Active communities
Program focus
Vulnerability and dependence are inherent human conditions that are exacerbated by illness. Professional care is therefore crucial for safety and trust, and the well-being of both patients and relatives. Unfortunately, care is increasingly lacking in the Danish healthcare system, as documented by, among others, the Danish Council on Ethics.
The lack of care has consequences for patients, relatives, nurses, and other healthcare staff. We research how this trend can be reversed and how professional care can be reintroduced into the healthcare system.
The research is conducted through an inclusive process in which patients, relatives, clinical nurses, managers, educators, and students actively participate as partners.
Current projects
Teach me to care
The project focuses on how nursing education, professional nursing practice, and management can collectively prioritize and develop care within the Danish healthcare system.
Family health in cancer treatment with loss and grief – development of wellbeing initiatives in nursing
The project focuses on the experiences of nurses' and patients' with loss and grief following cancer treatment, as well as the development of nurses' competencies to provide care.
Ph.D. projects
Mind the gap! – Incorporating social determinants of health in home care nursing
The project investigates how home care nurses, can address social determinants of health to help reduce health inequalities.
The patient pathway after neonatal gastric surgery – how to support the family?
The project examines the needs and experiences of parents regarding the patient pathway following the discharge of their infant who underwent gastrointestinal surgery immediately after birth.
Formation of professional identity in nursing education: A qualitative study
This study explores how educational and everyday life conditions shape nursing students' professional identity, using qualitative methods in collaboration with practitioners and co-researchers.
Nursing education in the municipal sector – professionalism and clinical training
The project focuses on nursing students' clinical training in the municipal sector and how professionalism is shaped through the articulation of home care nursing practices and clinical instruction.
Person-centered communication in somatic nurses encounters with psychiatric patients
A participatory Ph.D. project that, using on dialogical methods, investigates aspects of person-centered communication in somatic nurses' encounters with psychiatric patients, with a particular focus on patient safety and the work environment.
Completed projects
Care for families in grief associated with loss – competency development in nursing
The project aims to promote competency development in nursing with a focus on mental health and well-being in families experiencing loss and grief due to critical illness.
Assessing humanized care in primary healthcare
The project investigates the construct validity and psychometric properties of the HCAT-DK and gains didactic insights into its use.
Cross-disciplinary reflection communities
The purpose of the follow-up research is to examine how selected actions strengthen students’ transitions between theory, practice, and the nursing profession.
Strengthened compassion through situational guidance
The experimental actions in this sub-project focus on strengthening students’ professional identity and their experience of coherence between theory and practice.
