Great grant for the GNC dis­ser­ta­tion research

Mari Parkki­la, a doc­tor­al researcher at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu (GeroNurs­ing Cen­tre), has received a 30000 € grant from Päivik­ki and Sakari Sohlberg Foun­da­tion for her doc­tor­al dis­ser­ta­tion research. 

The aim of the research is to describe the com­pe­tence of nurs­es in restora­tive care of old­er patients in geri­atric hos­pi­tal wards and the effec­tive­ness of nurs­es´ edu­ca­tion­al inter­ven­tion on old­er patients’ need for health­care ser­vices and read­mis­sion. The goal is also to pro­duce infor­ma­tion for the devel­op­ment of nurs­ing work on restora­tive care of old­er patients in hos­pi­tals and health cen­ters wards. The edu­ca­tion is devel­oped in the GeroNurs­ing Cen­tre, and it´s based on sci­en­tif­ic knowl­edge and is online train­ing.

About GeroNurs­ing Cen­tre

GeroNurs­ing Cen­tre (GNC) is a cen­tre of research and exper­tise at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu,  ​pro­vid­ing research, edu­ca­tion and net­works for ​both the suc­cess­ful aging of old­er adults and the well-being at work of health care pro­fes­sion­als. GeroNurs­ing Cen­tre rep­re­sents the best avail­able evi­dence-based exper­tise and prac­tices in the field.

Source: GeroNurs­ing Cen­tre

Image: Mari Parkki­la, Mas­ter of health sci­ences, PhD stu­dent