Tampere University
mira.palonen [at] tuni.fi (mira[dot]palonen[at]tuni[dot]fi)
phone number+358401901451
About me
PhD. Doctoral thesis (2016) about the emergency department discharge education of older patients and familes.
Research areas: older families, transitional care, patient education, integrated care.
Responsibilities
Teaching: Bachelor's and master's thesis supervision, PhD supervision, leadership and management in nursing science, doctoral studies.
Clinical practice guidelines: Older patient safe discharge (2021), chair of the team.
Post doc reseacher in the field of older families integrated care in home-hospital interface. From Aug 2022 to Aug 2023 in SOL-TECH -project. https://projects.tuni.fi/sol-tech/
Main positions of trust
The Finnish Assiciation of Nursing Science, chair 2022- (board member 2014-, vice chair 2021-22)