Caring in Healthcare

The group currently consists of a core of approximately 10 members, including professors, associate professors and doctoral candidates, who are employed at the faculty. In addition, the group has affiliated members, including national and international partners.

The main goal is to strengthen care in a busy society where human dimensions are easily forgotten, in favor of arguments about economy and speed. The research group aims to become a critical and caring voice in society as a whole and in the health care system in particular.

To achieve this goal, the research group conducts both basic and applied research, the former being:

1. Conceptual analysis with a focus on the development of conceptual use within the care tradition.
2. Phenomenological analysis with a focus on lived experiences of care.

The group's applied research covers a range of qualitative, practice-oriented and applied research, including topics such as:

• newly qualified nurses' needs for support, including the development and evaluation of mentoring programs
• history of surgical nursing
• the importance of nature in the care of people with dementia
• comfort at the end of life
• care and support for nursing students learning anatomy and physiology
• caring leadership in a nursing home
• nurses' reactions when they suspect child abuse
• nurses' ability to make close observations at a digital distance

The research projects are designed and implemented in close collaboration with health personnel in municipal and hospital settings.

The research group has extensive involvement in the master's programs in clinical nursing and specialized nursing, and the PhD program in professional science.