M.M.C (Margo) van Mol, PhD

Dr. Margo MC van Mol has worked in the ICU for almost 30 years as a clinical nurse (registered). She holds an MSc in Health Psychology and epidemiology. Margo currently undertakes a post-doc fellowship in the ICU of Erasmus MC, an academic hospital in Rotterdam. Her interests focus on the emotional impact of the ICU on patients and their relatives and the wellbeing of healthcare professionals. She has received several research grants for her projects and has publications in peer-reviewed journals.

Current research projects:

2020-2021 Implementation and effectiveness of POST-ICU-diary, a digital diary tool supporting relatives in the ICU.

2020-2021 RELACS; a randomized controlled trial to assess the effect of music intervention on the level of anxiety in ICU patients.

2020 CoMentIC study, a cross-sectional survey on the impact of COVID-19 on the Mental health of ICU nurses in the Netherlands.

2020 A mixed method study for a needs assessment of supportive interventions on vitality and resilience after COVID-19 among employees of Erasmus MC.

2020 Priorities for a research agenda, perspectives of former ICU patients and relatives in the Netherlands.

2019-2020 BRIC study; a mixed method study to evaluate a nurse led intervention with an exploration of complicated grief and identifying experiences of the relatives. Qualification summary: efficient and focused worker, excellent organizing skills, connector and teamwork, research experience. Personal interests: running marathons, playing flute in an orchestra.

Research line “Improving (long-term) health outcomes of patients and relatives in a person-centered intensive care unit and promoting the wellbeing of professionals”.

In Dutch: Mijn onderzoekslijn persoonsgerichte zorg op de intensive care is een combinatie van twee onderwerpen. Ten eerste, concrete toepassingen in de dagelijkse praktijk om de lange termijn gezondheidsresultaten voor de patiënt en naasten te verbeteren. Ten tweede de vitaliteit en veerkracht van zorgprofessionals bevorderen. Juist deze samenhang is meer dan de som der delen.

Inservice nursing Education

Open University of the Netherlands; Health Psychology

The Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences (NIHES); Epidemiology

Erasmus University Rotterdam: Doctorate on "Balancing Coincident Worlds. The emotional impact of the intensive care on patients' relatives and professionals"

LInk to publications on ResearchGate

Link to publications ZonMw

Ten most relevant

• Meynaar I.A, Ottens T, Zegers M, van Mol M.M.C, van der Horst I.C.C. Burnout, resilience and work engagement among Dutch intensivists in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis: A nationwide survey, Journal of Critical Care, 2021, 62,1-5 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2020.11.010
• van Mol M.M.C, Wagener S, Latour J.M, Boelen P.A, Spronk P.E, den Uil C.A, Rietjens J.AC. Developing and testing a nurse-led multicomponent intervention to support Bereavement in Relatives in the Intensive Care (BRIC study): a protocol of a pre-post intervention study. BMC Palliative Care, 2020, 18;19(1):130. doi: 10.1186/s12904-020-00636-8
• Kleinpell R, Devlin JW, Hashhoush MS, Hoffann M, Hunter S, Iliopoulou K, Nowell H, Pylypenko M, van Mol MMC, Saghis W. The Power of Unplugged: Improving Care in the ICU. ESICM 2020; https://www.esicm.org/blog/?p=2499
• van Mol MMC, Nijkamp MD, Markham C, Ista E. Using an Intervention Mapping approach to develop a discharge protocol for intensive care patients. BMC Health Service Research 2017; 17:837 doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2782-2
• van Mol MMC, Nijkamp MD, Bakker J, Schaufeli WB, Kompanje EJO. Counterbalance to work-related stress; work engagement among intensive care professionals. Australian Critical Care 2017; doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2017.05.001
• Kompanje EJO, van Mol MMC, Weigel J. Will we become more empathic intensive care professionals by watching films and documentaries about suffering? Intensive Care Medicine 2017; DOI 10.1007/s00134-017-4693-4
• van Mol MMC, Boeter T, Verharen L, Kompanje E, Bakker J, Nijkamp MD. Patient and Family Centered Care in the intensive care unit; a challenge in daily practice of the healthcare professionals. Journal of Clinical Nursing 2016; doi: 10.1111/jocn.13669
• van Mol MMC, Kompanje EJO, Benoit DD, Bakker J, Nijkamp MD. The Prevalence of Compassion Fatigue and Burnout among health care professionals in Intensive Care Units: A systematic review. PLoS ONE 2015;8(10) e0136955.
• Kompanje EJO, van Mol MMC, Nijkamp MD. From the inside. ´I just have admitted an interesting sepsis´. Do we dehumanize our patients? Intensive Care Medicine 2015;41(12):2193-2194.
• van Mol MMC, Bakker EC, Nijkamp MD, Kompanje EJ, Bakker J, Verharen L. Relatives’ perspectives on the quality of care in an Intensive Care Unit: The theoretical concept of a new tool. Patient Education and Counseling 2014;95(3):406-413

Current committees

2020 Board member (secretary) in foundation FCIC

2019 President of committee person-centered care ICU, Erasmus MC

2019 Board member ESICM N&AHP committee

2019 Member of work force ‘Richtlijnontwikkeling Nazorg en Revalidatie’

2018 Member of advisory board person-centered care Erasmus MC

2014 Initiator and member in foundation ´Family and patient Centered Intensive Care´ (FCIC)

2010 Initiator and member Nursing Council Erasmus MC, VIP2 Past committees

2020 Member of work force ‘Ontwikkeling (voorlopige) zorgstandaard CALD’

2020 Member of workforce ‘Hearth for Erasmus MC; vitality of employees’

2019 Member steering board Erasmus Center Workers Health

2018 – 2020 Member of Strategic Communication Advisory Board Erasmus MC

2016 – 2018 NFU work force ‘Implementation professional profiles; hbo&mbo nursing’

2016 – 2018 President Nursing Council Erasmus MC, VIP2

2015 – 2018 Member Committee ´Medisch Ethische Vraagstukken´, Erasmus MC

2014 – 2017 Member of several committees supporting person-focused care, Erasmus MC

2013 – 2015 Jury member of “Meijboom Zorgprijs”, Erasmus MC

2012 – 2014 Member of a work force on family-centered care in 3 national hospitals and the HAN

2002 – 2003 Implementation Manager of the Patient Data Management System (PDMS) at Intensive Care Neurology and Neurosurgery, Erasmus MC

Awards

Anna Reynvaan Praktijkprijs 2015

Best oral presentation for practice at 7th EfCCNa Congress, held in Belfast 2017

Grants

2020 ZonMw (€ 50.000) “Rouwzorg door verpleegkundigen bij naasten van een patiënt op de intensive care” Collaboration with dr. E. Witkamp.

2020 ZonMw (€ 32.000,-) “Toepasbaarheid van het POST-IC-dagboek; een digitaal communicatiemiddel rond opname op de intensive care”

2020 ZonMw (€ 12.500,-) “Vaststellen van een transmuraal onderzoeksprogramma voor psychosociaal herstel na een kritieke ziekte; een expert conferentie”

2018 Evidence Based Care by Nurses. (€ 50.000,-) “Verpleegkundige zorg aan naasten voorafgaand en tijdens het overlijden van een patiënt op de intensive care”

2015 Evidence Based Care by Nurses. (€ 50.000,-) “Reducing the emotional impact of admission into the intensive care unit, for patients and their relatives in Erasmus MC”

Memberships of relevant groups International

• Member of ‘European Society of Intensive Care Medicine’ (ESICM), nursing section (N&AHP), with active participation in the congress committee.
• Member of European federation of Critical Care Nurse association (EfCCNa) and Doctoral European Nurses group.
• Member of ‘Society of Critical Care Medicine’ (SCCM).
• Member of ‘Honor Society of Nursing Sigma Theta Tau International’, with active participation in the European Awards Regional Committee (2018 – 2020). National
• Member of ‘Verpleegkundigen en Verzorgenden Nederland-Intensive Care’ (V&VN-IC).
• Secretary and member of the board in Foundation FCIC (Family and patient Centered Intensive Care), with active participation in the research workforce.