PhD H. (Heleen) Westland
PhD H. (Heleen) Westland
- Julius Center, dept. General Practice & Nursing Science
Biography
Biography
Dr. Heleen Westland is assistant professor at the Julius Center, University Medical Center Utrecht. She worked as a (senior) registered nurse (2001-2008) and a clinical nurse leader (2008-2012) at the cardiology/cardiothoracic surgery department. She obtained her Master of Science Degree in Nursing Science (2009, cum laude) and Epidemiology (2018) at the Utrecht University. In 2019, she obtained her PhD at the Utrecht University focusing on self-management support by nurses of patients with a chronic condition.
She continued her scientific career as an assistant professor focusing on understanding and optimizing patients’ self-management of their chronic condition to improve personalized support and patients’ outcomes.
Currently, dr. Westland is investigating how to optimize the support of patients with heart failure in monitoring and managing their symptoms (senior scientist Dekkerbeurs, Dutch Heart Foundation, 2023).
https://www.linkedin.com/in/heleen-westland-7561b310/
Research Output (19)
Page Shayleigh Dickson, Lee Christopher, Aryal Subhash, Freedland Kenneth, Stromberg Anna, Vellone Ercole, Westland Heleen, Wiebe Douglas J, Jaarsma Tiny, Riegel Barbara Dec 2022, In: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 20
Lee Christopher S., Westland Heleen, Faulkner Kenneth M., Iovino Paolo, Thompson Jessica Harman, Sexton Jessica, Farry Elizabeth, Jaarsma Tiny, Riegel Barbara 5 Jul 2022, In: International Journal of Nursing Studies. 134
Westland Heleen, Page Shayleigh Dickson, van Rijn Michelle, Aryal Subhash, Freedland Kenneth E, Lee Christopher, Strömberg Anna, Vellone Ercole, Wiebe Douglas J, Jaarsma Tiny, Riegel Barbara 13 Jun 2022, In: Heart & lung : the journal of critical care. 56 , p. 40-49 10 p.
Riegel Barbara, Westland Heleen, Freedland Kenneth E, Lee Christopher S, Stromberg Anna, Vellone Ercole, Jaarsma Tiny May 2022, In: International Journal of Nursing Studies. 129
Westland Heleen, Trappenburg Jaap C.A., Schuurmans Marieke J., Zonneveld Michelle H., Schröder Carin D. 23 Mar 2021, In: BMJ Open. 11 , p. 1-10
Jaarsma Tiny, Westland Heleen, Vellone Ercole, Freedland Kenneth E., Schröder Carin, Trappenburg Jaap C.A., Strömberg Anna, Riegel Barbara 2 Dec 2020, In: International journal of environmental research and public health. 17 , p. 1-13 13 p.
Westland Heleen, Schuurmans Marieke J, Bos-Touwen Irene D, de Bruin-van Leersum Marjolein A, Monninkhof Evelyn M, Schröder Carin D, de Vette Daphne A, Trappenburg Jaap Ca 2020, In: European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 19 , p. 721-731 11 p.
Riegel Barbara, Westland Heleen, Iovino Paolo, Barelds Ingrid, Bruins Slot Joyce, Stawnychy Michael A, Osokpo Onome, Tarbi Elise, Trappenburg Jaap C A, Vellone Ercole, Strömberg Anna, Jaarsma Tiny 2020, In: International Journal of Nursing Studies. 116 , p. 1-10
Westland Heleen, Sluiter Jill, Te Dorsthorst Sophie, Schröder Carin D, Trappenburg Jaap C A, Vervoort Sigrid C J M, Schuurmans Marieke J 1 Feb 2019, In: PLoS ONE. 14
Westland Helena 17 Jan 2019, 273 p.