Kristin Akerjordet

ORCID: 0000-0002-4300-4496
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Research Areas
  • Nursing education and management
  • Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
  • Emotional Intelligence and Performance
  • Innovations in Medical Education
  • Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
  • Reflective Practices in Education
  • Health, psychology, and well-being
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Emotional Labor in Professions
  • Higher Education Practises and Engagement
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Health Sciences Research and Education
  • Empathy and Medical Education
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare
  • Health and Wellbeing Research
  • School Health and Nursing Education
  • Aging and Gerontology Research
  • Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Cognitive Abilities and Testing

University of Stavanger
2015-2024

University of Wollongong
2013-2024

Mental health, currently one of the biggest challenges worldwide, requires attention and research. The aim this study was to examine psychometric properties Short Warwick-Edinburgh Well-Being Scale (SWEMWBS), validate scale for use in Norway Sweden. SWEMWBS, which includes both hedonic eudemonic principles mental well-being, could facilitate useful future studies.Data were collected among Norwegian Swedish hotel managers (N=600) through self-rated online questionnaires. Tests used included...

10.1177/1403494815588862 article EN Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 2015-06-03

Resilient healthcare research focuses on everyday clinical work and a system's abilities to adopt or absorb disturbing conditions as opposed risk management approaches, which are based retrospective analyses of errors. After more than decade theoretical development large quantity empirical work, the field resilience is beginning recognize methodological challenges related operationalizing designing studies complexity. This paper reviews sample articles resilient describe synthesize their...

10.1016/j.ssci.2018.08.025 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Safety Science 2018-09-05

The aim of this study was to explore mental health nurses' experiences emotional intelligence (EI) in their nursing practice by means qualitative interviews. interview questions where developed from the literature on EI. This used a hermeneutic analysis. Four main themes emerged: relationship with patient; substance supervision; motivation; and responsibility. It concluded that EI stimulates search for deeper understanding professional identity. Emotional learning maturation processes are...

10.1111/j.1440-0979.2004.0328.x article EN International Journal of Mental Health Nursing 2004-09-01

Abstract Aim To explore parents' experiences on parental involvement in decision‐making about their child's health care at the hospital and to identify how professionals can improve involvement. Design An explorative descriptive qualitative study within a constructivist research paradigm. Methods Individual semistructured interviews were conducted with purposive sample of 12 parents. Qualitative content analysis was performed. Results This gives unique insight into children's healthcare...

10.1002/nop2.180 article EN cc-by Nursing Open 2018-07-30

The aim of this study was to determine clinical nurses' interest in and motivation for research. An additional identify management organisational resources order improve research capacity practice.Clinical nurses find conducting challenging, which accords with observations the continuing research-practice gap.This descriptive cross-sectional survey sampled 364 from a university hospital on west coast Norway.The response rate 61%. increasingly positive attitude towards emerged (40%), despite...

10.1111/j.1365-2834.2012.01477.x article EN Journal of Nursing Management 2012-09-01

This integrative review synthesizes research on emotion regulation and its implications for leadership, from both leaders’ followers’ perspectives. Regulating one’s emotions is considered an area of key competence associated with effective good leadership. Three themes emerged the preliminary synthesis: (a) strategies as facilitators health, (b) job outcome, (c) barriers to health outcomes. Findings revealed that competencies, cultural understanding, coaching ability quality leader–member...

10.1177/1548051813485438 article EN Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies 2013-04-17

Aims and objectives To increase knowledge about experienced nurses’ understanding of a health‐promoting work environment, leadership its role in retention staff the nursing workplace. Background The quality is imperative creating supportive environments to ensure workforce productivity ethically sustainable caring cultures. More on how leaders can promote health careers among nurses needed. At time current projected shortage, it important understand reasons why intend remain their jobs....

10.1111/jocn.14621 article EN Journal of Clinical Nursing 2018-07-10

Abstract Background A renewed interest in nursing homes as clinical placement settings for students has been prompted by the growing healthcare needs of an ageing population. However, if future nurses are to be enthusiastic about working this context, it is essential that higher education institutions educate and provide experiences do so with a supportive, positive, enriched approach. Methods To explore first-year students’ experience homes, we conducted exploratory qualitative study three...

10.1186/s12912-021-00690-4 article EN cc-by BMC Nursing 2021-09-06

The purpose of this study is to examine how experienced general managers regulate their emotions in response demanding leadership duties. This has a qualitative research design and was informed by nine hotel managers, through semi-structured interviews. A three-step content analysis performed using NVivo. Five themes emerged from the analysis: (1) positive mindset positivity as an antecedent emotion regulation, (2) modifying or changing mindsets reappraisal deep acting, (3) putting mask on:...

10.1080/15022250.2014.899141 article EN Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism 2014-03-26

Purpose This study aims to test a theoretical research model specifying how two emerging job stressors, i.e. centralized authority and reporting requirements, influence hotel managers’ well-being. A mediated through reappraisal is hypothesized. Design/methodology/approach The was tested on 600 Norwegian Swedish managers using questionnaire survey (72 per cent response rate). Data were analyzed descriptive statistics, confirmatory factor analyses, correlation structural equation modeling,...

10.1108/ijchm-11-2017-0737 article EN International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 2019-02-12

Abstract Aims To explore and describe nurse educators' suggestions regarding a digital educational resource addressing quality in placement studies for first‐year student nurses nursing homes. Design A qualitative, explorative, descriptive research design. Methods Focus group interviews with eight educators individual six educators. The were audio‐recorded transcribed verbatim; subsequently, data analysed lines content analysis as described by Graneheim Lundman. Results revealed three main...

10.1002/nop2.1782 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Nursing Open 2023-05-04

To explore registered nurses' mentorship practices of first-year nursing students in home placements.Enabling to develop professional competence through clinical placements relies heavily on practices. Despite renewed interest homes as an important placement setting, studies are scarce this context.An exploratory, qualitative mixed-methods design.The data consisted 126 h' observation two nurse mentor-student dyads, supplemented by in-depth interviews (n = 12) with mentors. The were collected...

10.1111/jocn.15943 article EN cc-by Journal of Clinical Nursing 2021-07-18

In many western countries, parents have a legal right to influence and be involved in decision-making (DM) surrounding their children's healthcare. This ensures that the healthcare is customized as far possible meet families' needs preferences. However, parental involvement such DM not sufficiently implemented role during hospitalizations has become demanding. More knowledge required inform health professionals (HPs) about how improve from health-promoting perspective. The aims of this study...

10.1177/1367493517744279 article EN Journal of Child Health Care 2017-12-06

Abstract Aim To report a methodological, co‐creative approach for developing an interactive digital educational resource to enhance the quality of student nurses' clinical education in nursing homes and elucidate lessons learned from this approach. Design This study applied co‐design methodology that builds on participatory design principles. Methods Co‐creating included multiple sequential phases inspired by thinking framework. Workshops were employed as primary activity. Results Seven...

10.1111/jan.15800 article EN cc-by Journal of Advanced Nursing 2023-07-17

Abstract Introduction According to EU standards, 50% of the bachelor education program in nursing should take place clinical learning environments. Consequently, this calls for high quality supervision, where appropriate assessment strategies are vital optimize students’ learning, growth, and professional development. Despite this, little is known about formal discussions taking education. Objective The aim study was explore characteristics during first-year homes. Method An exploratory...

10.1186/s12912-022-00934-x article EN cc-by BMC Nursing 2022-06-16

To explore registered nurse (RN) mentors' experiences of participating in the co-creation a digital educational resource intended to enhance mentorship practices first-year nursing students clinical placement homes.An interpretive, descriptive qualitative study design.Data were collected through two focus group interviews with 15 RN mentors (n = 15) co-creative workshops. The process entailed four workshops conducted over 17-month period (June 2019 end Oct 2020). Focus following second and...

10.1111/jan.15602 article EN Journal of Advanced Nursing 2023-02-14

Aim To examine clinical nurses' research capacity and investigate related factors (i.e. the different phases of process). Background Research includes research-related activities, being informed applying research. Methods A descriptive-correlational design was used data were collected by means a structured questionnaire (59-items). total 364 registered nurses from University Hospital participated. The response rate 61%. majority reported that their acceptable or weak (77.7%), while 7.6% who...

10.1111/j.1365-2834.2012.01473.x article EN Journal of Nursing Management 2012-09-01
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