Heli
Virtanen
University Lecturer, Department of Nursing Science
Docent, Department of Nursing Science
Docent, PhD, RN, University Teacher
Empowering Patient Education (EPE)
Links
Areas of expertise
Empowering patient education
teaching and learning in patient education
competence and its evaluation in patient education
Biography
I am university teacher at the Department of Nursing Science in the University of Turku. I have worked as a researcher since year 2001 in the research project Empowering patient education (EPE). My research topic is learning and competence of empowering patient education. In addition, I have previous working experience as a nurse in surgical unit 10 years.
Teaching
Didactics in nursing science, nursing theory and supervising master and doctoral thesis
Research
Empowering patient education; teaching and learning in patient education, competence in empowering patient education.
Publications
Interactive digital tools to support empowerment of people with cancer : a systematic literature review (2024)
Supportive Care in Cancer
(A2 Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä)
Digital skills of health care professionals in cancer care: A systematic review (2024)
Digital health
(A2 Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä)
Digipalvelut luovat mahdollisuuksia - ja osaamisvaatimuksia (2024)
Pro terveys
(D1 Artikkeli ammattilehdessä)
Effectiveness of mHealth intervention for trismus exercise in patients with head and neck cancer undergoing proton and heavy ion therapy: a randomized control trial (2024)
Supportive Care in Cancer
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Methodological approaches and competence areas of nursing students in virtual reality simulation research – A scoping review (2024)
Nurse Education Today
(Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2))
Delivering Patient Education in Healthcare Organizations: An Integrative Review of the Nursing Administrative Actions (2024)
Journal of Nursing Management
(Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2))
Online degree programmes in nurse education—Students' perceptions and academic performance: An integrative review (2024)
Nurse Education Today
(A2 Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä)
Professional competence, personal occupational well-being, and mental workload of nurse educatots - A cross-sectional study in four European countries (2024)
Nurse Education Today
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for the Assessment of Stress in Neurological Patients: An Integrative Review (2024)
International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances
(A2 Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä)
Instruments for measuring empowering patient education competence of nurses: Systematic review (2023)
Journal of Advanced Nursing
(Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2))