The research group in advanced practice nursing includes staff from five different master's programmes in advanced clinical nursing: anaesthesia, intensive care, surgery, general and oncology.

• Master's in Advanced Clinical Nursing
• Master's in Anaesthetic Nursing
• Master's in Intensive Nursing
• Master's in Surgical Nursing
• Master's in Oncology Nursing

The members of the research group wish to be involved in processes that improve or reveal challenges related to patient safety and quality in the services. By offering knowledge-based education, we also ensure the necessary competence that can contribute to sustainable primary and specialised healthcare services in the future.

How do we do research?

The research group’s core themes and research questions are related to the educational programs and the advanced nursing practice for which our students are being trained. Topics include advanced decision-making, professional autonomy and responsibility, as well as outcomes and experiences for patients and family members who receive healthcare services.

In addition, the group explores how advanced practice nursing can contribute to a sustainable healthcare system that ensures equitable services, patient safety, healthcare quality, and person-centred nursing at an overall level.

Ongoing projects:  

• Green Nursing - environmental and sustainable approaches within advanced nursing
• Master's competence in specialised nursing (development of independence and clinical competence – advanced situational awareness and decision-making, communication and teamwork)
• Digital tools in specialised nursing
• TeamLearn (TeamLearn - Teamwork analytics for training collaborative problem solving in professional higher education - Department of Education (uio.no))
• Discomfort in intensive care patients. Research project in collaboration with Oslo University Hospital (OUS) and health trusts in HSØ- Developing and implementing digital, innovative, sustainable and knowledge-based municipal healthcare services in acute and sub-acute illness
• Norwegian translation and validation of the Skin tear knowledge assessment instrument (OASES)”.
• Access to care and nursing in primary healthcare – innovative healthcare services with advanced practice general nursing care
• Peer learning in Advanced Practice Nursing (APN) education
• A conceptual framework of the core qualities and competencies of the intensive care nurse
• New practice model with AKS in a student-run ambulatory nursing team
• Bringing the clinical practice into the classroom” A new model for teaching pathophysiology for nurses on master` level
• Lifelong learning in community healthcare: facilitating competence enhancing activities in a blended learning space
• Advanced care planning and advanced practice nursing; roles, system, organization and education
• Drammen out-of-hours emergency primary care (Legevakt)- Introducing nurse practitioners for safer and more efficient patient care
• Collaboration between advanced practice nurse specialists and general practitioners
• Intraoperative work processes and risk factors associated with physician and patient reported complications after major abdominal surgery

How do we conduct our research

Members of the research group use qualitative methods such as individual interviews and focus group interviews, as well as observations in their research. Members also use quantitative methods, such as questionnaire surveys and registry data studies, in addition to developing their own tools. Furthermore, literature studies (systematic and scoping reviews), action research, intervention studies, and evaluation studies are used as methods.