TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 General introduction 9 Chapter 2 Perceived job demands and resources of newly qualified 25 midwives working in primary care settings in the Netherlands Chapter 3 The initiation of Dutch newly qualified hospital-based 45 midwives in practice, a qualitative study Chapter 4 Midwives’ occupational wellbeing and its determinants 67 a cross-sectional study among newly qualified and experienced Dutch midwives Chapter 5 Intentions to leave and actual turnover of community 93 Midwives in the Netherlands Chapter 6 Midwives’ perceptions of performance- and transition 121 Into practice of newly qualified midwives, a focus group study Chapter 7 How to improve newly qualified midwives’ wellbeing 147 In practice, a Delphi study Chapter 8 General discussion 181 Chapter 9 Summary 201 Chapter 10 Samenvatting 209 Appendices 217 Curriculum Vitae 218 Other publications 219 Acknowledgments 220 SHARE publications 222
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