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Funded by the Finnish Work Environment Fund, a multidisciplinary study launched in the North Savo Wellbeing Services County seeks to develop a model to support the recruitment and retention of employees with immigrant backgrounds.
While the immediate and most visible impact of medication errors is on patients, they can also profoundly impact healthcare professionals involved in these incidents, referred to as “second victims”.
Nurses with immigrant backgrounds can provide much-needed relief to the nursing shortage in Finland. At the same time, workplaces in healthcare need a deeper understanding of concepts such as cultural sensitivity.
Coordinated by the University of Eastern Finland, the EU-MasterAPN initiative addresses the need for a unified European-level programme, fostering collaboration and standardisation across borders.
In next year, the University of Eastern Finland will participate in five projects in the internationally renowned Erasmus Mundus Master's programmes.
The University of Eastern Finland was ranked in the top 200 universities in the world in eight subjects in the latest Global Ranking of Academic Subjects by Shanghai Ranking.
Floro Cubelo was awarded for his innovative idea in dementia care, the Memory Passport.
Turnover intentions and absenteeism were more common among those experiencing inadequate organisational support and so called second victim distress.
Scientific Councils have granted a total of 10.5 million euros of funding to 9 new Academy Research Fellows and to 11 Academy Projects at the University of Eastern Finland.
The doctoral research investigated compliance with family nursing and impact of nurse-led interventions during acute care from the perspective of nurses and patients’ family members.