Research support for developing nursing

Four projects from Aarhus University have just received financial support from the Nursing Research Foundation, which is part of the Danish Nurses’ Organisation. The funding will go towards improving nursing for the benefit of patients.

The number of chronically ill citizens is increasing. This means it is necessary to constantly develop nursing. This was the central theme of this year's allocation of research support from the Danish Nursing Research Foundation. In total the foundation awarded one million Danish kroner (DKK) to eight projects. Four of the eight projects are headed by researchers from Aarhus.

"Each of the projects contribute with new knowledge that can be of benefit for patients, citizens and our society as a whole," says the chairman of the Nursing Research Foundation at the Danish Nurses’ Organisation.

The projects focus on a wide-range of topics, ranging from getting back to everyday life after heart disease to the value of a systematic and individual approach to the discharge of medical patients and the optimisation of cancer care pathways for patients with cancer in the brain.

Dean Allan Flyvbjerg from Aarhus University, Health is pleased to see the efforts being made to strengthen research in the field of nursing.

"This is an area where more evidence is required and there is not currently sufficient funding. I would therefore like to commend the Danish Nurses' Organisation for providing funding for point-of-care research of high quality. This is the right way to go for the benefit of the patients," emphasises Allan Flyvbjerg, who also sits on the board as an external member of the foundation.

The four research projects from Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital are:

Marie Veje Knudsen
Back to everyday life after heart disease: Effect of tele-medicine heart rehabilitation
Sub-project in the "Rehabilitation" research project, Aarhus University Hospital and Aarhus University.
The applicant holds a Master of Science in Nursing.
The project has been awarded DKK 150,000.

Marianne Lisby
The value of a systematic and individual approach to discharge of medical patients from emergency wards with planned follow-up after discharge.
Postdoc project, Research Center for Emergency Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital.
The project has been awarded DKK 100,000.

Tina Wang Vedelø
Optimisation of cancer care pathways for cancer in the brain – a study of patient experiences and need for information, care and support.
PhD under the research programme: Communication and Ethics, Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital
The project has been awarded DKK 150,000.

Rebecca Mackel
From sub-optimal to optimal monitoring of vital parameters – the development of an intervention to improve nurses' opportunities to identify, interpret and respond to vital parameters in the wards.
PhD project, Aarhus University
The project has been awarded DKK 100,000.