Leena Salminen
PhD (Health sciences), Professor, Health Pedagogy
Areas of expertise
Research in Pedagogic health care and nursing education; competence of nursing students, competence of health care educators; teacher education and training and social media in health care education.
New Nurse Educator is an European level research and development project 2020-2023: https://new-nurse-educator.utu.fi/
Research in Pedagogic health care and nursing education; competence of nursing students, competence of health care educators; teacher education and training and social media in health care education.
New Nurse Educator is an European level research and development project 2020-2023: https://new-nurse-educator.utu.fi/
Research community or research topic
New Nurse Educator is an European level research and development project 2020-2023: https://new-nurse-educator.utu.fi/
New Nurse Educator is an European level research and development project 2020-2023: https://new-nurse-educator.utu.fi/
Biography
I am professor (emerita) at the Department of nursing science and responsible of nurse and health care teacher education. My main research areas are the competence of nurse teachers and the learning outcomes of health care education. I am also interested in how different generations experience the society and how they think about teaching and learning.
Teaching
Pedagogic and didactic solutions in nursing science, research methods, teacher training, social media in education and digital learning environments in Bachelor and Masters level of Nursing science. Doctoral courses (Nurse education research) and supervising the doctoral dissertation
Publications
- Nurse Educators' Background, Education, and Experience in Digital Competence Profiles: A Descriptive Comparative Cross‐Sectional Study in Four Countries (2025)
- Journal of Advanced Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Outcomes and Acceptability of the Community‐Based Occupational Well‐Being Intervention Among Health Care Educators—Mixed Method Pilot Study (2025)
- Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Self-assessed digital competence of nurse educators—A cross-sectional study in four countries (2025)
- Digital health
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Terveysalan koulutustutkimus Hoitotiede-lehdessä vuosina 1989–2023 (2025)
- Hoitotiede
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Terveyspedagoginen tutkimus terveysalan koulutuksen perustana (2025)
- Hoitotiede
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - The professional competence of newly graduated nurses in the transition phase as assessed by nurse managers: a descriptive cross-sectional multi-national study (2025)
- Journal of Research in Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - 3D printing as a part of Finnish practical nurse students’ technological acceptance - a qualitative study (2024)
- Finnish Journal of eHealth and eWelfare
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - An Instrument to Assess the Digital Competence of Nurse Educators (2024)
- Nurse Educator
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - An intervention to address nurse educators' occupational well-being: A process evaluation (2024)
- Nurse Education Today
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Effectiveness of an Occupational Well-being Intervention Among Nurse Educators: A Quasi-Experimental Study (2024)
- Nurse Educator
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)



