Heli
Virtanen
Professor, Department of Nursing Science
Professor, PhD, RN
Health Pedagogy, Empowering Patient Education (EPE)
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Areas of expertise
Health Pedagogy, Empowering patient education
teaching and learning in patient education
competence and its evaluation in patient education
Biography
PhD, RN Heli Virtanen is Professor in Nursing Science and has a speciality Health Pedagogy since 2025. Heli Virtanen has a part-time position of researcher in the Turku University Hospital, Wellbeing Services County of Southwest Finland since 2024. HV has worked at the Department of Nursing Science since 2001 in different positions.
Teaching
Health Pedagogy, supervising master and doctoral thesis
Research
Health Pedagogy, Empowering patient education; teaching and learning in patient education, competence in empowering patient education.
Publications
Experiences on Role Transition Among Nurse Prescribers (2025)
International Nursing Review
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Terveysalan koulutustutkimus Hoitotiede-lehdessä vuosina 1989–2023 (2025)
Hoitotiede
(A2 Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä)
Perceptions, educational expectations and knowledge gaps of patients with non-metastatic breast cancer regarding radiotherapy: Integrative review (2025)
(A2 Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä)Family Members’ Psychosocial Support in Palliative Inpatient Care: A Cross-Sectional Study (2025)
Journal of Family Nursing
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Received Knowledge of Care as Evaluated by Patients and Their Significant Others: A Feedback‐Register Study (2025)
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Jäikö positiivinen kokemus potilaan kanssa kotiin? (2025)
Pelastustieto
(D1 Artikkeli ammattilehdessä)
Empowering educational actions of nurses for patients with long-term health problems: an integrative review (2025)
Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery
(A2 Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä)
Received empowering knowledge and associated factors among patients with cancer: A cross-sectional multicentre study (2025)
European Journal of Oncology Nursing
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Interactive digital tools to support empowerment of people with cancer : a systematic literature review (2024)
Supportive Care in Cancer
(A2 Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä)
Digital skills of health care professionals in cancer care: A systematic review (2024)
Digital health
(A2 Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä)