Sanna Salanterä
PhD, Professor of Clinical Nursing Science, Vice Dean
Turku University Hospital sansala@utu.fi +358 29 450 2709 +358 50 555 0567 Kiinamyllynkatu 10 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2529-6699 |
Areas of expertise
Digital Nursing, Health Technology
Nursing Decision-Making
Pain care
Digital Nursing, Health Technology
Nursing Decision-Making
Pain care
Research community or research topic
Intelligent Health
Intelligent Health
Biography
I am Professor of Clinical Nursing Science and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, and Fellow of the European Academy of Nursing Science. I co-lead a research programme Intelligent Health UTU. My ongoing research projects can be found in:
https://sites.utu.fi/nursingscienceresearchprogrammes/intelligent-health/.
Research
Currently my main research interesests are health technology and clinical nursing. Our research team "Connected Health" develops and studies gamification of health, IoT for nursing and health, symptom care, information technology to support clinical decision-making, and text mining of clinical narratives.
https://sites.utu.fi/nursingscienceresearchprogrammes/connected-health-utu/
Teaching
Leader of Clinical nursing science education
UTU Nursing Leader of joint master's programme Future health and technology between the University of Turku, Finland and Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Co-leader of research programme Connected Health, PhD-education, Co-course leader of "Clinical interventions in health technology", "From research to scientific publication", "Systematic reviews in health sciences"
Research methods, clinical nursing science, decision-making in nursing, pain care (especially assessment of acute pain), health technology
Curriculum development
Member of Educational Council and Continuous education working group, University of Turku
Publications 
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- The Effectiveness of Individual Mental Health Interventions for Depressive, Anxiety and Conduct Disorder Symptoms in School Environment for Adolescents Aged 12-18-A Systematic Review (2021)
- Frontiers in Psychiatry
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - A Digital Service Logistics Information System or Emergency Department Care Coordination - Professionals’ Experiences (2020) Digital Personalized Health and Medicine Laura-Maria Peltonen, Armi Kuloheimo, Kristiina Junttila, Sanna Salanterä
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - An observational study of technical and non-technical skills in advanced life support in the clinical setting (2020)
- Resuscitation
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A Proxy-Based Solution for Asynchronous Telemedical Systems (2020) Virtual and Mobile Healthcare: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice Sampsa Rauti, Janne Lahtiranta, Heidi Parisod, Sami Hyrynsalmi, Sanna Salanterä, Minna Elisabeth Aromaa, Jouni Smed, Ville Leppänen
(Other publication) - Assisting nurses in care documentation: from automated sentence classification to coherent document structures with subject headings (2020)
- Journal of Biomedical Semantics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A systematic review on randomized controlled trials: Coaching elements of digital services to support chronically ill adolescents during transition of care (2020)
- Journal of Advanced Nursing
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Changing Role of EMS -Analyses of Non-Conveyed and Conveyed Patients in Finland (2020)
- Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Comparing the Two Techniques for Nursing Staff Rescheduling to Streamline Nurse Managers' Daily Work in Finland (2020)
- CIN: Computers Informatics Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Developing a pain intensity prediction model using facial expression: A feasibility study with electromyography (2020)
- PLoS ONE
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Digitaalisten terveys- ja hyvinvointisovellusten kehittäminen, arviointi ja raportointi: Qvalidi 2019 -tarkistuslistan kehittäminen ja sisältö (2020)
- Hoitotiede
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Hoitotyön asiantuntijat - missä mennään 2019 (2020)
- Pro terveys
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Identifying nurse managers' essential information needs in daily unit operation in perioperative settings (2020)
- Nursing Open
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - LGBTQ+ Students’ Experiences of Junior High School Nursing in Finland: A Qualitative Study (2020)
- Journal of School Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Motor Performance in Children Diagnosed with Cancer: A Longitudinal Observational Study (2020)
- Children
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Neljävuotiaan lapsen osallistuminen elintapakeskusteluun perheen laajassa terveystarkastuksessa (2020)
- Sosiaalilääketieteellinen Aikakauslehti
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Potilaiden näkemykset unta häiritsevistä ja edistävistä tekijöistä sairaalan vuodeosastolla (2020)
- Tutkiva Hoitotyö
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Prospective Study Evaluating a Pain Assessment Tool in a Postoperative Environment: Protocol for Algorithm Testing and Enhancement (2020)
- JMIR Research Protocols
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Sairaanhoitajien näkemyksiä älyteknologian käytöstä tehohoitopotilaiden kivunarvioinnissa (2020)
- Hoitotiede
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Semantic clustering to augment qualitative content analysis in exploring reasons for emergency department transfer delays (2020)
- Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Supporting the use of standardized nursing terminologies with automatic subject heading prediction: a comparison of sentence-level text classification methods (2020)
- Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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