Nienke Dijkstra

Nienke Dijkstra

Lecturer-researcher

Since August 2022 Nienke Dijkstra is an associate professor Pharmaceutical Business Administration and she has been affiliated to the research group Innovation in Healthcare Processes in Pharmacology since 2015. Nienke performs applied research in the field of interprofessional collaboration in pharmaceutical care and she is a lecturer for the Bachelor programme Pharmaceutical Business Administration.
She obtained her PhD from the Utrecht University, on a thesis titled “Home care nurses’ contribution to pharmaceutical care” in June 2022. 

 

The doctoral programme was performed within the research group Proactive Care for Older People Living at Home and the research group Innovation of Healthcare Processes in Pharmacology, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, in collaboration with the department Nursing Science, of the University Medical Centre Utrecht, the Netherlands. The dissertation shows that interprofessional collaboration in pharmaceutical care is essential, but there is room for improvement. Collaboration between healthcare professionals would benefit from regular medication consultation, the more frequent use of modern tools for efficient communication such as smartphone apps. Also more attention for interprofessional education to medication is needed.

Nienke is an international board member of the international network Nurse and Pharmaceutical Care. In this network, Nienke collaborates with nurses, physicians, pharmacists, policy makers and teachers from various European health care organizations and academic institutions on innovation of pharmaceutical care. 

Fields of expertise

  • Applied research
  • Pharmaceutical care
  • Interprofessional collaboration
 

"Our goal is to design interprofessional collaboration between patients, healthcare professionals and informal caregivers in pharmaceutical care."


Publications

  • Cross-sectional evaluation of pharmaceutical care competences in nurse education how well do curricula prepare students of different educational levels?
    • Eline De Baetselier, Nienke Dijkstra, Luis Batalha, Paulo Carvalho Ferreira, Izabela Filov, Vigdis Grøndahl, Jana Heczkova, Ann Helgesen, Sue Jordan, Igor Karnjuš, Petros Kolovos, Gero Langer, Manuel Lillo-Crespo, Alba Malara, Hana Padyšaková, Mirko Prosen, Dorina Pusztai, Bence Raposa, Jorge Riquelme-Galindo, Jana Rottková, Carolien Sino, Francesco Talarico, Nicola Tingle, Styliani Tziaferi, Bart Van Rompaey, Tinne Dilles
    • Research group: Innovation in Healthcare Processes in Pharmacology
    • Article
    • 2024
  • Developing a competence framework for nurses in pharmaceutical care: A Delphi study
    • Nienke Dijkstra, Elyne De Baetselier, Tinne Dilles, Bart Van Rompaey, Luis M da Cunha Batalha, Izabela Filov, Vigdis Abrahamsen Grøndahl, Jana Heczkova, Ann Karin Helgesen, Sue Jordan, Zuzana Kafková, Igor Karnjus, Petros Kolovos, Gero Langer, Manuel Lillo-Crespo, Alba Malara, Hana Padyšáková, Mirko Prosen, Dorina Pusztai, Francesco Talarico, Styliani Tziaferi, Carolien Sino
    • Research group: Proactive care for older people living at home
    • Article
    • 2021
  • Home Care Patients' Experiences with Home Care Nurses' Support in Medication Adherence
    • Nienke E Dijkstra, Marcia Vervloet, Carolien GM Sino, Eibert R Heerdink, Marjorie Nelissen-Vrancken, Nienke Bleijenberg, Marijn de Bruin, Lisette Schoonhoven
    • Research group: Proactive care for older people living at home
    • Article
    • 2021

Projects

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Nienke Dijkstra

Nienke Dijkstra

  • Lecturer-researcher
  • Research group: Innovation in Healthcare Processes in Pharmacology