Herdís Sveinsdóttir
Icelandic professor of nursing
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Herdís Sveinsdóttir is a professor in nursing and dean at the Faculty of Nursing of the University of Iceland. Professional experience Herdís completed a BS in nursing from the University of Iceland in 1981, a master's from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States, in 1987 and a doctorate from the University of Umeå, Sweden, in 2000. Herdís began working at the University of Iceland in 1987 and is now a professor and dean at the Faculty of Nursing. In parallel with her work at the university, she was a registered nurse at the National University Hospital of Iceland from 1987 to 1994, and, continuously since 2004, she has been Director of research on the nursing of surgical patients at the hospital's Surgical Division. Herdís was chair and president of the Icelandic Nurses Association from 1999 to 2003.
Herdís Sveinsdóttir's Published Works
Published Works
- Occupational stress, job satisfaction, and working environment among Icelandic nurses: a cross-sectional questionnaire survey. (2006) (294)
- Self-assessed quality of sleep, occupational health, working environment, illness experience and job satisfaction of female nurses working different combination of shifts. (2006) (119)
- Attitudes of Registered and Licensed Practical Nurses About the Importance of Families in Surgical Hospital Units (2014) (46)
- Quality Pain Management in the Hospital Setting from the Patient's Perspective (2015) (44)
- The predictive role of support in the birth experience: A longitudinal cohort study. (2017) (41)
- Predictors of self-assessed physical and mental health of Icelandic nurses: results from a national survey. (2008) (40)
- Prospective assessment of menstrual and premenstrual experiences of Icelandic women. (1998) (39)
- Readiness for and predictors of evidence-based practice of acute-care nurses: a cross-sectional postal survey. (2014) (36)
- Self-assessed occupational health and working environment of female nurses, cabin crew and teachers. (2007) (36)
- Outcome of planned home and hospital births among low-risk women in Iceland in 2005-2009: a retrospective cohort study. (2015) (34)
- Lifestyle, harassment at work and self-assessed health of female flight attendants, nurses and teachers. (2006) (34)
- Praise matters: the influence of nurse unit managers' praise on nurses' practice, work environment and job satisfaction: a questionnaire study. (2016) (31)
- Predictors of university nursing students burnout at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study (2021) (27)
- The content of the work of clinical nurse specialists described by use of daily activity diaries. (2011) (25)
- Predictors of women's positive childbirth pain experience: Findings from an Icelandic national study. (2017) (23)
- The level of competence of graduating nursing students in 10 European countries—Comparison between countries (2020) (22)
- Women's perceptions of phenomena they label premenstrual tension: normal experiences reflecting ordinary behaviour. (1999) (22)
- Whose voice? Whose experiences? Women's qualitative accounts of general and private discussion of premenstrual syndrome. (2002) (20)
- Menstruation, objectification and health‐related quality of life: A questionnaire study (2018) (19)
- Surgical nurses' intention to leave a workplace in Iceland: a questionnaire study. (2014) (18)
- The competence of nurse educators and graduating nurse students. (2021) (17)
- Determinants of Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Pain among Nurses in a University Hospital: A Cross‐sectional Study (2017) (17)
- Quality pain management practices in a university hospital. (2015) (16)
- Predictors of psychological distress in patients at home following cardiac surgery: an explorative panel study (2012) (16)
- Recovery After Same-Day Surgery in Patients Receiving General Anesthesia: A Cohort Study Using the Quality of Recovery-40 Questionnaire. (2016) (15)
- The role of menstruation in women's objectification: a questionnaire study (2017) (14)
- Postoperative Psychological Distress in Patients Having Total Hip or Knee Replacements: An Exploratory Panel Study (2012) (14)
- The content of nurse unit managers’ work: a descriptive study using daily activity diaries (2018) (13)
- The effectiveness of the Pain Resource Nurse Program to improve pain management in the hospital setting: A cluster randomized controlled trial. (2017) (13)
- Pregnant women's expectations about pain intensity during childbirth and their attitudes towards pain management: Findings from an Icelandic national study. (2015) (12)
- Retrospective assessment of premenstrual changes in Icelandic women. (1991) (12)
- Processing birth experiences: A content analysis of women's preferences. (2019) (11)
- The attitudes towards menstruation among Icelandic nursing students--their relationship with menstrual preparation and menstrual characteristics. (1993) (11)
- Symptom patterns in women with premenstrual syndrome complaints: a prospective assessment using a marker for ovulation and screening criteria for adequate ovarian function. (1991) (11)
- Women's attitudes to hormone replacement therapy in the aftermath of the Women's Health Initiative study. (2006) (10)
- Autonomy in place of birth: a concept analysis (2015) (9)
- [Preoperative fasting: Instructions to patients and length of fasting - a prospective, descriptive survey]. (2016) (9)
- Breaking the vicious circle: Experiences of people in chronic pain on the pain rehabilitation journey (2020) (8)
- Pain, Sleep, and Health-Related Quality of Life after Multidisciplinary Intervention for Chronic Pain (2021) (8)
- [Delirium after open cardiac surgery:systematic review of prevalence, risk factors and consequences]. (2015) (8)
- Maternal attitudes towards home birth and their effect on birth outcomes in Iceland: A prospective cohort study. (2016) (7)
- Report: A report on patient safety in Europe: medication errors and hospital-acquired infection (2008) (6)
- Patient safety in Europe: medication errors and hospital-acquired infections (2008) (6)
- Final clinical practicum shapes the transition experience and occupational commitment of newly graduated nurses in Europe—A longitudinal study (2021) (5)
- Symptoms of anxiety and depression in surgical patients at the hospital, 6 weeks and 6 months postsurgery: A questionnaire study (2020) (4)
- Health related quality of life in patients having total knee replacement and associations with symptoms, recovery, and patient education: A six month follow up study. (2020) (4)
- Contraindications in planned home birth in Iceland: A retrospective cohort study. (2018) (3)
- Factors Associated with Psychological Distress at Home following Elective Surgery in a Representative Group of Surgical Patients: An Explorative Panel Study (2010) (3)
- Towards the Future: The Education of Nurses in Iceland Reconsidered (2019) (2)
- Researching women’s health (2007) (1)
- Reviewing birth experience following a high-risk pregnancy: A feasibility study. (2022) (0)
- Pain prevalence in a university hospital in Iceland (2012) (0)
- Work Load Scale (2018) (0)
- Nurse managers’ assessments about nursing education and work life's competence demands: A European multi-country cross-sectional survey (2023) (0)
- Psychometric testing of the facilitative student–patient relationship scale within six EUROPEAN countries (2022) (0)
- Pain prevalence and pain management practices in a university hospital: a descriptive, point prevalence study (2013) (0)
- Pain Rehabilitation’s Effect on People in Chronic Pain: A Prospective Cohort Study (2021) (0)
- Women's right to choose homebirth: a concept analysis of autonomy in place of birth (2013) (0)
- Pain assessment, documentation, and management in a university hospital (2013) (0)
- Patients' expectations and experiences of provided surgery‐related patient education: A descriptive longitudinal study (2022) (0)
- Professional Practice Scales (2018) (0)
- Autonomy in place of birth: a concept analysis (2015) (0)
- Predictors of Self-Assessed Health of Nurses Questionnaire (2013) (0)
- The effectiveness of a nursing staff development Intervention to improve pain management – A randomized controlled trial (2015) (0)
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