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ID
Source
Brief title
Health condition
1. Cardiology;
2. nurse practitioner;
3. medical intern;
4. PhD student;
5. care;
6. consistent;
7. continuous.
Sponsors and support
Henri Dunantstraat 5
6401CX Heerlen
+31 (0)45-5766666
Henri Dunantstraat 5
6401CX Heerlen
+31 (0)45-5766666
Intervention
Outcome measures
Primary outcome
The use of nurse practitioners instead of medical interns will result in a better, more consistent and more continuous care.
January 2008, a baseline-measurement will be done. The same measurement will be done 12 months later and results will be compared.
This measurement consists of the following items:
1. a patient poll (VAS-scale, approximately 30 questions) regarding their perception of the care they received during their stay;
2. a poll among general practitioners in the region;
3. measurement of faulty prescriptions in the hospital pharmacy;
4. measurement of the average time patients reside in the hospital.
Secondary outcome
The use of nurse practitioners will lead to:
1. more efficient care;
2. reduced in-hospital period;
3. better and more information to patients and relatives during their stay;
4. more complete use of cardiac protocols regarding the treatment;
5. reduction of medication errors with patients who leave the hospital;
6. better perception of cardiac care by the patients general practitioner.
Background summary
Measurement of the effects when an assistant-doctor is replaced by a nurse practitioner within in cardiac unit.
Study objective
Patients will receive more continuous, more consistent and better (medical) care during their stay in the hospital when they are treated by nurse practitioners instead of medical interns or PhD students.
Study design
January 2008: baseline measurement,
january 2009: follow-up measurement.
Intervention
(Medical) treatment of cardiological patients will be done by a nurse practitioner instead of a medical intern or PhD student. The control group will stil receive their care from a medical intern. Both groups have a supervising physician.
Henri Dunantstraat 5
J.A. Kragten
Heerlen 6401CX
The Netherlands
+31 (0)45-5766666
jkn03@atriummc.nl
Henri Dunantstraat 5
J.A. Kragten
Heerlen 6401CX
The Netherlands
+31 (0)45-5766666
jkn03@atriummc.nl
Inclusion criteria
Clinical patients with cardiac diseases.
Exclusion criteria
1. Patients with reduced consciousness or unconscious patients;
2. IC/CCU-patients;
3. patients who don't adequately understand the dutch language.
Design
Recruitment
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In other registers
| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| NTR-new | NL1127 |
| NTR-old | NTR1162 |
| Other | Atrium Medisch Centrum Parkstad, Heerlen, NL : 07-N-81 |
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN wordt niet meer aangevraagd |