Satu Kajander-Unkuri
Dosentti (Terveyspedagogiikka), TtT / Docent (Health Pedagogy), PhD, RN
satu.kajander@utu.fi ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2668-5856 |
Research community or research topic
The study focuses on competence of nursing students and related factors at the point of graduation and in early years of practice in six European countries.
The study focuses on competence of nursing students and related factors at the point of graduation and in early years of practice in six European countries.
Research
Competence of nursing students in Europe
This 5-year post doc study focuses on competence of nursing students at the point of graduation and in early years of practice in Europe.
This study consists of measurement of competence of nursing students and factors (individual, organizational) related to competence at the point of graduation and in early years of practice (1 and 2 years after graduation) in Europe (Czech Republic, Finland, Italy, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain).
Publications 
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- Self-directed learning and competencies as perceived by new graduates before and after the pandemic: a repeated cross-sectional study (2025)
- Journal of Nursing Management
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Perceived competences by graduated nurses before and during COVID-19 restrictions : a repeated cross-sectional study from 2019 to 2022 (2024)
- Nurse Education in Practice
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Satisfaction with clinical practice, competences and education in nursing at Slovak universities [SPOKOJNOSŤ S KLINICKOU PRAXOU, KOMPETENCIAMI A VZDELÁVANÍM V OŠETROVATEĽSTVE NA SLOVENSKÝCH UNVERZITÁCH] (2024)
- Zdravotnícke listy
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A successful nursing education promotes newly graduated nurses’ job satisfaction one year after graduation: a cross-sectional multi-country study (2023)
- BMC Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Effect of robot for medication management on home care professionals' use of working time in older people's home care: A non-randomized controlled clinical trial (2023)
- BMC Health Services Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Home care professionals' experiences of successful implementation, use and competence needs of robot for medication management in Finland (2023)
- Nursing Open
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Kompetenssitutkimuksen tulevaisuuden näkymiä (2023) Terveysalan koulutus ja ammatillinen kompetenssi - Empiirisiä havaintoja ProCompNurse-hankkeesta Kajander-Unkuri Satu, Suikkala Arja, Leino-Kilpi Helena
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Nurse educator competence in four European countries—A comparative cross-sectional study (2023)
- Nursing Open
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Self-assessed competence of final-year nursing students (2023)
- Nursing Open
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Validity and reliability of the Czech version of The Clinical learning environment and supervision scale (2023)
- Teaching and Learning in Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Adaptation and psychometric analysis of the Czech version of the Nurse Competence Scale (2022)
- Kontakt - Journal of Nursing and Social Sciences related to Health and Illness
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Effectiveness of a combined web-based and simulation-based continuing education on home-care professionals' competence to evaluate older people's acute care needs in Finland (2022)
- Health and Social Care in the Community
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Eri opiskelijasukupolvien hoitotyön oppiminen ja osaaminen (2022) Professori Helena Leino-Kilven juhlakirja Heikkilä Asta, Kajander-Unkuri Satu, Räisänen Anu, Koskinen Sanna
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Graduating nursing students’ competence in nursing patients with acute coronary syndrome (2022)
- Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Graduating Nursing Students’ Empowerment and Related Factors: Comparative Study in Six European Countries (2022)
- Healthcare
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Hotus-hoitosuositus: Aikuispotilaan normotermian ylläpito perioperatiivisen hoitoprosessin aikana (2022) Kajander-Unkuri Satu, Kouvalainen Tii, Niskanen Outi, Rantanen Anna, Rauta Satu, Rissanen Katri, Valkonen Merja
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Itsearviointi – ammatillisen kehittymisen perusta (2022)
- Pro terveys
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Nursing students’ self-directed learning abilities and related factors at graduation: A multi-country cross-sectional study (2022)
- Nursing Open
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The first COVID-19 new graduate nurses generation: findings from an Italian cross-sectional study (2022)
- BMC Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Clinical Learning Environment And Graduating Nursing Students’ Competence: A Multi‐Country Cross‐Sectional Study (2021)
- Nursing and Health Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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