A challenge confronting northern nursing is delivery of equitable and culturally competent nursing education. Advances in technology support distributed approaches for decentralised learning and enhance the feasibility of nursing education in rural and remote regions. However, there is limited scholarship on distributed/decentralised technologies in nursing education, particularly in northern and ...

The project is aiming to improve the quality and quantity of northern nursing programs through NNEN to meet the challenge to deliver a stable, culturally competent health workforce in northern areas with indigenous populations. The aim is to be achieved through sharing best practices and research.

<p><i>Background</i>: Health care systems in Norway and the western world have experienced extensive changes due to patients living longer with complex conditions that require coordinated care. A Norwegian healthcare reform has led to significant restructuring in service delivery as a devolution of services to municipalities.</p> <p><i>Action Research Design</i>: Partners from three rural healthcare ...

<i>Forskning og kunnskapsutvikling i helsefaglig profesjonsutdanning</i> er utviklet gjennom et toårig prosjekt i regi av forskningsgruppen for helsefaglig profesjonsutdanning ved UiT Norges arktiske universitet. Forskningsgruppen ble opprettet i 2010 og er en tverrfaglig gruppe som består av lærere fra bachelorutdanningene i sykepleie, ergoterapi, fysioterapi og masterutdanningene i helsesykepleie ...

This chapter focusses on nursing students’ opportunities for participation in an international summer school specifically aimed at the people living in the circumpolar regions. The Northern Nursing Education Network offers a two-week intensive course for students to meet and to develop contextual knowledge of indigenous people living in Arctic regions. These areas are often challenged by vast distances ...

<i>Background</i> - This article explores and provides insights into how students learn interprofessional collaboration in a clinical placement. This topic is of interest for stakeholders in health services and education and for the research field of interprofessional education.<p> <p>Objectives</i> - How patient documentation facilitates collaboration in interprofessional student groups is ...

Nurse leaders in middle management positions in Norway and other Western countries perform additional new tasks due to high demands for quality and efficacy in healthcare services. These nurses are increasingly becoming responsible for service development and innovation in addition to their traditional leadership and management roles. This article analyses two Norwegian nurse leaders efforts in ...

Writing as a tool for learning and reflection is acknowledged as important in education. This article discusses how writing and subsequent dialogue can support midwife supervisors in enhancing their supervisory skills. The aim of this article is to discuss the significance of reflective journals as a tool for reflection, dialogue and cooperation in supervision practices in midwifery education. An ...

Våren 2017 ble et pilotprosjekt gjennomført ved den desentraliserte sykepleierutdanningen ved UiT Norges arktiske universitet, med deltakelse av sykepleierstudenter. Et tett samarbeid med University of Saskatchewan i Canada førte til at vår prosjektgruppe fikk låne en mobil telemedisinsk enhet som ble utprøvd i undervisning og øving på praktiske ferdigheter for studenter i Nord-Troms. Studentene ...