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 
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- Laadullinen metayhteenveto – systemaattinen kirjallisuuskatsaus laadullisista tutkimuksista (2015) Kirjallisuuskatsaus hoitotieteessä Virtanen Heli, Salanterä Sanna
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Learning about a patient-empowering discourse: testing the use of a computer simulation with nursing students (2015)
- Journal of Nursing Education and Practice
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Nursing Students’ Learning about an Empowering Discourse In Patient Education (2015) Virtanen Heli
(G5 Article dissertation ) - Empowering patient education programme – Examples of reviews conducted in education (2014) Sirkku Rankinen, Sanna Salanterä, Heli Virtanen, Helena Leino-Kilpi
(Other publication) - Milleniaalit ja diginatiivit – tulevaisuuden terveysalan osaajia (2014)
- Pro terveys
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Terveydenhoitajaopiskelijat ja vauvaperheen ohjauskeskustelu (2014)
- Terveydenhoitaja
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - The empowering patient education programme: Description of activities (2014) Empowering patient education programme - Examples of reviews conducted in education Rankinen S, Salanterä S, Virtanen H, Leino-Kilpi H
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Venous leg ulcer patient's empowering education - What is it? (2014) Empowering patient education programme - Examples of reviews conducted in education Dunder U, Rankinen S, Virtanen H, Leino-Kilpi H
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Nursing Student Control Over Using a Computer Simulation Program About Empowering Discourse (2013)
- CIN: Computers Informatics Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Tahdistinpotilaiden tiedon tarve ja tiedon saanti (2013)
- Kardioskooppi
(Other publication) - Hoitajan toteuttama tupakoinnin lopettamista tukeva ohjaus ja sen vaikuttavuus perusterveydenhuollossa (2012)
- Hoitotieteen Laitoksen Julkaisusarja
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Ikääntyneiden alkoholinkäytön puheeksi ottaminen ja ohjaus (2012)
- Hoitotieteen Laitoksen Julkaisusarja
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Päiväkirurgisten potilaiden kokemukset perioperatiivisesta ohjauksesta (2012)
- Hoitotieteen Laitoksen Julkaisusarja
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Potilasohjauksen ulottuvuudet 2 (2012)
- Hoitotieteen Laitoksen Julkaisusarja
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book) - Vanhempien voimavaraistumista tukeva ohjaus lasten terveydenhuollossa (2012)
- Hoitotieteen Laitoksen Julkaisusarja
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Hoitotieteen tutkijanuran eurooppalaisia suuntaviivoja (2011)
- Pro terveys
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Hoitotieteen valtakunnallinen tohtoriohjelma ; korkeatasoista hoitotieteen tohtorikoulutusta (2011)
- Pro terveys
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Neliportainen tutkijanuramalli selkiyttää urakehitysmahdollisuuksia hoitotieteessä (2011)
- Pro terveys
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Organizational ethics: A literature review (2011)
- Nursing Ethics
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Tutkijanuran suunnittelu - akateeminen portfolio hyvä apuväline (2011)
- Pro terveys
(D1 Article in a professional journal)
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