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 |
Digital Nursing, Health Technology
Nursing Decision-Making
Pain care
Intelligent Health
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/.
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/
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
- Tutkija tarvitsee yhteiskuntaa muuhunkin kuin rahoittamiseen (2010)
- Aurora
- Tutkimusta terveydenhoitajan työn avuksi (2010)
- Terveydenhoitaja
- Cognitive expectations of cancer patients receiving chemotherapy over time - an integrative review (2009)
- EJC Supplements
- Evaluating Pain in Intensive Care (2009)
- Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
- How do Patients Evaluate Their Education? - a Comparison of Two Education Methods (2009)
- Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
- How to be a professor: What the books don't tell you (2009)
- Nurse Education Today
- Increasing parental involvement in pain management in preterm infants (2009)
- Acta Paediatrica
- Information Flow in Intensive Care Narratives (2009) Suominen H, Lundgren-Laine H, Salanterä S, Karsten H, Salakoski T
- Intensive Care Admission and Discharge - Critical Decision-Making Points (2009)
- Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
- Key Elements of Successful Care Process of Patients with Heart Symptoms in an Emergency Care - Could an ERP System Help? (2009)
- Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
- Oral Glucose and Parental Holding Preferable to Opioid in Pain Management in Preterm Infants (2009)
- Clinical Journal of Pain
- Pain assessment tools for unconscious or sedated intensive care patients: a systematic review (2009)
- Journal of Advanced Nursing
- Preference for information and behavioral control among adult ambulatory surgical patients (2009)
- Applied Nursing Research
- Ethics in neonatal pain research (2008)
- Nursing Ethics
- Ethics in neonatal pain research (2008)
- Nursing Ethics
- Explaining young registered Finnish nurses' intention to leave the profession: A questionnaire survey (2008)
- International Journal of Nursing Studies
- Health related quality of life in 10-year-old schoolchildren (2008)
- Quality of Life Research
- Health-related quality of life of day-case surgery patients: a pre/posttest survey using the EuroQoL-5D (2008)
- Quality of Life Research
- Internet Knowledge Expectations by Radiotherapy Patients (2008)
- Cancer Nursing
- Keskosvauvan ja vanhempien varhaisen vuorovaikutuksen tukeminen hoitotyön menetelmin. (Supporting early interaction between premature baby and parents with the help of nursing methods) (2008)
- Hoitotiede



