1. EULAR nurses study group for REsearch and STrategy (REST)
Who we are:
Global network of nurses , participants from Europe, USA, Asia, Australia, New-Zealand. We are an open group, everyone is welcome
Aim:
To promote excellence in research by nurses, education for nurses and collaboration of nurses
Background:
Following the EULAR recommendations for the role of the nurse, REST was founded in 2012 to work on the research - and educational agenda.
Inaugural meeting EULAR 2013
Mission:
Initiate and facilitate collaborative projects to be discussed during the annual EULAR meeting
What we do:
We work in different groups on various topics
Current activities:
a) Upcoming:
Dissemination and implementation of the updated EULAR recommendations for the role of the nurse (start 2019)
b) Ongoing: 2 projects
1.RNOT (nurse sensitive outcomes task force)
(Minnock P, collaboration IE,UK, NL, USA)
2.EQPERA (European Qualitative research collaboration on Patient- preferred outcomes in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis) (van der Elst K, collaboration BE, SE, NL)
Topics research agenda (update 2018)
Optimising management (T2T, comorbidities), improving access to care, effective resource use/cost-effectiveness, improving patient outcome, work/employment, self-efficacy/empowerment, different modes of care delivery, components of nursing knowledge, implementation / evaluation of nursing interventions, also in different RMDs
International publications ( )
Bech B, et al update of the EULAR recommendations for the role of the nurse in the management of chronic inflammatory arthritis (submitted)
Van der Elst K, et al. Qualitative research project on Patient-preferred outcomes in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis (EQPERA): rationale, design and methods of a multinational, multicentre, multilingual, longitudinal qualitative study. BMJ Open. 2019;9(3):e doi: /bmjopen
Minnock P, et al. Nursing Sensitive Outcomes in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Literature Review. Int J Nurs Stud. 2018;77:
Active working groups /task force representation
ESNO (specialised nursing European level)
EULAR update recos role nurse
Dissemination/implementation updated
recos
EULAR HP online course (author)
Various EULAR task forces (invited)
Contact Study group leads: Yvonne van Eijk-Hustings and Jenny de la Torre-Aboki
02/07/2019