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 studySatisfaction with clinical practice, competences and education in nursing at Slovak universities [SPOKOJNOSŤ S KLINICKOU PRAXOU, KOMPETENCIAMI A VZDELÁVANÍM V OŠETROVATEĽSTVE NA SLOVENSKÝCH UNVERZITÁCH] (2025)
- Journal of Nursing ManagementZdravotnícke listyTeaching and Learning in Nursing
(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 2022A successful nursing education promotes newly graduated nurses’ job satisfaction one year after graduation: a cross-sectional multi-country study (2024)
- Nurse Education in PracticeBMC 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 (2024)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2023)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2023)
- BMC Health Services ResearchCentral European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery
(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 näkymiäSelf-assessed competence of final-year nursing students (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) - (2023)
- Nursing OpenBMC Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Validity and reliability of the Czech version of The Clinical learning environment and supervision scaleEffectiveness 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 (2023)
(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) - (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)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Graduating Nursing Students’ Empowerment and Related Factors: Comparative Study in Six European Countries (2022)
- HealthcarePro terveys
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Hotus-hoitosuositus: Aikuispotilaan normotermian ylläpito perioperatiivisen hoitoprosessin aikanaNursing students’ self-directed learning abilities and related factors at graduation: A multi-country cross-sectional study (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)
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Clinical Learning Environment And Graduating Nursing Students’ Competence: 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)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2021)
- Nursing and Health Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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