people living with frailty: a systematic review of qualitative evidence protocol'
The JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports
13,
(7)
62-62
, DOI
2015
'A roadmap for paediatric and neonatal critical care nursing science in Europe: engage, action and impact'
Nursing in Critical Care
20,
(5)
224-226
, DOI
PEARL
2015
'Pediatric Critical Care Nursing Research Priorities—Initiating International Dialogue'
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
16,
(6)
e174-e182
, DOI
PEARL
2015
'An analysis of Australian graduate critical care nurse education'
Collegian
22,
(1)
71-81
, DOI
PEARL
2015
'Developing and testing the standard of practice and evaluation of critical-care-nursing tool (SPECT) for graduates of critical care nurse education programs'
Australian Critical Care
28,
(1)
47-47
, DOI
PEARL
2015
'Practice expectations for graduates of Australian critical care nurse education: Development of the standard of practice and evaluation of critical-care-nursing tool (SPECT)'
Australian Critical Care
28,
(1)
37-37
, DOI
PEARL
2015
'Measuring parents' perspective on continuity of care in children with special health care needs'
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTEGRATED CARE
15,
PEARL
2015
'Psychometric Evaluation of the Newcastle Satisfaction With Nursing Scales'
Journal of Nursing Care Quality
30,
(1)
84-92
, DOI
PEARL
2014
'European neonatal intensive care nursing research priorities: an e-Delphi study'
Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
100,
(1)
F66-F71
, DOI
PEARL
2014
'Effect of Nonnutritive Sucking and Oral Stimulation on Feeding Performance in Preterm Infants'
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
15,
(7)
608-614
, DOI
PEARL
2014
'Developing and Testing the Standard of Practice and Evaluation of Critical-Care-Nursing Tool (SPECT) for Critical Care Nursing Practice'
The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing
45,
(7)
312-320
, DOI
PEARL
2014
'An Electronic Delphi Study to Establish Pediatric Intensive Care Nursing Research Priorities in Twenty European Countries*'
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
15,
(5)
e206-e213
, DOI
PEARL
2014
'Development of Australian clinical practice outcome standards for graduates of critical care nurse education'
Journal of Clinical Nursing
24,
(3-4)
486-499
, DOI
PEARL
2014
'What’s new in ICU visiting policies: can we continue to keep the doors closed?'
Intensive Care Medicine
40,
(5)
730-733
, DOI
PEARL
2014
'Development of Australian clinical practice outcome standards for graduates of critical care nurse education'
Australian Critical Care
27,
(1)
44-44
, DOI
PEARL
2014
'Implementing the family-centered care model, parents’ satisfaction and experiences in neonatology'
Italian Journal of Pediatrics
40,
(Suppl 2)
A47-A47
, DOI
PEARL
2014
'Patient safety from the patient: Parents' perspective'
Tijdschrift voor Kindergeneeskunde
82,
(5)
184-188
PEARL
2013
'Using a web-based survey tool to undertake a Delphi study: Application for nurse education research'
Nurse Education Today
33,
(11)
1322-1328
, DOI
2013
'The shortened EMpowerment of PArents in THe Intensive Care 30 questionnaire adequately measured parent satisfaction in pediatric intensive care units'
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
66,
(9)
1045-1050
, DOI
2013
'Health consumers’ experiences in Australian critical care units: Implications for critical care nurses’ educational preparation'
Australian Critical Care
26,
(2)
81-81
, DOI
2013
'South African critical care nurses' views on end-of-life decision-making and practices'
Nursing in Critical Care
19,
(1)
9-17
, DOI
PEARL
2013
'Health consumers' experiences in Australian critical care units: postgraduate nurse education implications'
Nursing in Critical Care
18,
(2)
93-102
, DOI
2012
'A review of critical care nursing staffing, education and practice standards'
Australian Critical Care
25,
(4)
224-237
, DOI
2012
'Development and validation of a neonatal intensive care parent satisfaction instrument*'
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
13,
(5)
554-559
, DOI
2012
'Privacy, dignity and confidentiality: a time to reflect on practice'
Nursing in Critical Care
17,
(3)
109-111
, DOI
2011
'FAMILY CENTRED CARE IN CRITICAL CARE UNITS'
ACTA PAEDIATRICA
100,
91-91
2011
'Crossing the transition chasm: experiences and recommendations for improving transitional care of young adults, parents and providers'
Child: Care, Health and Development
37,
(6)
821-832
, DOI
2011
'Forgoing life support: how the decision is made in European pediatric intensive care units'
Intensive Care Medicine
37,
(11)
1881-1887
, DOI
2011
'Differences in the perceptions of parents and healthcare professionals on pediatric intensive care practices'
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
12,
(5)
e211-e215
, DOI
2011
'World Federation of Pediatric Intensive Care and Critical Care Societies: Global Sepsis Initiative*'
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
12,
(5)
494-503
, DOI
2010
'Research priorities of adult intensive care nurses in 20 European countries: a Delphi study'
Journal of Advanced Nursing
67,
(3)
550-562
, DOI
2010
'A qualitative study exploring the experiences of parents of children admitted to seven Dutch pediatric intensive care units'
Intensive Care Medicine
37,
(2)
319-325
, DOI
PEARL
2010
'Construction and psychometric testing of the EMPATHIC questionnaire measuring parent satisfaction in the pediatric intensive care unit'
Intensive Care Medicine
37,
(2)
310-318
, DOI
PEARL
2010
'Perceptions of Parents, Nurses, and Physicians on Neonatal Intensive Care Practices'
The Journal of Pediatrics
157,
(2)
215-220.e3
, DOI
2010
'Preferences for health care and self-management among Dutch adolescents with chronic conditions: A Q-methodological investigation'
International Journal of Nursing Studies
47,
(5)
593-603
, DOI
2010
'Exciting but exhausting: experiences with participatory research with chronically ill adolescents'
Health Expectations
13,
(1)
95-107
, DOI
2010
'Parental satisfaction with follow-up services for children with major anatomical congenital anomalies'
Child: Care, Health and Development
36,
(1)
101-109
, DOI
2010
'Undergraduate nurse students' education in infection prevention: is it effective to change the attitude and compliance with hand hygiene?'
Nursing in Critical Care
15,
(1)
39-40
, DOI
2009
'Bridging the gap between paediatric to adult care: experiences with the transition of adolescents with chronic conditions in the Netherlands'
International Journal of Integrated Care
9,
(6)
, DOI
2009
'Response to: Twenty-three thousand unnecessary deaths every day: What are you doing about it?'
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
10,
(5)
610-612
, DOI
2009
'World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies—Its global agenda*'
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
10,
(5)
597-600
, DOI
2009
'Construction of a parent satisfaction instrument: Perceptions of pediatric intensive care nurses and physicians'
Journal of Critical Care
24,
(2)
255-266
, DOI
2009
'EfCCNa survey: European intensive care nurses’ attitudes and beliefs towards end-of-life care'
Nursing in Critical Care
14,
(3)
110-121
, DOI
2009
'Reduction of catheter related bloodstream infections in intensive care: one for all, all for one?'
Nursing in Critical Care
14,
(3)
107-108
, DOI
2009
'Perceptions of parents on satisfaction with care in the pediatric intensive care unit: the EMPATHIC study'
Intensive Care Medicine
35,
(6)
1082-1089
, DOI
2008
'Parental needs during end-of-life care: One room for improvement*'
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
9,
(6)
661-662
, DOI
2008
'Endotracheal suctioning: There’s more to it than just technical care*'
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
9,
(5)
539-540
, DOI
2008
'Forgoing Life-Sustaining or Death-Prolonging Therapy in the Pediatric ICU'
Pediatric Clinics of North America
55,
(3)
791-804
, DOI
2008
'Parent Satisfaction in the Pediatric ICU'
Pediatric Clinics of North America
55,
(3)
779-790
, DOI
2008
'The presence of family members during cardiopulmonary resuscitation'
Paediatric Care
20,
(1)
34-36
, DOI
2008
'The presence of family members during cardiopulmonary resuscitation'
Paediatric Nursing
20,
(1)
34-36
, DOI
2008
'A NORMAL LIFE WITH AN UNHEALTHY BODY: SELF-IDENTITY IN ADOLESCENTS GROWING UP WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS'
Pediatrics
121,
(Supplement 2)
S103.1-S103
, DOI
2008
'USING Q-METHODOLOGY TO EXPLORE PREFERENCES FOR CARE OF ADOLESCENTS WITH CHRONIC DISORDERS: 4 PROFILES'
Pediatrics
121,
(Supplement 2)
S154.2-S155
, DOI
2007
'The Presence of Family Members During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: European Federation of Critical Care Nursing Associations, European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care and European Society of Cardiology Council on Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions Joint Position Statement'
European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
6,
(4)
255-258
, DOI
2007
'Caring for children in a persistent vegetative state: Complex but manageable*'
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
8,
(5)
497-498
, DOI
2007
'Paediatric critical care nurses’ attitudes and experiences of parental presence during cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A European survey'
International Journal of Nursing Studies
44,
(7)
1238-1249
, DOI
2007
'The Presence of Family Members During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: European federation of Critical Care Nursing associations, European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care and European Society of Cardiology Council on Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions Joint Position Statement'
Nursing in Critical Care
12,
(5)
250-252
, DOI
2007
'Families in the ICU: do we truly consider their needs, experiences and satisfaction?'
Nursing in Critical Care
12,
(4)
173-174
, DOI
2006
'A prone positioning protocol for safe patient care: The challenge is to use it*'
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
7,
(5)
486-487
, DOI
2005
'Parent satisfaction in pediatric intensive care: A critical appraisal of the literature'
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
6,
(5)
578-584
, DOI
2005
'A European survey of critical care nurses’ attitudes and experiences of having family members present during cardiopulmonary resuscitation'
International Journal of Nursing Studies
42,
(5)
557-568
, DOI
2005
'A commentary on:The importance of parental support when caring for the acutely ill child by Wheeler'
Nursing in Critical Care
10,
(2)
63-63
, DOI
2005
'Is family-centred care in critical care units that difficult? A view from Europe'
Nursing in Critical Care
10,
(2)
51-53
, DOI
2004
'Report of the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies'
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
302-303
, DOI
2004
'Report of the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies'
Pediatr Crit Care Med
5,
(3)
302-303
, DOI
2003
'Improving end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: are nurses involved?'
Australian Critical Care
16,
(3)
84-85
, DOI
0
'Ethical, cultural, social and individual considerations prior to transition to limitation or withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies'
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
PEARL
0
'Exploring patients’ and healthcare professionals’ experiences of patient-witnessed resuscitation: a qualitative study protocol'
Journal of Advanced Nursing
PEARL
0
'Family-Centred Care in the Intensive Care Unit: More than just flexible visiting hours'
Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
PEARL
0
'Family-Centred Care in the Intensive Care Unit: More than just flexible visiting hours'
Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
PEARL
Conference Papers
2016
'Assessment of Early Sepsis in Children by Parents and General Practitioners: an Evaluation'
1558-1559
PEARL
2016
'THE EMPATHIC-30 QUESTIONNAIRE IS RELIABLE AND VALID FOR POLISH PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNITS'
1575-1575
PEARL
2013
'A NEW QUALITY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR READY FOR USE: THE EMPATHIC-30 MEASURING PARENT SATISFACTION IN PAEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNITS'
S184-S184
2013
'FORGOING LIFE SUPPORT: IMPROVING CARE IN THE FACE OF INEVITABLE DEATH'
S4-S4
2013
'MEASUREMENT OF PARENT SATISFACTION IN FRENCH-SPEAKING PICUS: A NEED FOR TRANSLATION AND CULTURAL ADAPTATION OF THE EMPATHIC QUESTIONNAIRE'
S66-S66
2013
'RESEARCH PRIORITIES OF PICU AND NICU NURSES ACROSS EUROPE: A DELPHI STUDY'
S194-S195
Other academic activities
Faculty of the ClinicalEducators Course, Papageorgiou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece. 2011 ( I made three teaching modules;module 1 Protocol Development, module 2 Assessment Scientific Literature,module 3 Clinical Nurse Educator Role Development
Expert appointed by Court of Justice, The Hague, The Netherlands;Case in High Court of a nurse accused of murder of severalpatients (children and adults) (2004)
Lecturer at Care Academy of the Erasmus Medical Centre. Teachingthe Evidenced-Based Practice module for post-graduate nursing specialist courses.(2003 – 2014)
Vice-President of theWorld Federation Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies (2003 – 2005)
Expertappointed by the Court of Justice, Assen, The Netherlands; Civil Court caseabout suspected medical and nursing malpractice in a hospital
Memberof Fraction 3 ‘Child and Maternity Care’ of the AVVV (Dutch National NursingCouncil) (2002 – 2004)
Consultantfor Public Prosecutors, The Hague, The Netherlands; Case of a nurse (Lucia deB.) accused of murder of several patients (children and adults) (2001 – 2002)
Coordinatorof the emergency services (disaster plan) in the VU University Medical Centreduring the Volendam fire disaster, 1 January 2001
CBO,Dutch Institute of Quality Improvement in Health Care. Expert in twoBreakthrough Series of Adult Intensive Care (1999 – 2002)
Presidentof European Society of Pediatric Neonatal Intensive Care (ESPNIC) (1996 – 2000)
NursingProject Team, nurse consultant for a new nursing organizational structure inthe Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, Utrecht, the Netherlands (1996 - 1997)
NursingAdvice Council in the Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Utrecht, the Netherlands(1995 – 1997)
Implementationof a nursing research program in the Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Utrecht,the Netherlands (1993 – 1997)
Additional information
HonoUrs & AWARDS
2014: Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM): Presidential Citationfor outstanding contributions to the SCCM.
2011: Nurses Society of Intensive Care, Anaesthesia and Reanimation ofSerbia (UINARS): Brevet of Gratitude Award for the help and support indevelopment of UINARS.
2010: Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM): Presidential Citationfor outstanding contributions to the SCCM.
2009: European Society Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care: LifeTime Achievement Award.
2008: Fellow of the EuropeanFederation Critical Care Nursing associations (EfCCNa)
2006: Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM): Presidential Citationfor outstanding contributions to the SCCM.