Outi Kiljunen
University of Eastern Finland
Outi Kiljunen
Outi has experience of working as a registered nurse and nursing manager in care homes for older people, as well as working as a supervisory authority focusing on guidance and supervision of long-term care services. She has also examined older people nursing and long-term care in her research work. Currently, she works as a university lecturer at the University of Eastern Finland.
FURTHER INFORMATION
| Countries | Finland; |
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| Topics | Attitudes and Expectations about Long-Term Care; Care Homes; Dementia care and support; Housing and care; LTC Workforce; Quality of care; Residential LTC services; |
| Methods | Analysis of administrative data; Delphi surveys; Document analysis; Focus groups; Interviews; Literature reviews and synthesis; Qualitative studies; Quantitative data analysis; Questionnaire; Scoping reviews; Systematic Review; Thematic analysis; |
| Role | Research; |
| Interest Groups | Quality improvement in Long-Term Care; |
| Website | https://uefconnect.uef.fi/en/outi.kiljunen/#publications |
| ORC.ID | 0000-0003-1585-3156 |
| GOOGLE SCHOLAR | https://scholar.google.fi/citations?user=VHzkCXAAAAAJ&hl=fi |
| Research interests | Outi’s research interests: Care home nursing professionals’ competence, long-term care service providers’ self-monitoring to ensure quality and safety of services, quality and safety work at the unit level (such as improving accident prevention in care homes for older people). |
| Key publications | Kiljunen, O., Savela, R-M., Välimäki, T., & Kankkunen, P. (2024). Managers’ perceptions of the factors affecting resident and patient safety work in residential settings and nursing homes: a qualitative systematic review. Research in Nursing and Health 47(4), 357-478. https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.22382 Kiljunen, O., Kankkunen, P., & Välimäki, T. (2023). Identification of contributing factors of falls and non-fall accidents among home care clients: A retrospective study using incident reports. Home Health Care Management & Practice 35(3), 163-171. https://doi.org/10.1177/10848223221134095 Kiljunen, O. (2019). Care home nursing professionals’ competence in older people nursing. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland. Dissertation. Publications of the University of Eastern Finland- Dissertations in Health Sciences, no 492. ISBN: 978-952-61-2949-5. Available at: https://erepo.uef.fi/items/a74a5e4f-8b87-465a-b70b-61c61514418c Kiljunen, O., Partanen, P., Välimäki, T., & Kankkunen, P. (2019). Older people nursing in care homes: An examination of nursing professionals’ self-assessed competence and its predictive factors. International Journal of Older People Nursing 14:e12225. doi.org/10.1111/opn.12225 Kiljunen, O., Kankkunen, P., Partanen, P., & Välimäki, T. (2018). Family members’ expectations regarding nurses’ competence in care homes: a qualitative interview study. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences 32(3), 1018-1026. doi.org/10.1111/scs.12544 Kiljunen, O., Välimäki, T., Kankkunen, P., & Partanen, P. (2017). Competence for older people nursing in care and nursing homes: an integrative review. International Journal of Older People Nursing 12:e12146. doi.org/10.1111/opn.12146 |