Children and Youth Center in Västernorrland
Children and Youth Center (BUE) in Västernorrland started in February 2022 and the aim is to meet children and young people at an early stage via digital care meetings to prevent and counter the...
Nursing Science
Nursing means helping and supporting a person and their family in their daily life with a focus on health. It is an independent field of knowledge for which the nurse is responsible. Working with health involves preventing and improving health, as well as restoring and maintaining it.
The central concepts of nursing science are people, health, environment and nursing actions. The scientific subject of nursing aims to make care better, safer and more equitable for both individual patients and groups of patients as well as for their relatives.
Care and health in rural areas
Through international research collaboration in nursing, the subject contributes to building knowledge about factors contributing to positive global health development. Nursing research plays a significant role in developing knowledge about the very best care for all people regardless of ethnicity, class, age, gender and religion. In a globalized world, nurses increasingly encounter people with different ethnicities and cultural backgrounds who need care and nursing, which also leads to an increased need for research-based knowledge. Our research particularly wants to contribute to the development of knowledge in the area of care and health in rural areas, as this is where we are located and have our starting point.
Priority research areas
All projects funded by the Department of Health Sciences, the subject of nursing, must have clear relevance and connection to Nursing and health in rural areas, be relevant for education in the nursing subject and connect to Mid Sweden University's overall strategy. Research projects planned in nursing must be presented and discussed with the research board before the project starts. The projects must be part of the strategy's main orientations, which are:
- Health-promoting and sustainable care
- Professional development and sustainable care organization
Research in the field of nursing takes place at the Department of Health Sciences.
Ongoing Research Projects
Develop leadership and teamwork at nursing homes for increased nursing quality
The overall aim of the project is to use the Magnet Model as a starting point to develop methodologies and working methods to increase the leaders' abilities to create a sustainable quality culture...
EduWell: Education for Health and Learning
The research network EduWell will perform research on school health education in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Iceland with a focus on mental health. The mental health of young people is a major...
Enhanced support for older people with suspected or confirmed risk or substance abuse. Training and collaboration initiative for home care services
How do home care employees act when they meet older users with suspected high consumption of alcohol? Involved municipalities and MIUN create a research-based, effective, and working model to provi...
Experiences of Care for Adults with Anorexia Nervosa in General Psychiatric Inpatient Care
The overall aim of the research project is to provide in-depth knowledge about the nursing care given to adults with anorexia nervosa within general psychiatric inpatient care, as well as to...
Feeling safe – homecoming from hospital care to homecare
The purpose of the research of team collaboration during homecoming from hospital care to homecare is to evaluate the person and their relatives' experience of safety, continuity and accessibility,...
Forest Industry Sustainability with Composites
The FISC project (Forest Industry Sustainability with Composites) is a cutting-edge research initiative that aims to develop innovative, biodegradable composite materials by combining fungal myceli...
From competition to cooperation - on the dilemma of the nursing shortage in the Nordic Green Belt.
The nursing shortage is a major common challenge for all of Sweden and Norway, and it is especially challenging in rural areas where it is difficult to recruit nurses who actually stay in the region.
Striving for magnet standard in nursing homes – a pilot project
The purpose of this project is to identify, describe, test, and evaluate how nursing homes and community health care can become an attractive and learning workplace that, like certified magnet...
Students' health and learning in compulsory school for pupils with intellectual disabilities and student health teams
Children and young people with intellectual disabilities are a vulnerable group and do not have the same preconditions for learning as other children. This can lead to physical, mental, social...
The dog as a resource in healthcare, social care and school
Social service dogs as a resource in municipal operations, how does it work?
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