Riitta Suhonen
Professor, PhD, RN, FEANS, MAE, Director of the Doctoral Programme in Nursing Science, and Director of Nursing, Turku University Hospital, The Wellbeing Services County of Southwest Finland
Gerontological nursing; Older people nursing care; Individualized nursing care; Management; Ethics; Self-management of older people; Care environment
PhD, RN Riitta Suhonen is Professor in Nursing Science and has a speciality Gerontological Nursing Science since 2011. RS is the Director of the Doctoral Programme in Nursing Science (DPNurs). She is the fellow (FEANS) of the European Academy of Nursing Science (board and scientific committee member) and Member of the Academia Europaea. RS has a part-time position of Nursing Director in the Turku University Hospital, Wellbeing Services County of Southwest Finland since 2016. RS has worked in the Department of Nursing Science since 2008 and formerly as a quality and development manager in health care district understanding of the healthcare systems, nurse leader and registered nurse. She has served as the former associate editor of the Nursing Open (Wiley) and Nursing Ethics (Sage).
Prof Suhonen is the scientific leader of the research programme called "Older Individuals' Health, Nursing and Services" and the co-lead of the “Ethical healthcare and Nursing” research programme. She has been a principal investigator and coordinator of the Individualized Care Project since 2002, which evaluates the realisation of individuality in patients’ care from the point of view of patients and nurses in different clinical fields including national and international parts. Currently, the focus is on older people's cnursing care and services with the main aim to develop quality of services and care processes for older people and their caregivers. In addition, the research is focused on producing knowledge about individuality of care services to support self-management of older people.
The Individualised Care Project resulted in the Individualised Care Scale instrument, which has been translated and adapted for use in more than 30 countries. Other research topics are nursing and healthcare ethics, nursing education and nursing management. She has expertise in older people nursing care, individualized care, management, ethics, self-management of older people, and support of independence of older people. RS is experienced in leading and participating in international cross-cultural studies Individualised Care project, CBI-project, RightTimePlaceCare 2009-2013, ERASMUS+ Nurse-Lead 2016-2010 and currently is a co-researcher in many projects. She acted as the member of the Management Group, the CORE group and the WG leader (WG3 The ethical dimension of rationing of nursing care), in the COST Action RANCARE CA15208, Rationing - Missed Nursing care: An international and multidimensional problem 2016-2020.
Professor Suhonen is responsible for the courses about gerontological nursing science and nursing ethics in UTU. She is also responsible for the international course called CIDI Clinical Instruments for Evaluating Health - Development, Evaluation and Implementation 25 ects. She teaches topics such as older people nursing care, research methodology, instrument development, academic writing, quantitative research methods in nursing science and research ethics. She has several PhD candidates and master students in supervision.
- Resource allocation and rationing in nursing care: A discussion paper (2019)
- Nursing Ethics
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Respect and its associated factors as perceived by older patients (2019)
- Journal of Clinical Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The psychosocial self-efficacy in adolescents with type 1 diabetes (2019)
- Nursing Open
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Understanding the concept of missed nursing care from a cross-cultural perspective (2019)
- Journal of Advanced Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Whistle-blowing process in healthcare: From suspicion to action (2019)
- Nursing Ethics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Wrongdoing and whistleblowing in health care (2019)
- Journal of Advanced Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Yksilöllinen hoito näkee potilaan kokonaisuutena (2019)
- Pro terveys
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Asiakaskeskeisyys, arvot ja ikääntyneiden ihmisten sote-palvelut (2018)
- Turun yliopiston blogi
(E1 Popularised article) - Asiakkaan arvokkuuden tukemisessa huomioidaan ihminen kokonaisuutena (2018)
- Podoprintti
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Asiakkuus sote:ssa - Ikääntyneen asiakkaan näkökulma (2018) Ylönen M, Suhonen R
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book) - Being respected by nurses: Measuring older patients' perceptions (2018)
- International Journal of Older People Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Cancer patients' perceptions of quality-of-care attributes—Associations with age, perceived health status, gender and education (2018)
- Journal of Clinical Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Ethical elements in priority setting in nursing care: A scoping review (2018)
- International Journal of Nursing Studies
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Ethics interventions for healthcare professionals and students: A systematic review (2018)
- Nursing Ethics
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Haavanhoidon tutkimus - haasteellista, mutta tarpeellista (2018) Haavanhoidon kaksi vuosikymmentä Salminen Leena, Suhonen Riitta, Stolt Minna
(D2 Article in a professional compilation book) - Haavanhoito kehittyy tiedolla johtaen (2018)
- Pro terveys
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Hoidon ja palvelun yksilöllisyys ilmentävät asiakaskeskeistä palvelujärjestelmää (2018)
- Podoprintti
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Hoitotiede Suomen yliopistoissa tänään : Turun yliopisto (2018)
- Hoitotiede
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Hoitotyönjohtaja puhaltaa pelin poikki (2018)
- Pro terveys
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Hoitotyöntekijöiden itsearvioimat tuki- ja liikuntaelinvaivat (2018)
- Tutkiva Hoitotyö
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)