Department of Nursing Science - News

The West-African countries Ghana and Nigeria have become increasingly important collaboration countries for the University of Eastern Finland.

The PhD study of Mari Liukka, MHSc, aimed to describe the level of and differences in the patient safety culture in acute and long-term care and to clarify how patient safety incident reports are analysed and what kind of developments have been proposed based on reports.

The PhD study of Katja Janhunen, MHSc, addressed the quality of pediatric emergency care.

The doctoral dissertation by MNSc Tuija Ylitörmänen showed that there was a connection between nurse–nurse collaboration and job satisfaction.

Undocumented women in Finland access pregnancy care later than others. Yet, screening of infectious diseases at the early stages of pregnancy would be particularly important to these women.

MNSc Emilia Laukkanen's PhD thesis showed that coercive measures are used frequently in psychiatric care, and nursing managers’ attitudes are associated with their use.

“There is a need for researchers to talk more casually about their research and to give and get peer support,” says University Teacher Maliheh Nekouei. For this purpose, the Department of Nursing Science launched Love for Research meetings.

The University of Eastern Finland’s doctoral conferment ceremony at the Kuopio Campus is postponed to 9–11 June 2022 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Kristiina Kariniemi-Örmälä’s PhD study concerns important topics which are seldom studied in nursing sciences; older people's emergency nursing and care left undone.

The doctoral dissertation of Tarja Turtiainen, MHSc, describes the perceptions of social and health care teachers’ approaches to teaching and the conditions of work.