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Kristín Björnsdóttir - Professor
–
School of Health Sciences
Kristín Björnsdóttir
Íslenska
Professor
Location
Eirberg / EIR-220
Phone
525 - 4978
Email
kristbj [at] hi.is
Unit
Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7388-3244
Research portal – Kristín Björnsdóttir
Courses 2024 - 2025
HJÚ143F - Theoretical Thinking in Nursing
Collaboration
Reykjavik
,
Home Care Reykjavik
,
Home Care Reykjavik
of Alberta, Edmonton,
,
Christine Ceci, University
,
Christine Ceci, University
of Victoria, Vancouver
,
Mary Ellen Purkis,
,
Mary Ellen Purkis,
Education
1992
,
Doktorspróf
,
,
1986
,
Meistarapróf
,
,
1982
,
BS
,
,
Published works
2023
What is helpful in everyday living with dementia at home? Learning from families' diverse scenarios
Ageing and Society
2022
SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Icelandic Children
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Home care nursing practice for older persons with heart failure living at home
Journal of Clinical Nursing
2021
Community-based dementia care re-defined
Health and Social Care in the Community
Changes in home care clients’ characteristics and home care in five European countries from 2001 to 2014
BMC Health Services Research
Orðræðugreining
Integration of nursing services provided to patients with heart failure living at home
Journal of Clinical Nursing
2020
Heimili aldraðra og langveikra: Fræðilegt yfirlit um hugmyndir, hugtök og skilning [The homes of older people and the chronically ill: Integrative review of ideas, concepts and understandings]
Tímarit hjúkrunarfræðinga
2019
Revisiting “Intelligent Nursing”
Nursing Philosophy
Towards the Future: The Education of Nurses in Iceland Reconsidered
Facilitation of a person-centered approach in health assessment of patients with chronic pain
Qualitative Health Research
Nurses’ use of monitors in patient surveillance
European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
Perception of integrated practice in home care services
Journal of Integrated Care
2018
Nordic perspectives on disability studies in education: a review of research in Finland and Iceland
Education Inquiry
‘Holding on to life’
Nursing Inquiry
‘I try to make a net around each patient’
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
2017
Patients' experiences with multiple myeloma
Oncology Nursing Forum
Development of Hermes, a new person-centered assessment tool in nursing rehabilitation, through action research
Advances in Nursing Science
2016
Reminiscence work with older people
International journal of older people nursing
2015
When is the right time?: Pre-admission nursing home assessment in Iceland. Nursing Inquiry
Nursing Inquiry
The 'right' place to care for older people
Nursing Inquiry
2014
Samþætting heilbrigðis- og félagsþjónustu: Fræðileg samantekt
Tímarit hjúkrunarfræðinga
The place of standardisation in home care practice
Journal of Clinical Nursing
2013
Assisting the frail elderly to live a good life through home care practice
Orðræðugreining
Theorizing accommodation in supportive home care for older people
Journal of Aging Studies
Introduction
Perspectives on care at home for older people
Philosophy in the nurse's world
Nursing Philosophy
2012
Sanngjörn skipting á ábyrgð: Um kyn og umönnun
2011
Patching up the holes
Samvinna í heimahjúkrun eldri borgara
Tímarit hjúkrunarfræðinga
Patching up the holes: How might home care be done differently?
Að eldast heima: Hvaða aðstoð og aðstæður þurfa að vera til staðar?
Tímarit hjúkrunarfræðinga
2010
Prenatal screening and tests: A discourse analysis of public representation in Iceland 2001-2004
Scandinavian Journal of the Caring Sciences
'Have you had the test?' A discourse analysis of media presentation of prenatal screening in Iceland
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
Health and vulnerability in a time of economic uncertainty
Nursing Inquiry
2009
Öryggi sjúklinga á skurðstofum: Rannsókn á framlagi skurðhjúkrunar
Tímarit hjúkrunarfræðinga
The ethics and politics of home care
International Journal of Nursing Studies
How do prospective parents who decline prenatal screening account for their decision? A qualitative study
Social Science and Medicine
'This is just what you do when you are pregnant'
Midwifery
2008
Patching up the holes
Canadian Journal of Public Health
Hvenær er heimilið besti kosturinn? : áherslur í uppbyggingu heimahjúkrunar
Tímarit hjúkrunarfræðinga
Nursing and patient safety in the operating room
Journal of Advanced Nursing
2006
Intelligent nursing
Nursing philosophy : an international journal for healthcare professionals
Heimilið sem vettvangur heilbrigðisþjónustu
Sérfræðingar í hjúkrun : skilgreining, viðurkenning og nám
Tímarit hjúkrunarfræðinga
2005
Líkami og sál: Hugmyndir, þekking og aðferðir í hjúkrun
2004
Velferðarþjónusta á tímamótum. Siðfræðilegar hugleiðingar um mörkin á milli ábyrgðar einstaklinga og hins opinbera í ummönnun sjúkra á heimilum
Religion, modernity and foreign nurses in Iceland 1896-1930
Nursing Inquiry
Shaping health care
Nursing Inquiry
2003
Hugmyndafræðilegar stefnur í hjúkrun : "hjúkrun og bróðurleg umhyggja á tækniöld"
Tímarit hjúkrunarfræðinga
Health promotion in the workplace
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
Orðræðugreining
2002
From the state to the family
Nursing Inquiry
2001
Language, research and nursing practice
Journal of Advanced Nursing
1998
Language, ideology, and nursing practice.
Scholarly Inquiry for Nursing Practice
1997
Óformleg umönnun í heimahúsum í ljósi kvennafræða
Postmodernism and nursing: Is there anything to be learned?
1996
The construction of a profession
Nursing Inquiry
1995
Development of community based nursing services in Reykjavík Iceland
Breyttar áherslur í menntunarmálum hjúkrunarfræðinga
Tímarit hjúkrunarfræðinga
1994
Sjálfsskilningur íslenskra hjúkrunarkvenna á tuttugustu öldinni: Orðræða og völd
Does health care meet our needs?: A feminist analysis
Erosion of power base: A study of the history of nursing in Iceland
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