Research presentation
Elisabet Eriksson
Senior lecturer, Registered Nurse
Research subject: Caring Science
Email: elisabet.eriksson@hig.se
Telephone: +46 26 64 85 90
Elisabet Eriksson is a registered nurse and holds a PhD in international health at Uppsala University. She is a senior lecturer at University of Gävle and has experience of teaching within nursing since 2012. Her area in teaching involves nursing and research ethics, she supervises and examines degree projects at the undergraduate level, in the nursing program. She is also a supervisor for degree projects at advanced level and a course in cardiology. Her research is in staff working life, learning and leadership in the healthcare sector.
CURRENT RESEARCH
Internationally educated nurses' way into the profession
The overall aim of the project is to investigate what facilitates the process for nurses with education from countries outside the EU to work in Sweden. The project is financed by the University of Gävle. (PhD student Denice Högstedt)
Living and working in a multicultural environment in nursing homes
The overall aim of the project is to describe how the elderly, their relatives and nursing home staff experience the communication between them during the covid-19 pandemic. The project is further developed in collaboration with Uppsala municipality. The project is financed by Uppsala University and the University of Gävle.
READ MORE ABOUT
Internationally educated nurses' way into the profession
International migration of health care staff is increasing. Hence, two interview studies showed that the road to work as a nurse in Sweden was described as long. These findings generated a new doctoral project with the aim of studying what facilitates the process for nurses with education from countries outside the EU/EEA and Switzerland to an inclusive and health-promoting working life in Sweden. The project compares three different routes to hold a Swedish registered nursing license. Furthermore, well-being in working life is studied during the nurses' first year.
Participants
Denice Högstedt, PhD Student, University of Gävle
Maria Engström, professor, prinicpal supervisor University of Gävle
Elisabet Eriksson, Co-supervisor, University of Gävle
Inger Jansson, associate professor, Co-supervisor, University of Gothenborg
Living and working in a multicultural environment in nursing homes.
Today, in Sweden, many NHs have a multicultural environment, as staff, residents and their relatives speak different languages. Three interview studies (two published) report how residents, relatives and nursing home staff experiences of communication between them. Furthermore, how they find and use different strategies to overcome language barriers. As data collection was performed during the Covid-19 pandemic, the project also studied communication between residents, relatives and staff when pandemic restrictions in many ways hampered communication for nursing home residents.
Participants
Elisabet Eriksson, Senior lecturer, University of Gävle, associate researcher Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University
Katarina Hjelm, professor, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University
Finished research project
A completed doctoral project that highlights how different communities in South Africa work to prevent HIV among young people in the KwaZulu-Natal province. The thesis with the title: Christian communities and prevention of HIV among youth in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, was presented at Uppsala University in 2011.