Patient-reported Outcomes and Patient Safety in acute and/or critical illness (POPS)
The purpose of the research group POPS is to gain new knowledge to improve the quality of nursing care in the acute and/or critically ill patients, more specifically to intensive care patients and patients pre-, intra- and post-surgery.
Quality in this context means better patient and next of kin experiences (Patient-Reported Outcomes) and better patient safety through caring and safe health services. The research projects include topics related to the acute and/or critically ill patients of all ages having preventive, curative, palliative, promotional and rehabilitative needs for nursing care.
The research groups POPS is associated with the Master program in Anesthesia Nursing, Operation Theatre Nursing and Critical Care Nursing, and will be an arena where master and Ph.D. students can discuss their master projects with group members, external partners and international collaborators.
Our research topics
- The experiences of surgery and day surgery
- The prevention of surgically related complications
- The experiences of critical illness and hospitalization in an intensive care unit (ICU)
- The experiences of life after violence and traumatic events
- Non-pharmacologic management of pain, agitation and delirium at ICUs
- Nurse-led follow-up and the use of diaries in ICUs
- Pedagogical methods to improve patient safety
Ongoing research projects
- Relatives’ experiences of receiving an intensive care diary after the patient has died.
- Risk factors for reduced work participation after cardiac surgery
- Post‑traumatic stress symptoms and consequences for quality of life after being exposed to physical violence
- - Simulation in skills laboratories: What opportunities can it provide? A collaborative project between education and clinical practice.
- A study of risk factors for contamination of surgical instruments during operations
- Fatigue in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Co-producing patient safety with patients in day surgery: a multimodal method study
- Ensuring a Competent and sustainable workforce of Speciality nursing in Norway (Intensive care, surgical, children and Anaesthesia nursing)
- Assessment of debriefing in healthcare simulation – Translation and cross‑cultural adaptation of the instrument ‘The Debriefing Assessment for Simulation in Healthcare (DASH)’ to the Norwegian context.
- Prediction models in Intensive Care. Survival and quality of life - a registry study.
- Unwanted events – learning from practice to education
Research group leader
Associate research group leader
Members
- Asgjerd Litlere Moi
- Petrin Eide
- Hege Emilie Flakne
- Tone Johnsgaard
- Reidun Karin Norheim Myhre Sandvik
- Ann-Cathrin Melby
- Dag Gunnar Brekke
- Cathrine Ween Thoen
- Henriette Bakke Pedersen
- Heidi Øksnes Markussen
- Kristin Harris
- Siri Anett Daltveit
- Thomas Børilden Ytredal
- Knut Nesheim
- Anette Storesund
- Stine Flinterud
- Leslie Sofia Pareja Eide
- Michael André Helnes Mortensen
- Merete Røineland Benestad
- Christer Rene Benjaminsen Ulvedal
- Kristin Igland Naustdal
- Benedicthe S. Reigstad
- Karina Strømmen
- Monica Sæle
Associated members
PhD Students
- Michael André Helnes Mortensen
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Cathrine Ween Thoen
External members
- Kristin I Naustdal, Haukeland universitetssykehus
- Sidsel Ellingsen, VID vitenskapelige høyskole
- Eva Gjengedal, Universitetet i Bergen and Høgskolen i Molde
- Anne Mette Koch, Haukeland universitetssykehus
- Anette Storesund, Haukeland universitetssykehus
- Lillian Svensen, Haukeland universitetssykehus
- Hilde Valen Wæhle, Haukeland universitetssykehus
International Partners
- Pia Dreyer, RN, PhD, Universitetet i Århus, Denmark
- Alette de Jong PhD, RN, Burn Center, Red Cross Hospital, Beverwijk, the Netherlands
- Rachel Kornhaber PhD, MN Grad Dip (burns), RN, BN, University of Tasmania, Australia
- Claire Malette, PhD, RN, York University, Ontario, Canada
- Judith Tanner, Professor in Adult Nursing, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, UK