Heli Virtanen
Professor, PhD, RN
hetuvi@utu.fi +358 29 450 3148 +358 50 306 4134 Kiinamyllynkatu 10 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1801-549X |
Areas of expertise
Health Pedagogy, Empowering patient education; teaching and learning in patient education; competence and its evaluation in patient education
Health Pedagogy, Empowering patient education; teaching and learning in patient education; competence and its evaluation in patient education
Research community or research topic
Health Pedagogy, Empowering Patient Education (EPE)
Health Pedagogy, Empowering Patient Education (EPE)
Biography
PhD, RN Heli Virtanen is Professor in Nursing Science and has a speciality Health Pedagogy since 2025. Heli Virtanen has a part-time position of researcher in the Turku University Hospital, Wellbeing Services County of Southwest Finland since 2024. HV has worked at the Department of Nursing Science since 2001 in different positions.
Research
Health Pedagogy, Empowering patient education; teaching and learning in patient education, competence in empowering patient education.
Teaching
Health Pedagogy, supervising master and doctoral thesis
Publications
- Tools used to identify nursing students at risk of dropping out: a mixed-methods systematic review (2026)
- Nurse Education Today
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Administration of patient education in nursing: perspective of nurse administrators in Finland (2025)
- Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Digitaalisten taitojen osaaminen syöpää sairastavien hoidossa – vahvuuksia ja kehitettävää (2025)
- Syöpäsairaanhoitaja
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Empowering educational actions of nurses for patients with long-term health problems: an integrative review (2025)
- Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Experiences on Role Transition Among Nurse Prescribers (2025)
- International Nursing Review
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Family Members’ Psychosocial Support in Palliative Inpatient Care: A Cross-Sectional Study (2025)
- Journal of Family Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Jäikö positiivinen kokemus potilaan kanssa kotiin? (2025)
- Pelastustieto
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Perceptions, educational expectations and knowledge gaps of patients with non-metastatic breast cancer regarding radiotherapy: Integrative review (2025)
- Technical Innovations & Patient Support in Radiation Oncology
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Received empowering knowledge and associated factors among patients with cancer: A cross-sectional multicentre study (2025)
- European Journal of Oncology Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Received Knowledge of Care as Evaluated by Patients and Their Significant Others: A Feedback‐Register Study (2025)
- Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Syöpäsairaanhoitajan digitaalisen osaamisen kehittäminen – DigiCanTrain EU‑hanke (2025)
- Syöpäsairaanhoitaja
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Terveysalan koulutustutkimus Hoitotiede-lehdessä vuosina 1989–2023 (2025)
- Hoitotiede
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Delivering Patient Education in Healthcare Organizations: An Integrative Review of the Nursing Administrative Actions (2024)
- Journal of Nursing Management
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Digipalvelut luovat mahdollisuuksia - ja osaamisvaatimuksia (2024)
- Pro terveys
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Digital skills of health care professionals in cancer care: A systematic review (2024)
- Digital health
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Effectiveness of mHealth intervention for trismus exercise in patients with head and neck cancer undergoing proton and heavy ion therapy: a randomized control trial (2024)
- Supportive Care in Cancer
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Hyvinvointialueuudistus toi haasteita moniammatilliseen yhteistyöhön perusopetuksen opiskeluhuollossa – Kuka näkee lapsen muutoksen keskellä? (2024)
- Dialogiblogi : Sote-akatemian monialainen blogi
(E1 Popularised blog post) - Interactive digital tools to support empowerment of people with cancer : a systematic literature review (2024)
- Supportive Care in Cancer
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Methodological approaches and competence areas of nursing students in virtual reality simulation research – A scoping review (2024)
- Nurse Education Today
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Online degree programmes in nurse education—Students' perceptions and academic performance: An integrative review (2024)
- Nurse Education Today
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )



