Satu Kajander-Unkuri

FI/EN

Olen Satu Kajander-Unkuri (TtT, sh) ja toimin yliopistonlehtorina Tampereen yliopistossa. Tampereen yliopiston lisäksi toimin Turun yliopistossa terveyspedagogiikan dosenttina ja RENE (Research in Nursing Education) -tutkimusryhmän jäsenenä. Tutkimukseni keskittyy sairaanhoitajien osaamiseen ja siihen liittyviin tekijöihin valmistumisen ja uran alkuvuosina. Suurimmassa tutkimusprojektissani Competence of Nursing Students in Europe (COMPEUnurse) julkaisin yhdessä eurooppalaisten tutkimuskumppanieni kanssa useita tutkimusartikkeleita aiheeseen liittyen. Käynnistyvässä oleva tutkimusprojektini keskittyy Z-sukupolveen: mitkä ovat tehokkaita opetusmenetelmiä, jotka edistävät sukupolven Z terveydenhuollon opiskelijoiden kompetenssin kehittymistä ja miten sukupolven Z-työntekijöitä tulisi johtaa terveydenhuollon organisaatioissa. Olen toiminut puheenjohtajana Hoitotieteen tutkimussäätiön (HOTUS) asettamassa työryhmässä, jossa tuotimme kansallisen hoitosuosituksen aikuispotilaiden normotermian ylläpitämiseksi perioperatiivisen hoitoprosessin aikana.

Satu Kajander-Unkuri (RN, PhD) is a university lecturer at the Tampere University, Finland. She was granted the title of Docent in Health Pedagogy at the University of Turku. Satu’s research is focused on the competence of nurses and factors related to it at graduation and in early years of career. In her largest research project, Competence on nursing students in Europe (COMPEUnurse), Satu and her research partners from six European countries (Czech Republic, Finland, Italy, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain) have published several high-quality research articles. The current research project is focusing on Generation Z: what are the effective teaching methods enhancing competence development of Gen-Z healthcare students and how Gen-Z employees should be led in healthcare organizations to prevent early career turnover. Satu chaired the working group appointed by HOTUS to produce a national clinical guideline on maintaining normothermia in adult patients during the perioperative process.

Opetan tutkimusmenetelmäopintoja ja hoitotieteen johtamisen opintosuunnan opintoja. Ohjaan myös kandidaatintutkielmia sekä Pro gradu -tutkielmia. 

1. Dentice S, Chiappinotto S, Kajander-Unkuri S, Grassetti L, Brugnolli A, & Palese A. Perceived competences by graduated nurses before and during covid-19 pandemic: a repeated cross-sectional study from 2019 to 2022. Nurse Educ. Pract. 2024;78:104019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2024.104019
2. Zeleníková R, Štureková L, Bujok P, Jarošová D, & Kajander-Unkuri S. Validity and reliability of the Czech version of the Clinical Learning Environment and Supervision (CLES) scale. Teach. Learn. Nurs. 2024;19(1):e201–e207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teln.2023.10.021
3. Nemcová J, Hlinková E, Ovšonková A, Dernarová L, Botíková A, Poliaková N, Kaducáková H, Slamková, A, Janjechová M, Visiers-Jiménez L, Kajander-Unkuri S. Spokojnosť s klinickou praxou, kompetenciami a vzdelávaním v ošetrovateľstve na slovenských unverzitách. Satisfaction with clinical practice, competence and education in nursing at Slovak universities. Zdravotnícke listy. 2024;12(2):53–59. https://zl.tnuni.sk/fileadmin/Archiv/2024/2024-12.c.2/ZL_2024_12_2_09_Nemcova.pdf [Abstract in English].
4. Kajander-Unkuri S, Kangasniemi M, Vaismoradi M, Katajisto J, & Turjamaa R. The effect of robot in medication management for older people’s home care: a non-randomized controlled clinical trial. BMC Health Serv. Res. 2023;23:1344. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-10367-0
5. Elonen I, Kajander-Unkuri S, Cassar M, Kean S, Tollar T, Saaranen T, Pasanen M, Salminen L. Nurse Educator Competence in Four European Countries – a Comparative Cross-sectional Study. Nurs. Open. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.2033.
6. Koskinen S, Brugnolli A, Fuster-Linares P, Hourican S, Istomina N, Leino-Kilpi H, Löyttyniemi E, Nemcová J, Meyer G, Simão de Oliveira C, Palese A, Rua M, Salminen L, Sveinsdóttir H, Visiers-Jiménez L, Zeleníková R, Kajander-Unkuri S. A successful nursing education promotes newly graduated nurses’ job satisfaction one year after graduation: A cross-sectional multi-country study. BMC Nurs. 2023;22:269. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-023-01438-y.
7. Zeleníková R, Gurková E, Pěrůžková R, Štureková L, Jarošová D, Kajander-Unkuri S. Self-assessed competence of final-year nursing students. Nurs. Open. 2023;10(7):4607–4618. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1708
8. Lejonqvist G-B, Kajander-Unkuri S. Evaluating nursing competence with the Nurse Competence Scale from ontological and contextual point of view – an integrative literature review. Nord J. Nurs. Res. 2022;42(1):7–17. https://doi.org/10.1177/20571585211000972
9. Turjamaa R, Vaismoradi M, Kajander-Unkuri S,  Kangasniemi M. Home care professionals’ experiences of successful implementation, use and competence needs of robot for medication management in Finland. Nurs. Open. 2023;10(4):2088–2097. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1456
10. Turjamaa R, Simon-Bellamy J, Salminen L, Löyttyniemi E, Kajander-Unkuri S. Graduating nursing students’ competence in nursing patients with acute coronary syndrome. Cent. Eur. J. Nurs. Midwifery. 2022;13(4):741–753. https://doi.org/10.15452/CEJNM.2022.13.0007
11. Pěrůžková R, Zeleníková R, Gurková E, Kajander-Unkuri S, Štureková L, Jarošová D. Adaptation and psychometric analysis of the Czech version of the Nurse Competence Scale. Kontakt-J. Nurs. Soc. Sci. Relat. Health Illn. 2022;24(4):264–272. https://doi.org/10.32725/kont.2022.033
12. Kajander-Unkuri S, Kämäräinen P, Hartikainen T, Turjamaa R. Effectiveness of a combined web-based and simulation-based continuing education on home-care professionals' competence to evaluate older people's acute care needs in Finland. Health Soc. Care Community. 2022;30(5):e1765-e1774. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13605
13. Palese A, Brugnolli A, Achil I, Mattiussi E, Fabris S, Kajander-Unkuri S, Dimonte V, Grassetti L, Danielis M. The first COVID-19 new graduate nurses generation: findings from an Italian cross-sectional study. BMC Nurs. 2022;21:101. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-022-00885-3
14. Visiers-Jiménez L, Kuokkanen L, Leino-Kilpi H, Löyttyniemi E, Turjamaa R, Brugnolli A, Gaspar F, Nemcová J, Palese A, Rua M, Zelenikova R, Kajander-Unkuri S. Graduating Nursing Students' Empowerment and Related Factors: Comparative Study in Six European Countries. Healthcare. 2022;10(5):754. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10050754
15. Visiers-Jiménez L, Palese A, Brugnolli A, Cadorin L, Salminen L, Leino-Kilpi H, Löyttyniemi E, Nemcová J, Simão de Oliveira C, Rua M, Zeleníková R, Kajander-Unkuri S. Nursing students' self-directed learning abilities and related factors at graduation: A multi-country cross-sectional study. Nurs. Open. 2022;9(3):1688-1699. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1193
16. Järvinen T, Virtanen H, Kajander-Unkuri S, Salminen L. Nurse educators' perceptions of factors related to the competence of graduating nursing students. Nurse Educ. Today. 2021;101:104884. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2021.104884
17. Visiers-Jiménez L, Suikkala A, Salminen L, Leino-Kilpi H, Löyttyniemi E, Henriques MA, Jiménez-Herrera M, Nemcová J, Pedrotti D, Rua M, Tommasini C, Zeleníková R, Kajander-Unkuri S. Clinical learning environment and graduating nursing students' competence: A multi-country cross-sectional study. Nurs. Health Sci. 2021;23(2):398–410. https://doi.org/10.1111/nhs.12819
18. Kajander-Unkuri S, Koskinen S, Brugnolli A, Cerezuela Torre M, Elonen I, Kiele V, Lehwaldt D, Löyttyniemi E, Nemcová J, Simão de Oliveira C, Palese A, Rua M, Salminen L, Šateková L, Stubner J, Sveinsdóttir H, Visiers-Jiménez L, Leino-Kilpi H. The level of competence of graduating nursing students in 10 European countries - Comparison between countries. Nurs. Open. 2021;8(3):1048-1062. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.712
19. Nemcová J, Hlinková E, Ovšonková A, Grendár M. Dernarová L, Botíková A, Poliaková N, Kaducáková H, Slamková A, Janjechová M, Kajander-Unkuri S. Sebahodnotenie úrovne kompetencií študentami ošetrovatel’stva na slovenských univerzitách. Self-assessment of clinical competence of nursing students at Slovak universities. Zdravotnícke listy. 2021;9(2):19–26. https://zl.tnuni.sk/fileadmin/Archiv/2021/2021-9.c.2/ZL_2021_9_2_03_Nemecova.pdf  [Abstract in English].
20. Nemcová J, Hlinková E, Ovšonková A, Grendár M, Poliaková N, Kajander-Unkuri S. Validácia Slovenskej verzie nástroja sesterských kompetencií: Nurse Competence Scale. Validation of Slovak version nurses´ competencies: Nurse Competence Scale. Zdravotnícke listy. 2020;8(3):6–13. https://zl.tnuni.sk/fileadmin/Archiv/2020/2020-8.c.3/ZL_2020_8_3_02_Nemcova.pdf [Abstract in English].
21. Kajander-Unkuri S, Meretoja R, Katajisto J, Leino-Kilpi H, Suikkala A. Students' Self-assessed Competence Levels during Nursing Education Continuum - A Cross-sectional Survey. Int. J. Nurs. Educ. Scholarsh. 2020;17(1). https://doi.org/10.1515/ijnes-2019-0050
22. Visiers-Jiménez L, Peña Otero D, Baeza Monedero I, RecioVivas AM, Kajander-Unkuri S, García-Pozo, A. Evaluación de competencias entre los profesionales formados en España. Validación al castellano de la escala Nursing Competence Scale. Competence assessment in registered Spanish nurses. Spanish validation of the Nursing Competence Scale. Tesela. 2019;25(1):e12105. http://ciberindex.com/c/ts/e12257 [Abstract in English].
23. Visiers Jiménez L, Baeza Monedero I, Recio Vivas AM, Peña Otero D, Kajander-Unkuri S, García-Pozo A. Evaluación del autoaprendizaje de los profesionales de enfermería formados en España. Validación al castellano de la versión italiana de la escala Self-rating scale of selfdirected learning (SRSSDL_ITA). Paraninfo Digital. 2018;2(28):e151. http://www.index-f.com/para/n28/pdf/e151.pdf.
24. Kajander-Unkuri S, Leino-Kilpi H, Meretoja R, Katajisto J, Räisänen A, Saarikoski M, Salminen L, Suhonen R. Congruence between graduating nursing students’ self-assessments and mentors’ assessments of students’ nurse competence. Collegian. 2016;23(3):303–312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2015.06.002
25. Kajander-Unkuri S, Meretoja R, Katajisto J, Saarikoski M, Salminen L, Suhonen R, Leino-Kilpi H. Self-assessed level of competence of graduating nursing students and factors related to it. Nurse Educ. Today. 2014;34(5):795–801. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2013.08.009
26. Kajander-Unkuri S, Suhonen R, Katajisto J, Meretoja R, Saarikoski M, Salminen L, Leino-Kilpi, H. Self-assessed level of nursing skills of graduating nursing students. J. Nurs. Educ. Pract. 2014;4(12):51–64. https://doi.org/10.5430/jnep.v4n12p51
27. Kajander-Unkuri S, Salminen L, Saarikoski M, Suhonen R, Leino-Kilpi H. Competence areas of nursing students in Europe. Nurse Educ. Today. 2013;33(6):625–632. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2013.01.017
28. Sulosaari V, Kajander S, Hupli M, Huupponen R, Leino-Kilpi H. Nurse students' medication competence--an integrative review of the associated factors. Nurse Educ. Today. 2012;32(4):399–405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2011.05.016